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M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore owns two unique records in the history of T20 games.

03/05/2018 hrg

In my earlier article on M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, I had said that it became the only ground in the history of T20 games to have three batsmen scoring 100 plus sixes – CH Gayle {150}, AB de Villiers {101} and V Kohli {100}

As I was browsing through the records, I found yet another unique record associated with M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The record is it has three batsmen scoring 1500 plus runs in T20 games. The batsmen are – V Kohli {2435}, CH Gayle {1790} and AB de Villiers {1654}

It is just a coincidence that the batsmen who have scored 1500 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium have also scored 100 plus boundary sixes. Thus M Chinnaswamy Stadium owns two unique records in the history of T20 games with a rare coincidence.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	6s
1	V Kohli	79	76	10	2435	113	36.89	3	17	5	100
2	CH Gayle	50	48	6	1790	175*	42.61	3	10	3	150
3	AB de Villiers	54	51	11	1654	129*	41.35	1	11	2	101

Salient Stats of Match No 31 – Bangalore Vs Mumbai at Bangalore on 01.05.18

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M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore now owns a unique record in the history of T20 games. V Kohli has scored 99 boundary sixes at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, prior to the start of the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians slated for May, 01, 2018. He needed one more boundary six for his 100 boundary sixes.

V Kohli scored a boundary six in this game of KH Pandya {12.2 over of the game} which fetched him his 100^th boundary six. M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore became the only ground to witness three batsmen scoring 100 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games. CH Gayle {150} and AB de Villiers {101} are the other two batsmen who have scored 100 plus boundary sixes at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

V Kohli shares another world record in T20 games. He shares the record for most innings played on a single ground in the history of T20 games. He was playing his 76^th innings in this game at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. SR Patel is the other batsman to have played 76 innings at Nottingham

V Kohli now owns the record for most runs in IPL with an aggregate of 4767 runs at the end of this game. SK Raina is close behind with 4745 runs to his credit.

RG Sharma failed to score for the eleventh occasion in IPL. Other batsmen who have failed to score on ten or more occasions in IPL are – Harbhajan Singh {13}, PP Chawla {12}, MK Pandey {12}, PA Patel {12}, G Gambhir {12}. A Mishra {10} and AM Rahane {10}.

Ishan Kishan failed to score in this game to provide the 54^thoccasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in IPL. It also provides the 13th occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in IPL

Ishan Kishan collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL.

RG Sharma failed to score in this game to provide the 71^st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in IPL. It also provides the 13^th occasion of a Mumbai captain scoring a duck in IPL

RG Sharma collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 31^st occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in IPL.

RG Sharma and Ishank Kishan scored ducks in this game to provide the third occasion of captain and wicket keeper scoring ducks in the same innings in IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No		Pos	Batsman	Runs	Balls	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	+	02	RV Uthappa	00	01	Bangalore	Punjab	Durban	24.04.09
2	*	04	KP Pietersen	00	02	Bangalore	Punjab	Durban	24.04.09

1	*	02	V Kohli	00	02	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	24.05.16
2	+	04	KL Rahul	00	01	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	24.05.16

1	+	02	Ishan Kishan	00	01	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	01.05.18
2	*	04	RG Sharma	00	01	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	01.05.18

RG Sharma and Ishank Kishan collected the first ball ducks in this game to provide the first occasion of captain and wicket keeper collecting first ball ducks in the same innings in IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No		Pos	Batsman	Runs	Balls	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	+	02	Ishan Kishan	00	01	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	01.05.18
2	*	04	RG Sharma	00	01	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	01.05.18

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore now owns a unique record in the history of Twenty20 games

01/05/2018 hrg

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore now owns a unique record in the history of T20 games. V Kohli has scored 99 boundary sixes at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, prior to the start of the game between Royal Challengers Banglaore and Mumbai Indians slated for May, 01, 2018. He needed one more boundary six for his 100 boundary sixes.

Salient Stats of Match No 30 – Chennai Vs Delhi at Pune-MCA on 30.04.18

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Chennai posted a total of 211 for 4 in this game to provide the 77^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the 16^th occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL.

It also provides the third occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs at Pune-MCA. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against Delhi in IPL and also the second occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs against Delhi in IPL. The first such occasion was Chennai’s 222 for 5 at Chennai on 25.05.12.

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 102 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 175^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 60^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in IPL.

It also provides the 22^nd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 34^th occasion of overseas batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL.. Surprisingly enough, this was the first three figure partnership posted by Chennai batsmen against Delhi in IPL.

MS Dhoni scored 51 not out in this game to provide the 222^nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 18th occasion of a Chennai captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL

MS Dhoni {51 not out} and RR Pant {79} scored fifties this game to provide the 119th and 120^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL.

MS Dhoni {51 not out} scored fifty this game to provide the 20^th occasion of a Chennai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. RR Pant {79} scored fifty in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a Delhi wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL.

MS Dhoni {51 not out} and RR Pant {79} scored fifties this game to provide the eighth occasion of rival wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in the same game in IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	50	Deccan	Punjab	Mohali	23.05.08
	KC Sangakkara	50	Punjab	Deccan	Mohali	23.05.08

2	Kamran Akmal	53	Rajasthan	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
	PA Patel	54	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	24.05.08

3	NV Ojha	79	Sunrisers	Punjab	Hyd-RGS	14.05.14
	WP Saha	54	Punjab	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	14.05.14

4	KL Rahul	51*	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
	KD Karthik	50*	Gujarat	Bangalore	Rajkot	24.04.16

5	WP Saha	52	Punjab	Delhi	Mohali	07.05.16
	Q de Kock	52	Delhi	Punjab	Mohali	07.05.16

6	KD Karthik	65	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	04.05.17
	RR Pant	97	Delhi	Gujarat	Delhi	04.05.17

7	Q de Kock	53	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	25.04.18
	MS Dhoni	70*	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	25.04.18

8	MS Dhoni	51*	Chennai	Delhi	Pune-MCA	30.04.18
	RR Pant	79	Delhi	Chennai	Pune-MCA	30.04.18

RR Pant’s 79 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 70^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Delhi wicket keeper batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL.

MS Dhoni’s run aggregate as captain in IPL read 3556 at the end of this game. He now owns the record for most runs by a captain in IPL. He went past G Gambhir who had an aggregate of 3518 runs.

MS Dhoni’s boundary sixes aggregate read 176 at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman in the history of IPL to score 175 plus sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {288}, RG Sharma {181}, AB de Villiers {180} and SK Raina {180}

Batsmen who have scored 1000 plus runs on various grounds of Indian soil in the history of T20 games

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AM Rahane of Rajasthan completed 1000 runs at Jaipur when he was on 12 during his knock of 65 not out against Sunrisers at Jaipur on 29.04.18. At the end of the game his run aggregate at Jaipur read 1053. He became the 14^th batsman in the history of T20 game to score 1000 plus runs at various grounds on Indian Soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	Ground
1	V Kohli	78	75	10	2403	113	36.96	3	17	5	Bengaluru
2	CH Gayle	50	48	6	1790	175*	42.61	3	10	3	Bengaluru
3	RG Sharma	58	57	11	1682	94	36.56	0	13	3	Mum-WS
4	AB de Villiers	54	51	11	1654	129*	41.35	1	11	2	Bengaluru
5	G Gambhir	50	50	5	1462	93	32.48	0	11	2	Kolkata
6	SK Raina	53	52	5	1403	100*	29.85	1	7	1	Chepauk
7	S Dhawan	43	43	6	1311	84	35.43	0	8	0	Hyd-RGS
8	DA Warner	27	27	6	1291	126	61.47	2	11	1	Hyd-RGS
9	MS Dhoni	52	49	15	1238	67*	36.41	0	6	2	Chepauk
10	V Sehwag	40	40	2	1199	95*	31.55	0	9	2	Delhi
11	SE Marsh	28	27	3	1064	115	44.33	1	8	0	Mohali
12	AM Rahane	31	29	6	1053	98	45.78	0	10	1	Jaipur
13	KA Pollard	51	49	13	1020	66*	28.33	0	5	2	Mum-WS
14	MEK Hussey	26	25	3	1008	95	45.81	0	8	0	Chepauk

Bengaluru and Chepauk have witnessed three batsmen scoring 1000 plus runs, while Hyd-RGS and Mum-WS have witness two batsmen scoring 1000 plus runs. The detailed particulars are furnished below

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	Ground
1	V Kohli	78	75	10	2403	113	36.96	3	17	5	Bengaluru
2	CH Gayle	50	48	6	1790	175*	42.61	3	10	3	Bengaluru
3	AB de Villiers	54	51	11	1654	129*	41.35	1	11	2	Bengaluru

1	SK Raina	53	52	5	1403	100*	29.85	1	7	1	Chepauk
2	MS Dhoni	52	49	15	1238	67*	36.41	0	6	2	Chepauk
3	MEK Hussey	26	25	3	1008	95	45.81	0	8	0	Chepauk

1	S Dhawan	43	43	6	1311	84	35.43	0	8	0	Hyd-RGS
2	DA Warner	27	27	6	1291	126	61.47	2	11	1	Hyd-RGS

1	RG Sharma	58	57	11	1682	94	36.56	0	13	3	Mum-WS
2	KA Pollard	51	49	13	1020	66*	28.33	0	5	2	Mum-WS

Bengaluru is the only ground in the history of T20 games to witness three batsmen scoring 1500 plus runs. V Kohli {2403}, CH Gayle {1790} and AB de Villiers {1654} are the three batsmen who have an aggregate of 1500 plus runs at Bengaluru.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	Ground
1	V Kohli	78	75	10	2403	113	36.96	3	17	5	Bengaluru
2	CH Gayle	50	48	6	1790	175*	42.61	3	10	3	Bengaluru
3	AB de Villiers	54	51	11	1654	129*	41.35	1	11	2	Bengaluru

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore is all set to own a unique record in the history of Twenty20 games

30/04/2018 hrg

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore is all set own a unique record in the history of T20 games. V Kohli has scored 99 boundary sixes at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, as on date. He needs one more boundary six for his 100 boundary sixes.

If he scores one more boundary six against Mumbai Indians on 01.05.18, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore would become the only ground to witness three batsmen scoring 100 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games. CH Gayle {150} and AB de Villiers {101} are the other two batsmen who have scored 100 plus boundary sixes a t M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Salient Stats of Match No 29 – Bangalore Vs Kolkata at Bangalore on 29.04.18

30/04/2018 hrg

V Kohli scored 68 not out in this game to provide the 222nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 31st occasion of a Bangalore captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL.

V Kohli’s 68 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 82^nd occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also provides the 17th occasion of a Bangalore captain’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL.

V Kohli’s 68 not out in this game represent his 37^th fifty in IPL. He now occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in IPL. DA Warner occupies the first place with 39 fifties.

V Kohli became the second batsman in the history of IPL to score 4700 runs. His run aggregate at the end of this game read 4735. SK Raina has scored 4744 runs.

V Kohli’s boundary sixes aggregate at the end of this game read 170. He became the sixth batsman in the history of IPL to score 170 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {288}, RG Sharma {181}, AB de Villiers {180}, SK Raina {180} and MS Dhoni {171}.

Salient Stats of Match No 28 – Rajasthan Vs Sunrisers at Jaipur on 29.04.18

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KS Williamson scored 63 and AM Rahane scored 65 not out in this game to provide the 220^th and 221st occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL.

KS Williamson scored 63 to provide the 25^th occasion of a Sunrisers captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. AM Rahane scored 65 not out in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a Rajastthan captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL.

KS Williamson scored 63 and AM Rahane scored 65 not out in this game to provide the 14th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the same match in IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1	Yuvraj Singh	58	*	Punjab	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
	2	MS Dhoni	56	*	Chennai	Punjab	Centurion	07.05.09

2	1	SR Tendulkar	100	*	Mumbai	Kochi	Mumbai	15.04.11
	2	M Jayawardene	56		Kochi	Mumbai	Mumbai	15.04.11

3	1	R Dravid	57		Rajasthan	Delhi	Jaipur	01.05.12
	2	V Sehwag	73		Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	01.05.12

4	1	RG Sharma	98	*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata	08.04.15
	2	G Gambhir	57		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	08.04.15

5	1	V Kohli	75		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	12.04.16
	2	DA Warner	58		Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	12.04.16

6	1	G Gambhir	64		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	13.04.16
	2	RG Sharma	84	*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata	13.04.16

7	1	SK Raina	75		Gujarat	Sunrisers	Rajkot	21.04.16
	2	DA Warner	74	*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Rajkot	21.04.16

8	1	G Gambhir	59		Kolkata	Mumbai	Mumbai	28.04.16
	2	RG Sharma	68	*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mumbai	28.04.16

9	1	M Vijay	59		Punjab	Ris Pune	Vizag	21.05.16
	2	MS Dhoni	64	*	Ris Pune	Punjab	Vizag	21.05.16

10	1	DA Warner	69		Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	29.05.16
	2	V Kohli	54		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	29.05.16

11	1	SK Raina	68	*	Gujarat	Kolkata	Rajkot	07.04.17
	2	G Gambhir	76	*	Kolkata	Gujarat	Rajkot	07.04.17

12	1	SPD Smith	51		Ris Pune	Kolkata	Pune-MCA	26.04.17
	2	G Gambhir	62		Kolkata	Ris Pune	Pune-MCA	26.04.17

13	1	RG Sharma	94		Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	17.04.18
	2	V Kohli	92	*	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	17.04.18

14	1	KS Williamson	63		Sunrisers	Rajasthan	Jaipur	29.04.18
	2	AM Rahane	65	*	Rajasthan	Sunrisers	Jaipur	29.04.18

AM Rahane’s 65 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 81st occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Rajasthan captain’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL.

Salient Stats of Match No 27 – Chennai Vs Mumbai at Pune-MCA on 28.04.18

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SK Raina scored 75 not out in this game which represents his 34^th fifty in IPL. He now occupies the joint third place among the batsmen who have scored most fifties in IPL with RG Sharma who also has scored 34 fifties in IPL {Stats as at the end of Chenna’s innings in this game}. The first place is occupied by DA Warner {39} and the second place is occupied jointly by V Kohli {36} and G Gambhir {36}.

SK Raina became the first batsman in the history of IPL to scored 4700 runs and at the end of this game his run aggregate read 4744. He owns the record for most run aggregate in IPL.

RG Sharma’s boundary sixes aggregate read 181 and SK Raina’s boundary sixes aggregate at the end of this game read 180. RG Sharma occupy the second place and SK Raina and AB de Villiers jointly occupy the second place among the batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in IPL AB de Villiers has also an aggregate of 180 boundary sixes in IPL. CH Gayle with 288 boundary sixes occupy the first place.

MS Dhoni with an aggregate of 171 boundary sixes at the end of this game became the fifth batsman in the history of IPL to score 170 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {288}, RG Sharma {181}, AB de Villiers {180} and SK Raina {180}

RG Sharma scored 56 not out in this game which was his 35^th fifty in IPL. He became the fourth batsman in the history of IPL to score 35 plus fifties. Others are – DA Warner {39}, G Gambhir {36} and V Kohli {36}. RG Sharma occupies the third place among the batsmen who have scored most fifties in IPL.

RG Sharma completed 4400 runs in IPL. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 4403. He now occupies the third place among the batsmen who have scored most runs in IPL. SK Raina {4744} and V Kohli {4667} occupy the first and second places.

RG Sharma scored 56 not out in this game to provide the 219th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 28^th occasion of a Mumbai captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL.

Mumbai won its 93^rd game in IPL, while Chennai lost its 53^rd game. The result summary of both these teams read thus

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Tie+W	Tie+L	NR	%
Chennai Super Kings	2008-2018	139	84	53	0	0	1	1	61.23
Mumbai Indians	2008-2018	164	93	70	0	1	0	0	57.01

Mumbai owns the record for most wins by a team in IPL. It has won 93 games out of 164 games played as on date

Man of the Match award for a cricketer on the losing side in IPL

28/04/2018 hrg

AS Rajpoot of Punjab was awarded the Man of the Match Award for his bowling performance of 5 for 14 in the game against Sunrisers at Hyd-RGS on 26.04.18 to provide the 14th occasion of a cricketer getting the Man of the Match Award in IPL though he was on the losing side. He became the 13th cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match despite being on the losing side. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Batsman	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Bat	Bowl	Dis
1	SGoswami	Ban	Del	Bangalore	19.05..08	52		1ct+1St
2	JAMorkel	Che	Raj	Chennai	24.05.08	71	3/22
3	YuvrajSingh	Pun	Ban	Durban	01.05.09	50
4	AKumble	Ban	Dec	Jo’burg	24.05.09		4/16
5	YKPathan	Raj	Mum	MumBS	13.05.10	100
6	YuvrajSingh	Pune	Delhi	Mumbai	17.04.11	66*	4/39
7	RSharma	Pune	Mum	Mumbai	04.05.11		2/17
8	SPNarine	Kol	Pun	Kolkata	15.04.12		5/19
9	DWSteyn	Dec	Mum	Mumbai	29.04.12		2/10
10	VKohli	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16	100*
11	CJMorris	Del	Guj	Delhi	27.05.16	82*	2/35
12	AZampa	RPune	Sun	Vizag	10.05.16		6/19
13	HMAmla	Pun	Sun	Mohali	15.05.16	96
14	ASRajpoot	Pun	Sun	Hy-RGS	26.04.18	08	5/14

Punjab became the second team in the history of IPL to have three cricketers awarded Man of the Match despite being on the losing side after Bangalore. The following table has the details of these two team

No	Batsman	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Bat	Bowl	Dismissals
1	SGoswami	Ban	Del	Bangalore	19.05..08	52		1ct + 1St
2	AKumble	Ban	Dec	Jo’burg	24.05.09		4/16
3	VKohli	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16	100*

1	YuvrajSingh	Pun	Ban	Durban	01.05.09	50
2	HMAmla	Pun	Sun	Mohali	15.05.16	96
3	ASRajpoot	Pun	Sun	Hyd-RGS	26.04.18	08	5/14

AS Rajpoot became the fifth cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match for a performance on the losing side when a cricketer has captured four or more wickets

No	Batsman	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Bat	Bowl
1	AZampa	RPun	Sun	Vizag	10.05.16		6/19
2	SPNarine	Kol	Pun	Kolkata	15.04.12		5/19
3	ASRajpoot	Pun	Sun	HydRGS	26.04.18	08	5/14
4	YuvrajSingh	Pune	Delhi	Mumbai	17.04.11	66*	4/39
5	AKumble	Ban	Dec	Jo’burg	24.05.09		4/16

AS Rajpoot became the third cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match for a performance on the losing side when a cricketer has captured five or more wickets in IPL. AS Rajpoot has the second best figures in this category of statistics after A Zampa.

No	Batsman	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Bat	Bowl
1	AZampa	RPun	Sun	Vizag	10.05.16		6/19
2	SPNarine	Kol	Pun	Kolkata	15.04.12		5/19
3	ASRajpoot	Pun	Sun	HydRGS	26.04.18	08	5/14

Yuvraj Singh is the only cricketer to be awarded Man of Match on two occasion when his team has ended on the losing side in IPL. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Bat	Bowl
1	YuvrajSingh	Pun	Ban	Durban	01.05.09	50
2	YuvrajSingh	Pune	Delhi	Mumbai	17.04.11	66*	4/39