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P Jayawickrama returns with best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut

01/05/2021 hrg

P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka captured six for 92 against Bangladesh at Palekkele in the ongoing second test to provide the 168th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on test debut. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler performing such a feat in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Kuruppuarachchi	5-044	1	Srl	Pak	Col-CCC	14 Mar 1986
2	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	L Embuldeniya	5-066	3	Srl	SAF	Durban	13 Feb 2019
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the 63^rd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets on test debut and second such occasion by a Sri Lankan bowler. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka became the fourth bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Blignaut	5-073	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
2	Shabbir Ahmed	5-048	3	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame became the second bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh after A Dhananjaya. A Dhananjya had returned with figures of five for 24 at Dhaka in Feb 2018. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut against Bangladesh

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

Ninety plus runs on four or more occasions in Indian Premier League

01/05/2021 hrg

KL Rahul scored 91 in the match between Punjab and Bangalore at Ahmedabad in the ongoing IPL on 30.04.21 providing his fourth ninety in IPL. He became the fourth batsman in the history of IPL to score nineties on four or more occasions. Others are – DA Warner {05}, CH Gayle {04} and S Dhawan {04}. The following table lists the nineties scored by these four batsmen.

No	Player	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	90	Sunrisers	Chennai	Ranchi	22.05.14
2	DA Warner	91	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	22.04.15
3	DA Warner	90*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	18.04.16
4	DA Warner	92	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	30.04.16
5	DA Warner	93*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Delhi	27.05.16

1	CH Gayle	92*	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangahlore	04.04.13
2	CH Gayle	96	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	11.04.15
3	CH Gayle	99*	Punjab	Bangalore	Mohali	13.04.19
4	CH Gayle	99	Punjab	Rajasthan	A Dhabi	30.10.20

1	S Dhawan	95*	Deccan	Punjab	Dharamsala	21.05.11
2	S Dhawan	92*	Sunrisers	Delhi	Delhi	10.05.18
3	S Dhawan	97*	Delhi	Kolkata	Kolkata	12.04.19
4	S Dhawan	92	Delhi	Punjab	Mumbai	18.04.21

1	KL Rahul	95*	Punjab	Rajasthan	Jaipur	08.05.18
2	KL Rahul	94	Punjab	Mumbai	Mumbai	16.05.18
3	KL Rahul	91	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mumbai	12.04.21
4	KL Rahul	91*	Punjab	Bangalore	Ahmedabad	30.04.21

DA Warner completes 10000 runs in the history of Twenty20 games

30/04/2021 hrg

DA Warner completed 10000 runs in T20 games when he was on 40 during the course of his knock of 57 in the game between Sunrisers and Chennai Super Kings at Delhi on 28 Apr 2021. At the end of the game his run aggregate read 10017. He has represented the following teams in Twenty20 games. Australia, Australia A, Delhi Daredevils, Durham, Middlesex, New South Wales, Northern Districts, St Lucia Stars, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder, Sylhet Sixers

DA Warner became the fourth batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 10000 plus runs. The others are – CH Gayle, KA Pollard and Shoaib Malik. The following table lists the performance of these four batsmen as of 29.04.21

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
CH Gayle	422	414	049	13839	175*	22	86
KA Pollard	540	480	140	10710	104	01	52
Shoaib Malik	417	389	106	10488	95*	00	64
DA Warner	304	303	038	10017	135*	08	82

DA Warner’s 57 in the game between Sunrisers and Chennai Super Kings at Delhi on 28 Apr 2021 provides his 90^th fifty – 08 Centuries and 82 half centuries in Twenty20 games. He became the second batsman to score 90 fifties in the history of Twenty20 games after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored 108 fifties – 22 Centuries and 86 half centuries

It’s unfortunate that the media and TV Commentators failed to pick up this important stats of one of the most exciting batsman in the history of T20 games

Fastest 50s in IPL – in 19 and less than 19 deliveries

30/04/2021 hrg

PP Shaw of Delhi scored fifty in 18 deliveries against Kolkata at Ahmedabad on 29.04.21 in the ongoing IPL to provide the 22^nd occasion of a batsman scorinng a ninety in 19 and less than 19 deliveries in the history of IPl. The following table lists all the 22 occasions.

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	KL Rahul	14	Pun v Del	Mohali	08.04.18
2	YK Pathan	15	Kol v Sun	Kolkata	24.05.14
3	SP Narine	15	Kol v Ban	Bangalore	07.05.17
4	SK Raina	16	Che v Pun	Mumbai	30.05.14
5	KA Pollard	17	Mum v Kol	Mumbai	28.04.16
6	CH Gayle	17	Ban v Pune	Bangalore	23.04.13
7	SP Narine	17	Kol v Ban	Kolkata	08.04.18
8	HH Pandya	17	Mum v Kol	Kolkata	28.04.19
9	AC Gilchrist	17	Dec v Del	Centurion	22.05.09
10	Ishan Kishan	17	Mum v Kol	Kolkata	09.05.18
11	CH Morris	17	Del v Guj	Delhi	27.04.16
12	RR Pant	18	Del v Mum	Mumbai	24.03.19
13	JS Buttler	18	Raj v Del	Delhi	02.05.18
14	PP Shaw	18	Del v Kol	Ahmedabad	29.04.21
15	DA Miller	19	Pun v Raj	Sharjah	20.04.14
16	OA Shah	19	Raj v Ban	Bangalore	15.04.12
17	CA Lynn	19	Kol v Guj	Rajkot	07.04.17
18	KL Rahul	19	Pun v Che	Mohali	05.05.19
19	RV Uthappa	19	Ban v Pun	Bangalore	16.03.10
20	AD Russell	19	Kol v Pun	Kolkata	09.05.15
21	H’bhajan Singh	19	Mum v Pun	Mumbai	12.04.15
22	SV Samson	19	Raj v Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

PP Shaw of Delhi scored fifty in 18 deliveries against Kolkata at Ahmedabad on 29.04.21 to become the third batsman to score 50 inexact 18 deliveries after RR Pant of Delhi and JS Buttler of Rajasthan

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	RR Pant	18	Del v Mum	Mumbai	24.03.19
2	JS Buttler	18	Raj v Del	Delhi	02.05.18
3	PP Shaw	18	Del v Kol	Ahmedabad	29.04.21

SPD Smith joins the list of cricketers who have pouched 50 plus catches in the Indian Premier League

29/04/2021 hrg

SPD Smith pouched two catches in the match between Delhi and Kolkata at Ahmedabad on 29.04.21 which fetched him 50 catches in the tournament. He became the 15^th cricketer to pouch 50 plus catches in the history of Indian Premier League. The following table lists all the fifteen cricketers.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct
1	SK Raina	2008-2021	199	198	104
2	KA Pollard	2010-2021	170	170	92
3	RG Sharma	2008-2021	206	206	89
4	AB de Villiers	2008-2021	175	122	83
5	S Dhawan	2008-2021	183	183	81
6	V Kohli	2008-2021	198	196	78
7	DJ Bravo	2008-2021	144	143	76
8	RA Jadeja	2008-2021	190	189	76
9	MK Pandey	2008-2021	150	150	73
10	DA Warner	2009-2021	148	147	68
11	F du Plessis	2012-2021	90	89	58
12	AM Rahane	2008-2021	151	151	58
13	SA Yadav	2012-2021	107	107	54
14	DA Miller	2012-2021	85	85	51
15	SPD Smith	2012-2021	100	100	50

SPD Smith became the seventh overseas cricketer to pouch 50 plus catches in the history of Indian Premier League. The following table lists all the seven cricketers.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct
1	KA Pollard	2010-2021	170	170	92
2	AB de Villiers	2008-2021	175	122	83
3	DJ Bravo	2008-2021	144	143	76
4	DA Warner	2009-2021	148	147	68
5	F du Plessis	2012-2021	90	89	58
6	DA Miller	2012-2021	85	85	51
7	SPD Smith	2012-2021	100	100	50

Both the openers scoring centuries in an innings in the annals of test cricket

29/04/2021 hrg

Sri Lankan openers FDM Karunaratne {118} and HDRL Thiruamanne {131 not out} scored centuries on the first day of Palekkele Test against Bangladesh to provide the 77^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
2	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
3	England	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
4	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
5	England	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
6	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
7	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
8	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932
9	Australia	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
10	India	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
11	England	1	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
12	West Indies	2	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948
13	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
14	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
15	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
16	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
17	India	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
18	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
19	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
20	Australia	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
21	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
22	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
23	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
24	West Indies	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
25	West Indies	2	v India	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
26	England	3	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
27	West Indies	4	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984
28	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
29	Australia	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
30	West Indies	2	v England	St John’s	12 Apr 1990
31	England	1	v India	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
32	Australia	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
33	Australia	4	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
34	South Africa	1	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
35	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997
36	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
37	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
38	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001
39	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
40	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
41	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
42	Australia	1	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
43	Australia	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
44	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
45	Australia	3	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
46	South Africa	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
47	New Zealand	1	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
48	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004
49	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
50	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
51	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004
52	South Africa	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005
53	South Africa	1	v West Indies	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
54	Australia	2	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005
55	Australia	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
56	India	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
57	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
58	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
59	Australia	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
60	South Africa	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
61	Australia	1	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
62	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
63	England	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
64	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
65	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
66	India	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
67	Bangladesh	1	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014
68	Bangladesh	3	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
69	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
70	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
71	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
72	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
73	India	1	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
74	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
75	India	1	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
76	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019
77	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lankan openers performing such a feat. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
2	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
3	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the seventh occasion of openers performing such a feat against Bangladesh. All the seven occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
2	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
3	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
4	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
6	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
7	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

DA Warner becomes the first batsman in IPL to score fifty half centuries.

29/04/2021 hrg

DA Warner earned the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the history of IPL to score fifty half centuries when he scored 57 representing Sunrisers against Chennai in the ongoing tournament at Delhi on 28.04.21. All his half centuries are tabulated below. DA Warner has represented two teams in the tournament – Delhi and Sunrisers. He has scored ten half centuries representing Delhi and forty half centuries representing Sunrisers.

No	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	51	Delhi	Chennai	Jo’burg	02 May 2009
2	57	Delhi	Deccan	Cuttack	21 Mar 2010
3	54	Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	12 Apr 2011
4	51	Delhi	Deccan	Delhi	19 Apr 2011
5	77	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	23 Apr 2011
6	79	Delhi	Punjab	Dharamsala	19 May 2012
7	77	Delhi	Rajasthan	Delhi	06 Apr 2013
8	61	Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	09 Apr 2013
9	51*	Delhi	Pune	Raipur	28 Apr 2013
10	66*	Delhi	Kolkata	Raipur	01 May 2013
11	58*	Sunrisers	Delhi	Dub-DSC	25 Apr 2014
12	65	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Dub-DSC	30 Apr 2014
13	61	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	04 May 2014
14	55*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	12 May 2014
15	59	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	20 May 2014
16	90	Sunrisers	Chennai	Ranchi	22 May 2014
17	53	Sunrisers	Chennai	Chennai	11 Apr 2015
18	57	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	13 Apr 2015
19	91	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	22 Apr 2015
20	58	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	27 Apr 2015
21	61	Sunrisers	Chennai	Hyd-RGS	02 May 2015
22	81	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	11 May 2015
23	52*	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	15 May 2015
24	58	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	12 Apr 2016
25	90*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	18 Apr 2016
26	74*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Rajkot	21 Apr 2016
27	59	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	23 Apr 2016
28	92	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	30 Apr 2016
29	52	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	15 May 2016
30	73	Sunrisers	Delhi	Raipur	20 May 2016
31	93*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Delhi	27 May 2016
32	69	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	29 May 2016
33	76*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Hyd-RGS	09 Apr 2017
34	70*	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	17 Apr 2017
35	51	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	28 Apr 2017
36	69*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Kanpur	13 May 2017
37	85	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Sharjah	24 Mar 2019
38	69	Sunrisers	Rajasthan	Hyd-RGS	29 Mar 2019
39	70*	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	08 Apr 2019
40	51	Sunrisers	Delhi	Hyd-RGS	14 Apr 2019
41	50	Sunrisers	Chennai	Hyd-RGS	17 Apr 2019
42	67	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Hyd-RGS	21 Apr 2019
43	57	Sunrisers	Chennai	Chennai	23 Apr 2019
44	81	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	29 Apr 2019
45	60	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Sharjah	04 Oct 2020
46	52	Sunrisers	Punjab	Dub-DSC	08 Oct 2020
47	66	Sunrisers	Delhi	Dub-DSC	27 Oct 2020
48	85*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Sharjah	03 Nov 2020
49	54	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Chennai	14 Apr 2021
50	57	Sunrisers	Chennai	Delhi	28 Apr 2021

DA Warner has also scored four centuries in the tournament which are listed below. Thus his 57 against Chennai represents his 54^th fifty in the tournament.

No	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	107*	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29 Mar 2010
2	109*	Delhi	Deccan	Hyd-RGS	10 May 2012
3	126	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Hyd-RGS	30 Apr 2017
4	100*	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	31 Mar 2019

The following table lists the 27 fifty plus scores of DA Warner while leading a team in the Indian Premier League.

No	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	53	Sunrisers	Chennai	Chennai	11.04.15
2	57	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	13.04.15
3	91	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	22.04.15
4	58	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	27.04.15
5	61	Sunrisers	Chennai	Hyd-RGS	02.05.15
6	81	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	11.05.15
7	52*	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	15.05.15
8	58	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	12.04.16
9	90*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	18.04.16
10	74*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Rajkot	21.04.16
11	59	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	23.04.16
12	92	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	30.04.16
13	52	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	15.05.16
14	73	Sunrisers	Delhi	Raipur	20.05.16
15	93*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Delhi	27.05.16
16	69	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	29.05.16
17	76*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Hyd-RGS	09.04.17
18	70*	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	17.04.17
19	51	Sunrisers	Punjab	Mohali	28.04.17
20	126	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Hyd-RGS	30.04.17
21	69	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Kanpur	13.05.17
22	60	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Sharjah	04.10.20
23	52	Sunrisers	Punjab	Dub-DSC	08.10.20
24	66	Sunrisers	Delhi	Dub-DSC	27.10.20
25	85*	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Sharjah	03.11.20
26	59	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Chennai	14.04.21
27	57	Sunrisers	Chennai	Delhi	28.04.21

Delhi became the third team in the history of IPL to play 200 plus games in IPL

28/04/2021 hrg

Delhi became the third team in the history of IPL to play 200 plus games in IPL after Mumbai {208} Bangalore {202}. The following table lists the performance of these three teams.

Team	M	W	L	T
Mumbai	208	120	84	0
Bangalore	202	94	101	0
Delhi	200	87	107	0

Kolkata became the third team in the history of IPL to win 100 plus games in IPL after Mumbai {120} and Chennai {110}. The following table lists the performance of these three teams. Kolkata’s 100^th win was against Punjab at Ahmedabad on 25.04.21

Team	M	W	L	T
Mumbai	208	120	84	0
Chennai	184	110	72	0
Kolkata	198	100	94	0

Delhi lost its game against Bangalore by one run at Ahmedabad on 27.04.21. It provides its 107^th loss in IPL. Delhi is one of the three teams to lose 100 plus games in IPL. Others are Punjab {105} and Bangalore {101}. Delhi owns the ambiguous record of losing most games in IPL – 107. The following table lists the performance of these three teams.

Team	M	W	L	T
Delhi	200	87	107	0
Punjab	196	87	105	0
Bangalore	202	94	101	0

AB de Villiers’ Distinctions

28/04/2021 hrg

AB devilliers achieved two distinctions in the match between Bangalore and Delhi at Ahmedabad on 27.04.21.

He became the sixth batsman in the history of IPL to complete 5000 runs and his knock of 75 not out earned him the 25^th Man of the Match in IPL. The five SK Raina {5472}, S Dhawan {5462}, RG Sharma {5431}, DA Warner {5390} and AB de Villiers {5053}. AB de Villiers completed 5000 runs when he was on 22 during his knock of 75 not out and his run aggregate read 5053 at the end of the game. He also became the second overseas batsman to reach the milestone after DA Warner.

His 75 not out earned him 25th Man of the Match Award and he became the first batsman in the history of IPL to earn 25 Man of the Match Awards. He has won two awards representing Delhi and 23 awards representing Bangalore. All his awards are tabulated below. CH Gayle is another cricketer with 20 plus Man of the Match Awards – 22 to be exact.

No	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Delhi	Chennai	Kingsmead	2008-09
2	Delhi	Rajasthan	Bloemfontein	2008-09
3	Bangalore	Pune	Pune-MCA	2012-13
4	Bangalore	Kochi	Kochi	2010-11
5	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	2011-12
6	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Jaipur	2011-12
7	Bangalore	Deccan	Bangalore	2011-12
8	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	04.05.14
9	Bangalore	Chennai	Ranchi	18.05.14
10	Bangalore	Mumbai	Mumbai	10.05.15
11	Bangalore	Rajasthna	Pune-MCA	20.05.15
12	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	12.04.16
13	Bangalore	Ris Pune	Pune-MCA	22.04.16
14	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	14.05.16
15	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	24.05.16
16	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	21.04.18
17	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	12.05.18
18	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bengaluru	17.05.18
19	Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	13.04.19
20	Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	24.04.19
21	Bangalore	Mumbai	Dub-DSC	28.09.20
22	Bangalore	Kolkata	Sharjah	12.10.20
23	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Dub-DSC	17.10.20
24	Bangalore	Kolkata	Chennai	18.04.21
25	Bangalore	Delhi	Ahmedabad	27.04.21

Matches won by one run margin in Indian Premier League

28/04/2021 hrg

Bangalore won the game by one run margin against Delhi on 27.04.21 in the ongoing IPL to provide the eleventh occasion of team winning an IPL game by one run margin. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Winner	Score	Opposition	Score	Ground	Date
1	Punjab	188-09	Mumbai	188-10	Mumbai	21.05.08
2	Punjab	134-07	Deccan	133-09	Jo’burg	17.05.09
3	Delhi	152-06	Rajasthan	151-03	Delhi	29.04.12
4	Mumbai	120-09	Pune	119-06	Pune	03.05.12
5	Chennai	150-07	Delhi	149-09	Chennai	09.04.15
6	Gujarat	172-06	Delhi	171-05	Delhi	27.04.16
7	Bangalore	175-06	Punjab	174-04	Mohali	09.05.16
8	Mumbai	129-08	Ris Pune	128-06	Hyd-RGS	21.05.17
9	Bangalore	161-07	Chennai	160-08	Bangalore	21.04.19
10	Mumbai	149-08	Chennai	148-07	Hyd-RGS	12.05.19
11	Bangalore	171-05	Delhi	170-04	Ahmedabad	27.04.21

It also provides the third occasion of Bangalore winning an IPL game by one run margin. All the three wins are listed below

No	Winner	Score	Opposition	Score	Ground	Date
1	Bangalore	175-06	Punjab	174-04	Mohali	09.05.16
2	Bangalore	161-07	Chennai	160-08	Bangalore	21.04.19
3	Bangalore	171-05	Delhi	170-04	Ahmedabad	27.04.21

It also provides the third occasion of Delhi losing an IPL game by one run margin. All the three losses are listed below

No	Winner	Score	Oppn	Score	Ground	Date
1	Chennai	150-07	Delhi	149-09	Chennai	09.04.15
2	Gujarat	172-06	Delhi	171-05	Delhi	27.04.16
3	Bangalore	171-05	Delhi	170-04	Ahmedabad	27.04.21