Monday, April 26, 2010

NUMBERS THAT MATTERED IN IPL2010

18864
Runs scored in the tournament

1708
Number of fours hit in the tournament

720
Number of wickets to fall in the tournament

618
Runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar - most scored by any batsman in the Tournament. This was also the maximum runs aggregated by a batsman in a single edition of IPL.

585
Sixes hit in the tournament

165
Average first innings total in the tournament

127
The highest individual score in the tournament - came off the bat of Murali Vijay for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals.

86
Number of boundary fours hit by Sachin Tendulkar - most by any batsman

76
Runs scored by Rajasthan Royals in first six overs against Kings XI Punjab in the return encounter – most scored by any side in the tournament.

54
Number of boundary fours conceded by Irfan Pathan – most by any bowler.

37
Balls taken by Yusuf Pathan to reach his hundred against Mumbai Indians- fastest ever in the IPL history and second fastest in all Twenty20 matches.

33
Runs conceded by Punjab’s Ravi Bopara against Kolkata in one single over as Chris Gayle hit him for four consecutive sixes- most expensive over of the tournament.

28
Number of wides bowled by Dale Steyn in the tournament – most by any bowler.

27
Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in the tournament – most by any batsman.

21
Number of wickets taken by Pragyan Ojha - most by any bowler in the tournament.

19
Balls taken by Robin Uthappa to reach his fifty against Kings XI Punjab – the fastest fifty in the tournament.

17
Sixes hit off the bowling of Pragyan Ojha - most conceded by a bowler in the tournament.

13
Number of century partnerships recorded in the tournament.

13
Number of wicket keeping dismissals for Adam Gilchrist – most in the tournament.

12
Number of catches taken by Andrew Symonds in the field – most by any player.

8.64
Mumbai Indians’ run-rate in the tournament- best among all teams.

7.83
Mumbai Indians’ economy rate in the tournament – best among all teams.

7
Number of no-balls bowled by S Sreesanth in the tournament – most by any bowler.

4
Number of centuries scored in the tournament. Yusuf Pathan, David Warner, Mahela Jayawardene and Murali Vijay were the lucky batsmen to do so.

Man of Match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar - most by any player.

2
Number of batsmen who got out to the first ball of the match- Manoj Tiwary and Michael Lumb suffered this fate.

Number of maidens bowled by Chaminda Vaas and Doug Bollinger - most by any bowler in the tournament. 9 others bowled one maiden each.

1
Praveen Kumar remained the only one to record a hat-trick in the tournament.

Number of matches decided by Super-Over. Kings XI Punjab came from behind to
first tie and then win the game in Super-over against Chennai Super Kings.