IPL-10: In Numbers @ the half-way stage

The 10^th edition of IPL has completed half of its league stage matches on 24^th April (On Sachin’s birthday). The 29^th match of this edition, RCB vs SRH was cancelled due to rain and so, the statistics so far accumulated will be pertained to the first 28 matches only. Let’s see this edition in numbers.

GOLDEN DUCKS this SEASON:

Players to be out for 0(1)

Batsman	Mode	Bowler
Axar Patel	c Sunil Narine	Umesh Yadav
Mandeep Singh	Bowled	Mitchell McClenaghan
Mitchell McClenaghan	c Mandeep Singh	Samuel Badree
Shardul Thakur	Bowled	Andrew Tye
Shardul Thakur	c AB de Villiers	Adam Milne
Samuel Badree	Bowled	Jaydev Unadkat
Yuvraj Singh	c Wriddhiman Saha	Axar Patel
Hashim Amla	lbw	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Rishabh Pant	c David Warner	Yuvraj Singh
Akshdeep Nath	lbw	KC Cariappa
Virat Kohli	c Manish Pandey	Nathan Coulter-Nile

RUNS:

ORANGE CAP: MOST RUNS BY A PLAYER THIS SEASON

So far 9241 runs have been scored, with Gujarat Lions leading the charts with1208 runs.

The players who scored the:

1000^th run: Chris Lynn vs GL

2000^th run: Moises Henriques vs GL

3000^th run: David Warner vs MI

4000^th run: Ben Stokes vs GL

5000^th run: Brendon McCullum vs MI

6000^th run: Naman Ojha vs KXIP

7000^th run: Shaun Marsh vs MI

8000^th run: Rahul Tripathi vs SRH

9000^th run: Ajinkya Rahane vs MI

WICKETS:

PURPLE CAP: MOST WICKETS BY A PLAYER THIS SEASON

So far 330 wickets have been taken in this edition, with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders leading the chart with 48 wickets.

The players who were dismissed as the:

50th wkt: Sam Billings c Billy Stanlake b Iqbal Abdulla

100th wkt: Shikhar Dhawan b Mitchell McCleanaghan

150th wkt: Colin de Grandhomme b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

200th wkt: Karun Nair b Nathan Coulter-Nile

250th wkt: Sunil Narine c James Faulkner b Suresh Raina

300th wkt: Yusuf Pathan st Kedar Jadhav b Yuzvendra Chahal

FOURS:

PLAYERS WITH MOST FOURS: MOST FOURS BY PLAYER

So far 800 fours have been hit in this season, with Kolkata Knight Riders leading the charts with 115 fours.

Players to have hit the:

50^th four: Steven Smith vs MI

100^th four: Chris Lynn vs GL

150^th four: Jason Roy vs SRH

200^th four: AB de Villiers vs KXIP

250^th four: Krunal Pandya vs KKR

300^th four: Sunil Narine vs KXIP

350^th four: Brendon McCullum vs RPS

400^th four: Sam Billings vs KXIP

450^th four: Ajinkya Rahane vs RCB

500^th four: Manish Pandey vs DD

550^th four: Ishan Kishan vs RCB

600^th four: Hashim Amla vs MI

650^th four: Suresh Raina vs KKR

700^th four: Kieron Pollard vs DD

750^th four: Sunil Narine vs RCB

800^th four: Hardik Pandya vs RPS

SIXES:

PLAYERS WITH MOST SIXES: MOST SIXES BY A PLAYER

So far 353 sixes have been hit in this season, with Mumbai Indian leading the charts with 59 sixes.

Players to have hit the:

50^th six: Ben Stokes vs KXIP

100^th six: Mandeep Singh vs KXIP

150^th six: Sunil Narine vs KXIP

200^th six: Dinesh Karthik vs MI

250^th six: Kedar Jadhav vs GL

300^th six: Hardik Pandya vs KXIP

350^th six: Rohit Sharma vs RPS

Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils, Rising Pune Supergiant have taken more wickets than they have hit 6s in this edition. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have taken equal number of wickets and 6s this season.

DOT BALLS:

PLAYER WITH MOST DOT-BALLS: MOST DOT BALLS BOWLED BY A PLAYER

Dot-balls become vital in T20 and so far, 2253 dot-balls have been bowled, with Mumbai Indians leading the charts delivering 333 dot-balls.

The players who bowled the:

500^th dot-ball: Ankit Rajpoot vs MI

1000^th dot-ball: Imran Tahir vs GL

1500^th dot-ball: Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs KXIP

2000^th dot-ball: Suresh Raina vs KXIP

With half-season remaining and with 31 matches to come, expect all of these columns be improved with more amount of entries in the milestone ones. Expect the next one after the league stages are over on May 14, DD vs RCB. Until then enjoy watching the IPL #10SaalAapKeNaam

Guha Karthikeyan S T