Friday 19 April 2013

Most FOURS and SIXES in IPL


Here is the list of Most Fours and Sixes in IPL (Top 10)

Most SIXES




Player
Matches
Fours
Sixes
Chris Gayle
59
204
180
Suresh Raina
98
239
115
Rohit Sharma
95
202
110
Yousuf Pathan
91
153
95
Adam Gilchrist
80
239
92
Virender Sehwag
79
266
85
MS Dhoni
95
166
84
Yuvraj Singh
70
107
82
Shane Watson
53
174
81
Virat Kohli
93
218
71


Most FOURS

Player
Matches
Sixes
Fours
Sachin Tendulkar
78
29
295
Gautam Gambhir
88
37
291
Virender Sehwag
79
85
266
Rahul Dravid
88
28
260
Jacques Kallis
90
40
242
Suresh Raina
98
115
239
Adam Gilchrist
80
92
239
Virat Kohli
93
71
218
Chris Gayle
59
180
204
Rohit Sharma
94
110
202

(Updated till 23rd may) 

Most Wins in IPL

Chennai Super Kings became the first team to win 50 matches in IPL. 

Here is the list of wins by all teams season by season.



Team
Matches
Wins in 2008
Wins in  2009
Wins in 2010
Wins in  2011
Wins in 2012
Wins in 2013
Total Wins
CSK
98
9
8
9
11
10
12
59
MI
93
7
5
11
10
10
11
54
RCB
94
4
9
8
10
8
9
48
RR
89
13
6
6
6
7
11
49
DD
91
7
10
7
4
11
3
42
KKR
88
6
3
7
8
12
6
42
KXIP
89
10
7
4
7
8
8
44
DC
75
2
9
8
6
4
-
29
PWI
46
-
-
-
4
4
4
12
SRH
17
-
-
-
-
-
10
10
KTK
14
-
-
-
6
-
-
6



Most wins in IPL

Updated till 23rd May 2013

Hat Tricks in IPL


A hat trick is an achievement in cricket, by bowlers, when they take 3 wickets off their 3 consecutive legal balls in a match.
Note : A hat trick can extend to 2 overs and even to 2 innings in Test Matches.

Hat Tricks in IPL

As of on 17th April 2013, there have been 11 hat tricks in the Indian Premier League. The first bowler to take Hat Trick in IPL was Lakshmipathy Balaji for the Super kings vs the Kings XI Punjab at Chennai on 10th May in the first edition of IPL
01. Lakshmipathy BALAJI, CSK vs KXIP, Chennai,2008 
hattricks in IPL
Balaji dismissed Irfan Pathan (Caught), Piyush Chawla (Caught) and VRV Singh (Caught) on the 3rd, 4th and 55th delivery of the final over of the match and CSK won the match by 18 Run s. Balaji finished with 5/24 and was awarded the Man of the Match.

Thursday 11 April 2013

Super Overs and Tied Matches in IPL



There have been only 4 matches tied in all the editions of IPL so far.
Here is the list of all the Super Overs played in IPL so far:
SUPER OVER No.1, KKR vs RR, Cape Town, 23rd April 2009
Yusuf Pathan was the hero for Rajasthan Royals
This happened to be the first tied game in IPL – the 10th match of the second season played in South Africa. The match was tied, with both teams scoring 150 runs. Kolkata needed 2 runs off the last ball but could score only one; the match was tied and super over was played to decide the winner.
Super Over

Statistical Highlights of IPL 6 - Week 1



Here are all the achievements, records, facts and stats of the First Week of IPL (3rd April to 6th April, 2013) , match by match.
MATCH NO.1, KKR vs DD, Kolkata, 3rd April 2013 
* Unmukt Chand became the 15th Batsmen to be dismissed FIRST BALL of the INNINGS in IPL  and 2nd batsman after Manoj Tiwari in 2010 to be dismissed off FIRST BALL of a SEASON in IPL
* Mahela Jayawardene scored his 9th IPL 50 and also completed his 1500 IPL Runs. He became the 16th Batsman to complete 1500 Runs in IPL.
* Manprit Juneja scored his First IPL Run in career, making his debut.
* Sunil Narine became the Highest Wicket Taker for KKR in IPL, overcoming Ishant Sharma’s tally of 25 wickets. He now has 28 wickets for KKR 
* Figures of 4/13 by Narine are the 3rd Best Figures against DD in IPL after Malinga’s 5/13 and Shoaib Akhtar’s 4/11.
* Sunil Narine joined Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathi Balaji, Lasith Malinga and Munaf Patel to take 3 4 wicket hauls in IPL Career.
* Sunil Narine features in 3 of the Top 5 Bowling Figures for KKR in IPL
* DD’s total of 128 is their 5th Lowest Total in First Innings in IPL. Lowest being 95 vs MI in 2011.
* Yousuf Pathan completed his 1500 IPL Career Runs. He is the 17th achieve that.
* KKR completed their 6th Win against DD in 10 matches they played.
* Sunil Narine received his 5th Man of the Match award in IPL.

MATCH No.2, RCB vs MI, Bangalore, 4th April 2013 
* Tillakaratne Dishan bagged his 6th IPL Duck. Only Manish Pandey, Amit Mishra, Shane Warne and Parthiv Patel has more than him.

Best Opening Pairs in IPL


I have listed the best Opening Pairs and Partnerships in Indian Premier League History. 

Most Aggregate Runs by Opening Partners 

Innings
Runs
Batsman1
Batsman2
For
Avg
50s
100s
HS
28
1105
Mike Hussey
Murali Vijay
CSK
40.92
8
2
159
19
705
Chris Gayle
Tillakaratne Dilshan
RCB
47.47
6
2
167
24
842
Adam Gilchrist
Herschelle Gibbs
DC
35.08
6
1
101
24
732
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
DD
30.5
4
1
122
29
728
Virender Sehwag
David Warner
DD
25.6
1
1
146
20
718
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar
MI
35.9
4
1
127
19
705
Rahul Dravid
Ajinkya Rahane
RR
44.06
7
0
99
10
533
Brendon McCullum
Gautam Gambhir
KKR
53.33
4
1
113
17
516
Adam Gilchrist
Paul Valthaty
KXIP
30.35
2
1
136
15
496
Matthew Hayden
Parthiv Patel
CSK
33.06
4
1
106


Only pair to add 1000+ runs opening in IPL