IPL Stats and Records: IPL's First

Who faced the first ball in IPL ? Who took the first hat trick in IPL? Who bowled the first Maiden in IPL? Who faced the first free hit in IPL? Who bagged the first Golden Duck in IPL? 

How many do you remember?

Here is everything of that occurred very first in IPL History !!! 

(Note: Those which were achieved in the very first match are not mentioned with match numbers, others have the match number. And those which were not achieved in the first edition are mentioned with the year)

First Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 

First Venue - Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 

First Toss won - Royal Challengers Bangalore 

BATTING

Brendon McCullum played an attacking innings in the very first match of  IPL  and scored 158*

First Run - Sourav Ganguly off the 1st ball in IPL, a Leg Bye

First Run by a Batsman - 4 by Brendon McCullum 

in the 8th delivery of the math (Before the first legal run, 3 extras were scored, 2 Leg Byes and 1 Wide) 

First Four - Brendon McCullum, 8th ball by  Zaheer Khan 

First Six - Brendon McCullum, 10th ball by Zaheer Khan 

First Batsman Dismissed - Sourav Ganguly

32nd ball by Zaheer Khan, caught by Jacques Kallis

First Duck - Balachandra Akhil

50th ball by Ajit Agarkar, caught by Ricky Ponting

First Golden Duck - Chaminda Vaas, MATCH No.4, DC vs KKR

Ball by Ajit Agarkar, caught by Sourav Ganguly 

First Free hit faced - Matthew Hayden, ball by Brett Lee, MATCH NO.2, CSK vs KXIP

First Batsman Caught - Sourav Ganguly, caught by Jacques Kallis 

First Batsman Bowled - Rahul Dravid, bowled by Ishant Sharma 

First Batsman Run Out - Ashley Noffke, run out by Ajit Agarkar/Wriddhiman Saha

First Batsman LBW - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, LBW by James Hopes, MATCH NO.2, CSK vs KXIP

First Batsman Stumped - Robin Uthappa, Stumped by Mark Boucher, MATCH NO.5, MI vs RCB 

First 50 - Brendon McCullum 

First 100 - Brendon McCullum 

First 150 - Brendon McCullum 

BOWING

First Delivery - Praveen Kumar to Sourav Ganguly

First Wicket - Zaheer Khan, dismissed Sourav Ganguly 

First Maiden - Glenn McGrath, MATCH NO.3, DD vs RR

Glenn McGrath bowled the first Maiden Over in IPL 

First 3 wicket haul - Ajit Agarkar (3/25)

First 4 wicket haul - Glenn McGrath (4/29), MATCH NO.17, DD vs RCB

First 5 wicket haul - Sohail Tanvir  MATCH NO.24, RR vs CSK

First 6 wicket haul - Sohail Tanvir  MATCH NO.24. RR vs CSK 

First Hat Trick - Lakshmipathy Balaji. MATCH 31, CSK vs KXIP

Dimsissed  Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla and VRV Singh

First bowler to conceed 40 or more runs in a match - Ashley Noffke (40/1)

First bowler to conceed 50 or more runs in a match - James Hopes (53/1), MATCH NO.2, KXIP vs CSK

First bowler to conceed 60 or more runs in a match - Varun Aaron (63/2), Second Qualifier, DD vs CSK,2012 (He is the only bowler to conceed 60 or more runs in a match)

Only bowler in IPL to give away 60 or more runs in a match 

EXTRAS

First Extra - Leg Bye by Praveen Kumar to Sourav Ganguly in first ball of the IPL 

First Wide - Praveen Kumar to Brendon McCullum 

First No Ball - Brett Lee to Matthew Hayden, in MATCH NO.2, KXIP vs CSK

First Byes - Jacqueus Kallis to Ricky Ponting

PARTNERSHIPS

First 50 runs Partnership - Sourav Ganguly and Brendon McCullum 

Added 61 runs for the 1st wicket 

First 100 runs Partnership - Gautam Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan, MATCH NO.3, DD vs RR

Added 112* runs for the 2nd wicket

First 150 runs Partnership - Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman, MATCH NO.14, DC vs MI 

Added 155* runs for the 1st wicket 

First 200 runs Partnership - Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh, MATCH NO.63, KXIP vs RCB, 2011

Added 206 runs for the 2nd wicket 

Shaun Marsh and Adam Gilchrist were the first pair to add 200 runs in a partnership

TEAMS

First team to score 200 runs in a match - KKR vs RCB, KKR scored 222/3

First team to be dismissed in less than 100 in a match - RCB vs KKR, RCB dismissed for 82 (15.1)

First team to score over 200 runs while chasing - KXIP vs CSK, MATCH NO.2

CSK 240/5, KXIP 204/7

First team to chase a target of 150 or more - RR vs MI, MATCH NO.5 

MI 165/6, RCB 166/5 (19.4)

First tean to chase a target of 200 or more - RR vs DC, MATCH NO.9

DC 214/5, RR 217/7 (19.5)

MATCHES

First match to be tied - KKR vs RR, Cape Town, MATCH NO.10, 2009

RR 150/6, KKR 150/8. RR won by Super Over 

The first tied game in IPL, RR vs KKR. Yousuf Pathan blasted Mendis in Super Over 

First match won by 1 run - KXIP vs MI, MATCH NO. 45

KXIP set a target of 190 and MI Needed 19 from the last over and 2 runs of the last ball.

First match won by 2 wickets - RCB vs CSK, Durban, MATCH NO.44, 2009 (No team won a match by 1 wicket yet) 

CSK 129(19.4), RCB 132/8(19.4)

First match won by 10 wickets - DC vs MI, MATCH NO.14

MI 154/7, DC 155/0(12)

First match won by a team at the last ball while chasing - CSK VS DD, MATCH NO.28 

CSK chased down 188 with 15 needing of the last over and 1 run needed off of the last ball

FIELDING 

First Catch - Jacques Kallis to dismiss Sourav Ganguly, KKR vs RCB

First Run Out - Ajith Agarkar/Wriddhiman Saha to dismiss Ashley Noffke, KKR vs RCB

First fielder to take 3 Catches in a match - Abhishek Nayar, MATCH NO.5, MI vs RCB

First fielder to take 4 Catches in a match - Sachin Tendulkar, MATCH No. 38, MI vs KKR

AWARDS

First Man of the Match - Brendon McCullum 

First Player of the Tournament - Shane Watson 

First Orange Cap - Shaun Marsh 

First Purple Cap - Sohail Tanvir 

First Rising Start of the Tournament - Shreevats Goswamy (RCB) 

First Fair Play Award - Chennai Super Kings 

First IPL Champions - Rajasthan Royals

ICC World T20 2014 - Statistical Analysis

The 5^th edition of ICC World T20 in Bangladesh ended with Sri Lanka becoming champions beating India in the finals. The tournament was played by 16 teams, most in any of the previous tournaments. 

ICC World T20 2014 Champions - Sri Lanka

Here are all the statistics of this tournament.

Team Totals:

The mark of 200 runs by a team in World T20 has been achieved 7 times – 5 of those in the first edition in South Africa, 1 each in 2009 and 2012. But this edition couldn’t mark any such instance like the one in 2010.

There were 3 matches where teams scored 190+ while chasing but the highest any of those could reach was 196/5 and it was South Africa vs England in the first inning.

Below is the table listing all the totals of over 190 in the tournament:

Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
196/5 (20.0)	1	South Africa	England	Chittagong	29-Mar-14	Won
193/4 (13.5)	2	Netherlands	Ireland	Sylhet	21-Mar-14	Won
193/7 (20.0)	2	England	South Africa	Chittagong	29-Mar-14	Lost
191/5 (20.0)	1	Pakistan	Australia	Dhaka	23-Mar-14	Won
190/4 (19.2)	2	England	Sri Lanka	Chittagong	27-Mar-14	Won
190/5 (20.0)	1	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Dhaka	30-Mar-14	Won

The tournament saw 8 teams dismissed for less than 100 runs which are the most among all the World T20 tournaments. The lowest total ever in T20Is – 39 by Netherlands vs Sri Lanka – also occurred in this tournament.

Below is the table listing all the totals of 100 or less in the tournament

Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
72	1	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Dhaka	16-Mar-14
69	2	Hong Kong	Nepal	Chittagong	16-Mar-14
39	1	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	Chittagong	24-Mar-14
98	2	Banglasesh	West Indies	Dhaka	25-Mar-14
86	2	Australia	India	Dhaka	30-Mar-14
88	2	England	Netherlands	Chittagong	31-Mar-14
60	2	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Chittagong	31-Mar-14
82	2	Pakistan	West Indies	Dhaka	01-Apr-14

It goes without saying that all the totals resulted in team’s loss.

The lowest total defended was 119 by Sri Lanka against New Zealand in the must win game for both teams to reach the semis.

Sri Lanka and West Indies are the only teams to dismiss two oppositions for less than 100 in the tournament.

Power Plays:

Stephan Myburgh scored heavily in the powerplays

Highest Power Play Scores:

Score	Run Rate	Inns	Team	Opp	Result
91/1	15.17	2	Netherlands	Ireland	Won
67/0	11.17	2	Netherlands	UAE	Won
63/1	10.50	2	Netherlands	South Africa	Lost
62/1	10.33	2	England	South Africa	Lost
61/1	10.17	2	West Indies	Australia	Won
61/1	10.17	2	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Won

It is to be noted that all the 60+ totals in power plays came while chasing by the teams in the tournament.

Lowest Power Play Scores:

Score	Run Rate	Inns	Team	Opp	Result
13/4	2.17	2	Pakistan	West Indies	Lost
15/4	2.50	1	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	Lost
23/4	3.84	2	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Lost
24/3	4.00	2	Afghanistan	Nepal	Lost
24/0	4.00	1	West Indies	India	Lost

Run Rates for each team in the Power plays vs overall:

Team	PP RR	Overall RR
Ireland	8.89	8.39
Netherlands	8.52	7.77
South Africa	7.77	8.43
England	7.5	8.35
Australia	7.37	8.08
Sri Lanka	7.13	7.89
India	7.11	7.48
Nepal	7.05	6.93
Zimbabwe	6.89	7.95
New Zealand	6.84	7.22
UAE	6.56	6.51
West Indies	6.34	7.75
Hong Kong	6.34	5.92
Bangladesh	6.28	6.87
Pakistan	5.54	7.61
Afghanistan	5.44	6.48
Overall	7.03	7.53

Over by Over Stats:

Below is the table showing the sum of runs and wickets in each over in the tournament of 35 matches.

Over	Runs	Wickets
1	428	19
2	444	19
3	525	7
4	506	24
5	515	23
6	538	17
7	436	14
8	495	18
9	431	17
10	481	19
11	507	25
12	513	15
13	503	18
14	442	25
15	518	18
16	472	26
17	537	24
18	501	22
19	467	26
20	425	49
Total	9684	425

Most Runs in an Over

30 – Bilawal Bhatti to Glenn Maxwell (4, 1, 4, 6, 6, 5nb, 4)

26 – Jade Dernbach to David Miller/AB de Villiers (4, 4, 1wd, 1, 2, 1wd, 6, 1nb, 6)

25 – Ajantha Mendis to Eoin Morgan/Alex Hales (1, 6, 2, 6, 6, 4)

25 – Andy McBrine to Peter Borren/Stephen Myburgh (6, 1lb, 6, 6, 6, 0)

25 – George Dockrell to Tom Cooper/Wesley Barresi (6, 6, 6, 6, 1, 0)

Maximum Number of Wickets in an over:

4 Wickets – 20^th Over of Hong Kong vs Nepal (2 by bowler – Haseeb Amjad - and 2 run-outs)

4 Wickets – 20^th Over of Bangladesh vs West Indies (3 by bowler – Al-Amin Hossain – and 1 run out)

There were 4 more overs in which 3 wickets fell.

Most number of runs in last 5 overs in an inning (16-20):

82/1 – West Indies vs Pakistan

75/2 – South Africa vs England

70/2 – South Africa vs New Zealand

70/1 – Ireland vs Netherlands

60/2 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Least Number of Runs in last 5 overs in an inning (16-20):

(Only in the first inning and team having batted all the 5 overs)

27/3 – Netherlands vs England

31/4 – South Africa vs Netherlands

32/1 – UAE vs Ireland

34/4 – Pakistan vs India

35/2 – India vs Sri Lanka

Batting Statistics:

Virat Kohli dominated the batting tables - Most Runs, Most 50s

Most Runs:

Runs	Batsman	Inns	Avg	S/R	50s	Best
319	Virat Kohli (Ind)	6	106.33	129.14	4	77
231	Tom Cooper (Net)	7	57.75	137.5	1	72*
224	Stephen Myburgh (Net)	7	32	154.48	3	63
200	Rohit Sharma (Ind)	6	40	123.45	2	62*
187	JP Duminy (SA)	5	62.33	140.6	1	86*

Highest Individual Scores:

Runs	Batsman	Fours	Sixes	S/R	Opp	Venue
116* (64)	Alex Hales (Eng)	11	6	181.25	Sri Lanka	Chittagong
111* (62)	Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)	10	5	179.03	Bangladesh	Dhaka
94 (54)	Umar Akmal (Pak)	9	4	174.07	Australia	Dhaka
89 (51)	Mehala Jayawardene (SL)	11	3	174.50	England	Chittagong
86* (43)	JP Duminy (SA)	10	3	200.00	New Zealand	Chittagong

Most Fours

26 - Stephen Myburgh

24 – Virat Kohli

22 – Anamul Haque & Tom Cooper

Most Sixes

 13 - Stephen Myburgh

12 – Glenn Maxwell

10 – Virat Kohli & Tom Cooper

Bowling Statistics:

Imran Tahir took the Most Wickets and had the Best Strike Rate

Most Wickets:

Wickets	Bowler	Matches	Avg	Eco	S/R	BBI
12	Imran Tahir (SA)	5	10.91	6.55	10	4/21
12	Ahsan Malik (Net)	7	13.83	6.68	12.4	5/19
11	Samuel Badree (WI)	5	10.27	5.65	10.9	4/15
11	Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)	6	11.27	5.35	12.6	4/11
10	Amit Mishra (Ind)	6	14.7	6.68	13.2	3/26
10	Al-Amin Hossain (Ban)	7	18.7	7.33	15.3	3/21

Best Bowling Figures:

Figures	Bowler	Eco	Opp	Venue
5/3	Rangana Herath (SL)	0.85	New Zealand	Chittagong
5/19	Ahsan Malik (Net)	4.75	South Africa	Chittagong
4/11	Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)	3.30	Australi	Dhaka
4/15	Samuel Badree (WI)	3.75	Bangladesh	Dhaka
4/17	Dale Steyn (SA)	4.25	New Zealand	Chittagong

Best Economy Rates: (Min 10 overs bowled)

4.60 – Sunil Narine (WI)

4.60 – Rangana Herath (SL)

4.88 – Sachitra Senanayake (SL)

Best Strike Rates: (Min 10 overs bowled)

10.0 – Imran Tahir (SA)

10.5 – Nadeem Ahmed (HK)

10.9 – Samuel Badree (WI)

Best Averages: (Min 10 overs bowled)

8.83 – Rangana Herath (SL)

10.27 – Samuel Badree (WI)

10.91 – Imran Tahir (SA)

No Balls and Free Hits:

In total, 16 front-foot no balls were bowled in the tournament. Hence there were 16 free hits.

Runs	Batsman	Bowler	Match
6	Mohammad Shahzad	Aizaz Khan	Afg vs HK
6	Umar Akmal	Shane Watson	Pak vs Aus
6	Lendl Simmons	Ravindra Jadeja	WI vs Ind
6	Rohit Sharma	Sunil Narine	Ind vs WI
6	Shahid Afridi	Mashrafe Mortaza	Pak vs Ban
6	Glenn Maxwell	Shakib Al Hasan	Aus vs Ban
4	Mohammad Nabi	Al-Amin Hossain	Afg vs Ban
4	Alex Hales	Albie Morkel	SA vs Eng
4	Faf du Plessis	Amit Mishra	SA vs Ind
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	Shane Watson	Ind vs Pak
1	Subash Khakural	Dawlat Zadran	Nep vs Afg
1	Subash Khakural	Samiullah Shenwari	Nep vs Afg
1	Rohit Sharma	Al-Amin Hossain	Ind vs Ban
1	Michael Swart	Trent Boult	Net vs NZ
0	Mark Chapman	Dawlat Zadran	HK vs Afg
0	Marlon Samuels	Ziaur Rahman	WI vs Ban

Rohit Sharma (Ind) and Subash Khakurel (Nep) played 2 free hits.

Al-Amin Hossain (Ban), Shane Watson (Aus) and Samiullah Shenwari (Afg) delivered 3 free hit deliveries.