RV Uthappa joins the list of wicket keepers who have effected 100 plus dismissals in Twenty20 games

RV Uthappa joins the list of wicket keepers who have effected 100 plus dismissals in Twenty20 games

RV Uthappa’s aggregate catches in Twenty20 games read 101 at the end of the game between Kolkata and Ris Pune at Kolkata on 26.04.17. He effected his 100th dismissal in the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore when he caught AB de Villiers for 8 of the bowling of NM Coulter-Nile.  The following table list all the fourteen glovemen who have effected 100 plus dismissals in  the history of Twenty20 games. RV Uthappa has an aggregate of 104 dismissals at the end of the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rising Pune Supergiants at Pune-SRS on 26.04.17

No Player Mat Inns Dis Ct St Max Dis Inns
1 Kamran Akmal 197 189 200 110 90 4 (4ct 0st)
2 MS Dhoni 255 242 184 121 63 4 (4ct 0st)
3 KC Sangakkara 235 177 180 123 57 5 (5ct 0st)
4 KD Karthik 211 184 161 115 46 5 (1ct 4st)
5 D Ramdin 155 153 141 099 42 4 (4ct 0st)
6 NV Ojha 157 154 123 101 22 4 (4ct 0st)
7 P Mustard 179 157 121 084 37 3 (3ct 0st)
8 PA Patel 168 149 117 094 23 4 (4ct 0st)
9 NJ O’Brien 147 126 113 078 35 5 (5ct 0st)
10 JS Foster 164 162 113 069 44 3 (3ct 0st)
11 Mushfiqur Rahim 126 120 110 072 38 4 (3ct 1st)
12 RV Uthappa 206 125 104 068 36 4 (2ct 2st)
13 WP Saha 157 129 102 076 26 4 (3ct 1st)
14 MN van Wyk 126 118 101 080 21 5 (4ct 1st)

RV Uthappa is the sixth Indian wicket keeper to effect 100 plus dismissals in the history of Twenty20 games. The following table lists the performance of all the six wicket keepers.

No Player Mat Inns Dis Ct St Max Dis Inns
1 MS Dhoni 255 242 184 121 63 4 (4ct 0st)
2 KD Karthik 211 184 161 115 46 5 (1ct 4st)
3 NV Ojha 157 154 123 101 22 4 (4ct 0st)
4 PA Patel 168 149 117 094 23 4 (4ct 0st)
5 RV Uthappa 206 125 104 068 36 4 (2ct 2st)
6 WP Saha 157 129 102 076 26 4 (3ct 1st)

 

Rival captains scoring fifties in the Indian Premier League

Rival captains scoring fifties in the Indian Premier League

SPD Smith of Rising Pune Supergiant scored 51 not  out and G Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders scored 62 at Kolkata on 26.04.17 to  provide the eleventh occasion of rival captains  scoring fifties in the Indian Premier  League.  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 SPD Smith 51* Ris Pune Kolkata Kolkata 26.04.17
  2 G Gambhir 62 Kolkata Ris Pune Kolkata 26.04.17

SPD Smith of Rising Pune Supergiant scored 51 not  out and G Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders scored 62 at Kolkata on 26.04.17 to  provide the fourth occasion of involving a Kolkata captain when rival captains have scored fifties in the Indian Premier League.All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 1 RG Sharma 98* Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
  2 G Gambhir 57 Kolkata Mumbai Kolkata 08.04.15
               
2 1 G Gambhir 64 Kolkata Mumbai Kolkata 13.04.16
  2 RG Sharma 84* Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 13.04.16
               
3 1 G Gambhir 59 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 28.04.16
  2 RG Sharma 68* Mumbai Kolkata Mumbai 28.04.16
               
4 1 SPD Smith 51* Ris Pune Kolkata Kolkata 26.04.17
  2 G Gambhir 62 Kolkata Ris Pune Kolkata 26.04.17

 

RV Uthappa’s feat – becomes the second wicket keeper in the Indian Premier League to effect three stumping dismissals in an innings

RV Uthappa’s feat – becomes the second wicket keeper in the Indian Premier League to effect three stumping dismissals in an innings

Robin Venu Uthappa

RV Uthappa of Kolkata Knight Riders effected three stumping dismissals against Rising Pune Supergiant at Kolkata on 26.04.17 to provide the third occasion of a wicket keeper effecting three stumping dismissals in an innings in the Indian Premier League. He also became the second wicket keeper to accomplish such a feat in the tournament. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 MS Dhoni 3 0 3 1 Chennai Kolkata Chennai 13 Apr 2010
2 MS Dhoni 3 0 3 2 Chennai Kolkata Chennai 08 Apr 2011
3 RV Uthappa 3 0 3 1 Kolkata Ris Pune Kolkata 26 Apr 2017

 

One more feather in the cap for V Kohli – owns the record for most half centuries on a single ground in T20 games

One more feather in the cap for V Kohli – owns the record for most half centuries on a single ground in T20 games

Virat Kohli

V Kohli scored 62 for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai at Bangalore on 14.04.17. It  was his 15h half century at M Chinnnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.  He now owns the record for most half centuries on a single ground in the history of Twenty20 games . He went past MA Carberry who also has scored 15 half centuries at Southampton. V Kohli’s fifteen half centuries at Bangalore are listed below.      

No Score Team Opposition Ground Date Tournament
1 58 Bangalore Deccan Bangalore 08.04.10 IPL
2 67 Bangalore Pune Bangalore 29.04.11 IPL
3 70 Bangalore South Australia Bangalore 05.10.11 CLT20
4 84* Bangalore New South Wales Bangalore 07.10.11 CLT2O
5 93* Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 09.04.13 IPL
6 65 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 16.04.13 IPL
7 57 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 14.05.13 IPL
8 56* Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 18.05.13 IPL
9 73 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 24.05.14 IPL
10 51 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 22.04.15 IPL
11 75 Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 12.04.16 IPL
12 79 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 17.04.16 IPL
13 52 Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 02.05.16 IPL
14 54* Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 29.05.16 IPL
15 62 Bangalore Mumbai Bangalore 14.04.17

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Captain’s fifties in losing cause in the Indian Premier League – Some interesting statistical derivatives

Captain’s fifties in losing cause in the Indian Premier League – Some interesting statistical derivatives

RG Sharma  of Mumbai  Indians scored  58 against Rising Pune Supergiant at Mumbai  on 24.04.17. His effort went in vain as Mumbai Indians lost the game by three runs.  This provides the 67th occasion of a captain’s fifty in a losing cause in the Indian Premier League

 

RG Sharma’s effort provides the eighth occasion of a Mumbai Indians captain’s fifty in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the seventh occasion of RG Sharma’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

 

No   Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 * SR Tendulkar 100 * Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
2 * RG Sharma 79 * Mumbai Punjab Mumbai 29.04.13
3 * RG Sharma 50   Mumbai Chennai Dubai-DSC 25.04.14
4 * RG Sharma 51   Mumbai Kolkata Cuttack 14.05.14
5 * RG Sharma 98 * Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
6 * RG Sharma 50   Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 17.04.15
7 * RG Sharma 65   Mumbai Delhi Delhi 23.04.16
8 * RG Sharma 58   Mumbai Ris Pune Mumbai 24.04.17

 

RG Sharma became the second captain to witness his fifty in a losing cause against Rising Pune after M Vijay of Punjab. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No   Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 * M Vijay 59 Punjab Ris Pune Vizag 21.05.16
2 * RG Sharma 58 Mumbai Ris Pune Mumbai 24.04.17

 

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai has witnessed eight occasions of captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament. All such occasions are listed below

 

No   Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 *+ AC Gilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
2 * SR Tendulkar 100* Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
3 + Yuvraj Singh 66* Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
4 * RG Sharma 79* Mumbai Punjab Mumbai 29.04.13
5 * RG Sharma 50 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 17.04.15
6 * G Gambhir 64 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 13.04.16
7 * G Gambhir 59 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 28.04.16
8 * RG Sharma 58 Mumbai Ris Pune Mumbai 24.04.17

 

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai has witnessed four occasions of Mumbai captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament. All such occasions are listed below

 

No   Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 * SR Tendulkar 100* Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
2 * RG Sharma 79* Mumbai Punjab Mumbai 29.04.13
3 * RG Sharma 50 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 17.04.15
4 * RG Sharma 58 Mumbai Ris Pune Mumbai 24.04.17

 

RG Sharma shares the second place with G Gambhir in the list of captains who have witnessed most fifties in a losing cause – Both RG Sharma and G Gambhir have witnessed seven fifties in a losing cause. The dubious record of a captain witnessing most fifties in a losing cause wrests with V Kohli – ten fifties

 

No   Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 * V Kohli 58 Bangalore Chennai Chennai 13.01.13
2 * V Kohli 57 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 14.05.13
3 * V Kohli 67 Bangalore Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 20.05.14
4 * V Kohli 73 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 24.05.14
5 * V Kohli 51 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 22.04.15
6 * V Kohli 79 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 17.04.16
7 * V Kohli 100* Bangalore Gujarat Rajkot 24.04.16
8 * V Kohli 52 Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 02.05.16
9 * V Kohli 54 Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 29.05.16
10 * V Kohli 62 Bangalore Mumbai Bangalore 14.04.17
               
1 * G Gambhir 62 Kolkata Chennai Kolkata 14.05.12
2 * G Gambhir 59 Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 11.04.13
3 * G Gambhir 54 Kolkata Rajasthan Ahmedabad 05.05.14
4 * G Gambhir 58 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 11.04.15
5 * G Gambhir 64 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 13.04.16
6 * G Gambhir 59 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 28.04.16
7 * G Gambhir 51 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 16.05.16
               
1 * RG Sharma 79* Mumbai Punjab Mumbai 29.04.13
2 * RG Sharma 50 Mumbai Chennai Dubai-DSC 25.04.14
3 * RG Sharma 51 Mumbai Kolkata Cuttack 14.05.14
4 * RG Sharma 98* Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
5 * RG Sharma 50 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 17.04.15
6 ^ RG Sharma 65 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 23.04.16
7 * RG Sharma 58 Mumbai Ris Pune Mumbai 24.04.17

 

IPL 500th game – miscomputation – abandoned games without toss are taken into account while computing

IPL 500th game – miscomputation – abandoned games without toss are taken into account while computing

We are reproducing an article posted on this portal in IPL 2015 when commentators and the statistician assisting the commentators on the day of the match miscounted the  number of IPL games without taking into account the number of six abandoned games.

Some of the Commentators while commenting on IPL had labeled the second game of 03rd May 2015 – between Rajasthan and Delhi at Mum-BS as 500th IPL Game. It’s a wrong computation.  They have counted the fixtures of IPL and not the actual games. There were six abandoned games which should not be taken into account as these games were abandoned without a ball being bowled. Hence the game under question was 494th game of IPL. Furnishing below the table in which I have arrived second game of 03.05.15 as 494th IPL game

No Season Mat Abd Total
1 2008 59 01 58
2 2009 59 02 57
3 2010 60 00 60
4 2011 74 01 73
5 2012 76 01 75
6 2013 76 00 76
7 2014 60 00 60
8 2015 36 01 35
  Total 500 06 494

 

ABANDONED GAMES WITHOUT A BALL BEING BOWLED
No Team 1 Team 2 Result Ground Match Date
1 Delhi Kolkata Abandoned Delhi May 22, 2008
2 Mumbai Rajasthan Abandoned Durban Apr 21, 2009
3 Chennai Kolkata Abandoned Cape Town Apr 25, 2009
4 Bangalore Rajasthan Abandoned Bangalore Apr 19, 2011
5 Kolkata Deccan Abandoned Kolkata Apr 24, 2012
6 Kolkata Rajasthan Abandoned Kolkata Apr 26, 2015

The detailed Result Summary of games as of 03.05.15 read thus

Team Mat Won Lost Tied Tie+W Tie+L NR
Chennai Super Kings 124 75 47 0 0 1 1
Deccan Chargers 75 29 46 0 0 0 0
Delhi Daredevils 114 48 64 0 0 1 1
Kings XI Punjab 115 56 57 0 2 0 0
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 14 6 8 0 0 0 0
Kolkata Knight Riders 112 57 53 0 0 2 0
Mumbai Indians 119 67 52 0 0 0 0
Pune Warriors 46 12 33 0 0 0 1
Rajasthan Royals 114 60 50 0 2 1 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore 116 56 56 0 1 1 2
Sunrisers Hyderabad 39 19 19 0 1 0 0
Total 988 485 485 0 6 6 6

If second game of 03.05.15 was the 500th game, then the total number of matches played should have been 1000 {500 x 2}.

Six abandoned games are not taken into account in the captioned table. These six games would be 12 games in the table as they get distributed to two teams and hence 1000 – 12 = 988.  Half of 988 is 494 which is the actual number of matches played in IPL as of 03.05.15

Abandoned games without toss and without a ball being bowled in the Indian Premier League

Abandoned games without toss and without a ball being bowled in the Indian Premier League

The game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad slated to be played at Bangalore on  25.04.17 was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to incessant rain and continued downpour to  provide the seventh occasion of a game abandoned  without a ball being bowled  in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated above.

No Team 1 Team 2 Result Ground Match Date
1 Delhi Kolkata Abandoned Delhi May 22, 2008
2 Mumbai Rajasthan Abandoned Durban Apr 21, 2009
3 Chennai Kolkata Abandoned Cape Town Apr 25, 2009
4 Bangalore Rajasthan Abandoned Bangalore Apr 19, 2011
5 Kolkata Deccan Abandoned Kolkata Apr 24, 2012
6 Kolkata Rajasthan Abandoned Kolkata Apr 26, 2015
7 Bangalore Sunrisers Abandoned Bangalore Apr 25, 2017

It is the second such game to be abandoned with a ball being bowled – both for Royal Challengers Bangalore as a team and also for Bangalore as a Ground.  The first such occasion was against Rajasthan at Bangalore on 19.04.11

Indian Premier League has witnessed an abandoned game on the same date – that is 25th of April – eight years ago. On 25.04.09, the game between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at Cape Town was  abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the teams involved in an abandoned game on four occasions – most in the tournament.  Rajasthan has experienced three such games and Bangalore on two occasions. Indian Premier League editions of 2010, 2013 and 2014 and 2016 did not witness an abandoned game

The abandoned games without a ball being bowled and without toss do not count in the list of any cricket games and is not added to the career of the cricketers and to  the  match officials. Statisticians, Scorers and Commentators should take a note of this.

However abandoned games after the toss gets counted in the list and gets added as a game to the careers of the eleven cricketers nominated by the teams prior to the toss and also to career of the match officials

KD Karthik’s dubious distinction – owns the record for most fifties in a losing cause by a wicket keeper batsman in the Indian Premier League

KD Karthik’s dubious distinction – owns the record for most fifties in a losing cause by a wicket keeper batsman in the Indian Premier League

 Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik

KD Karthik of Gujarat score 58 not out against Punjab at Rajkot on 23.04.17.  This effort was in a losing cause as Gujarat lost the game by 26 runs. This provides the 45th occasion of a wicket keeper’s fifty going in vain in the history of Indian Premier League

 

This effort provides the sixth occasion of KD Karthik’s fifty going in vain in the Indian Premier League. He now holds the record for most fifties in a losing cause by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament.  He went past AC Gilchrist and RV Uthappa who have witnessed five fifties in a losing cause in the tournament. The following table lists the performance of these three wicket keepers.

 

No   Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 + KD Karthik 52 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02.05.09
2 + KD Karthik 60 Mumbai Bangalore Bangalore 04.03.13
3 + KD Karthik 51 Delhi Chennai Delhi 05.05.14
4 + KD Karthik 69 Delhi Punjab Delhi 19.05.14
5 + KD Karthik 53 Gujarat Delhi Rajkot 03.05.16
6 + KD Karthik 58* Gujarat Punjab Rajkot 23.04.17
               
1 *+ AC Gilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
2 *+ AC Gilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
3 *+ AC Gilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
4 *+ AC Gilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
5 *+ AC Gilchrist 51 Punjab Deccan Dharmasala 21.05.11
               
1 * RV Uthappa 60* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
2 + RV Uthappa 75 Pune Bangalore Pune-SRS 02.05.13
3 + RV Uthappa 54 Pune Rajasthan Jaipur 05.05.13
4 + RV Uthappa 65 Kolkata Rajasthan Ahmedabad 05.05.14
5 + RV Uthappa 72 Kolkata v Gujarat Kolkata 21.04.17

 

Harbhajan Singh joins the list of bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in T20 games

Harbhajan Singh joins the list of bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in T20 games

Harbhajan Singh’s lone wicket in this game – that of Rising Pune Supergiant’s skipper SPD Smith who was bowled for 17 – gave him his 200th wicket in T20 games. At the end of this game, his wicket aggregate read 200. He became the 19th bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 200 wickets.

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI SR 4 5
1 DJ Bravo 344 327 1089.1 02 8783 367 5/23 17.8 08 1
2 SL Malinga 231 226 845.5 13 5761 315 6/07 16.1 08 4
3 Yasir Arafat 226 224 783.4 08 6345 281 4/05 16.7 10 0
4 SP Narine 223 218 849.2 17 4953 272 5/19 18.7 10 1
5 Shakib Al Hasan 234 228 820.3 11 5560 265 6/06 18.5 06 2
6 Saeed Ajmal 187 186 697.2 13 4534 263 4/14 15.9 08 0
7 AC Thomas 225 214 759.4 15 5737 263 5/24 17.3 04 1
8 Sohail Tanvir 252 248 886.1 08 6439 260 6/14 20.4 05 1
9 Shahid Afridi 245 240 875.0 11 5808 259 5/07 20.2 05 2
10 Azhar Mahmood 230 229 804.1 10 6143 258 5/24 18.7 03 1
11 DP Nannes 215 211 770.4 09 5720 257 5/31 17.9 07 2
12 JA Morkel 298 273 809.4 08 6179 240 4/25 20.2 03 0
13 KA Pollard 366 259 682.2 01 5519 233 4/15 17.5 04 0
14 SW Tait 171 167 612.2 07 4891 218 5/32 16.8 03 1
15 AD Russell 232 216 664.1 04 5364 209 4/11 19.0 07 0
16 A Mishra 176 175 620.4 11 4367 208 5/17 17.9 04 2
17 DW Steyn 179 176 662.3 11 4423 201 4/09 19.7 04 0
18 R Ashwin 195 192 691.4 07 4663 200 4/08 20.7 04 0
19 Harbhajan Singh 225 214 773.0 12 5149 200 5/18 23.1 03 1

He also became the third Indian bowler to accomplish such a feat. Others are – A Mishra {208} and R Ashwin {200}. The following table lists the performance of these three bowlers

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI SR 4 5
1 A Mishra 176 175 620.4 11 4367 208 5/17 17.9 04 2
2 R Ashwin 195 192 691.4 07 4663 200 4/08 20.7 04 0
3 Harbhajan Singh 225 214 773.0 12 5149 200 5/18 23.1 03

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