IPL3 Information

IPL Closing Ceremony

2010-04-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

IPL3 Final - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Superkings (26th April 2010)

2010-04-27T06:23:00.000-07:00

Result: Chennai Super Kings won IPL3 by 22 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Quick 57 from Raina (dropped twice) and
contributions from other batsman, CSK put a fighting total of 168 in front of MI to chase. MI started the innings slowly and picked after 10 overs but constant loss of wickets created pressure with increasing NRR in every over. Pollard played from fiery shots towards end but it was too late for Mumbai Indians to win the match. They were restricted into 146. CSK won the IPL trophy for 1st time.

Suresh Raina won the Man of the Match Award and also the maximum six award. Sachin Tendulkar is the DLF Golden Player of IPL 3. Pragyan Ojha collected the Purple Cap while Sachin Tendulkar collected the Orange Cap.

Dhoni collected the Kingfisher fairplay award. S Tiwary got the U-23 success of the tournament award. Andrew Symonds got the 'Karbol Kamaal catches' award for the whole of IPL 3.

Numbers that mattered, IPL 2010 Final

618 Runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar in the tournament - the maximum by any batsman in a single edition of IPL. Shaun Marsh had aggregated 616 runs in 2008.

168 Chennai Super King’s total was the highest total in an IPL final.

100 Runs scored by Chennai Super Kings batsmen in last eight overs.

57 Raina’s innings was the highest by a batsman in an IPL final. Yusuf Pathan had made 56 for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai at this same venue in 2008. Interestingly, Raina had also top-scored for CSK with 43 in the 2008 final against Rajasthan Royals.

33 Runs scored by Mumbai Indians in the Powerplay - the least they scored in this IPL. This was also the lowest Powerplay score in an IPL final.

26 Number of sixes hit by Murali Vijay in the tournament – second most in this IPL after Robin Uthappa (27).

5 Number of times R Ashwin bowled the first over of opposition innings in this IPL. He conceded only 12 runs (RpO 2.40) while capturing one wicket.

3 Ashwin’s first over was a maiden, which made him the third bowler to bowl a maiden in an IPL final after Mkhaya Ntini (2008) and Ryan Harris (2009).

IPL Award Night

2010-04-25T06:53:00.000-07:00

IPL Awards

2010-04-25T06:29:00.000-07:00

3rd Place Play-off - Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers (24th April 2010)

2010-04-24T03:17:00.000-07:00

Result: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 9 wkts

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first, but very much poor show by the batsman let down the team again. The total team was all out for 83 in 19th over of the match. Anirudh Singh scored 40 while Venugopal Rao scored 24 and rest all performed miserably. Chasing the lowest target to win RCB completed the task in 14th over just losing wicket of Kallis and qualified for the Champions League T20.

Anil Kumble was the Man of the Match for his figures of 4/16, Jacques Kallis got the best catch award and Kevin Pietersen won the maximum sixes award.

Numbers that mattered, 3rd Place Play-off

1 The side batting second won a match for the first time at DY Patil out of five games played this year.

3 Number of times Anil Kumble has taken four wickets in a match- first bowler to do so in IPL history.

5.19 The combined scoring rate of two teams is the second worst in all IPL matches. In the Rajasthan Royals – Kolkata Knight Riders match at Durban in 2009 the two teams scored at a run-rate of 5.14.

9 Number of Deccan batsmen, who failed to go beyond 5!

43 Deccan’s score at the end of 10th over in successive matches. The only difference was number of wickets lost by them. Against Chennai they were three down and in this match they had lost five.

69 Number of dot balls in Deccan innings – maximum by any side in this IPL. Rajasthan Royals too had 67 dots against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on March 18, 2010.

82 Deccan’s total – lowest by any team in this IPL. Rajasthan Royals were dismissed for 92 also against Royal Challengers at Bangalore on March 18. This was also Deccan’s lowest total in all IPL games, obliterating the 100 they made against Chennai in 2009.

1700 The six that Pietersen hit to win the match was the six # 1700 in all IPL games.

2nd Semifinal - Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Superkings (22nd April 2010)

2010-04-24T03:13:00.000-07:00

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first and scored only 142/7 in 20 overs. Top order failed again but Badrinath, Dhoni and Anirudha played watchful innings to put their team into a respectable position. But Chargers failed complete on chasing a small target and all out for 102 in 20 th overs. Good spin bowling and a 4 wickets from Doug Bollinger helped CSK to enter the final of IPL3 to be played on 25th April 2010 with Mumbai Indians.

Doug Bollinger was the MoM for his match-winning figures of 4/13. Raina got the kamaal catch award and Anirudha Srikanth got award for 'Maximum sixes'.

Numbers that mattered, Semi-Final 2

42 Chennai’s total is the lowest total successfully defended by a side in this IPL. Interestingly it was Deccan, who held the previous record with 145-7 against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on April 18 (Kings XI Punjab tied the match with Chennai [and then won in Super-Over] after making 136-8 at Chennai on March 21)

91 Number of wickets taken by Albie Morkel in the Twenty20 cricket- most by any bowler. He was earlier at level with Yasir Arafat with 90 wickets.

50 Pragyan Ojha became the second bowler after fellow teammate RP Singh to take 50 wickets in the IPL.

38 Number of dismissals made by Adam Gilchrist in the IPL- most by any keeper in the tournament’s history. He was earlier at level with Delhi’s Dinesh Karthik with 37 dismissals.

29 Number of wickets taken by Deccan Chargers in Powerplay – most by any side in this IPL.

26 Number of dot balls played by Deccan batsmen out of the 36 bowled in the Powerplay.

12.06 Average balls per innings for which Gilchrist has stayed on the wicket during this IPL.

11.3 Overs taken by Deccan Chargers for their fifty – the slowest fifty in this IPL. It was also Deccan’s slowest fifty in all IPL matches.

2 Doug Bollinger became the second bowler to bowl two maiden-overs in the tournament after Deccan’s Chaminda Vaas.

1 Doug Bollinger’s figures of 4-13 are the best figures by a bowler in an IPL semi-final / final. The previous best was Anil Kumble’s 4-16 also against Deccan in 2009 final.

1st Semifinal - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (21st April 2010)

2010-04-20T07:06:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 35 runs and entered to Final of DLF IPL3

As the semifinal venues were shifted from Bengaluru to Navi Mumbai after the blast, so the 1st semifinal between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore played at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first but Tendulkar fell early. Again some quick wickets send the MI team to back-foot till 15th over of the match. Tiwary and Rayudu played a valuable partnership to build the innings. Finally, the blast from Pollard towards end helped them to score 184/5 in 20 overs. Chasing the target, RCB lost wickets in regular intervals. Again a fine spell of bowling from Pollard and good wicket keeping by Rayudu, helped them restrict the RCB 149/9 in 20 overs. With the win Mumbai Indians entered to the IPL final for the first time and qualified for the Champions League T20 tournament.

Kieron Pollard wss the MoM for his all-round effort, Kamaal catch award went to JP Duminy
and the Maximum sixes award to 'Saurabh Tiwary'.

Numbers that mattered, Semi-Final 1

179.56 Kieron Pollard’s strike-rate in the tournament – highest for any batsman with 100 or more runs.

77 Runs scored by Mumbai Indians in last 5 overs, which equals the best performance by a side in this IPL. Interestingly it was Royal Challengers Bangalore, who made 77 against Deccan Chargers at Bengaluru on April 8.

17 out of 33 wickets taken by Lasith Malinga in IPL have been BOWLED !!!

16 Number of sixes conceded by Jacques Kallis and R Vinay Kumar in this IPL. These two now share the dubious distinction of conceding most sixes in this IPL, alongwith Delhi’s Amit Mishra.

8 Number of matches Mumbai Indians have won while defending a target out of 11 games.

2 Kieron Pollard is the second player to score 30+ runs and take 3 wickets in an IPL semi-final. Only other player to do this is Rajasthan’s Shane Watson who made 52 and took 3-10 against Chennai in 2008.

1 Mumbai’s win provided the first instance of a “home” win in seven encounters between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. On all other six occasions the “away” team won the match.

1 Sachin Tendulkar made his first single-digit score in this IPL.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (19th April 2010)

2010-04-20T07:01:00.000-07:00

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wkts

At last a consolation win for KKR. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. They have rested top 6 players including Sachin and Pollard from playing eleven for semifinal match and able to 133/8 in 20 over. Tiwary was the top scorer with 46. KKR chased the target losing only one wicket in 18 over. Ganguly scored 42 and Macllum was not out with 57. With this match the IPL3 league matches are over.

Murali Kartik was the Man of the Match, ourav Ganguly got the Kamaal catch award and Maximum sixes award.

Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers (18th April 2010)

2010-04-19T03:50:00.000-07:00

Result: Deccan Chargers won by 11 runs

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first. All the op order failed to perform. Symonds scored 54 helping his team to score 145/7 in 20 overs. Daredevils start the chase with misery. They lost all top order batsman within no time and superb feilding effort from Rohit Sharma who took 3 catches to dismiss first three batsman (though dropped two for others). It was really a poor effort from DD in their home ground. Paul Collingwood was not out with 51 but can not helped his team have the semifinal berth ad they are restricted to 134/7 in 20 overs. With victory Chargers entered to semifinal moving to the 2nd position of the point table while Daredevils are thrashed out.

Andrew Symonds gets the MoM award for his knock of 54 and 'maximum sixes' award whlie Rohit Sharma got the 'kamaal catch' award.

King XI Punjab vs Chennai Superkings (18th April 2010)

2010-04-17T23:22:00.000-07:00

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wkts

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first. KXIp scored 192/3 in overs and Shaun Marsh being the top scorer of 88 and valuable contribution of 44 from Pathan. Superkings started the chase with slow and steady. Raina and Badrinath again contributed in building the innings and powerful hits by Dhoni towards end helped them to win the match in final over. With this win CSK has assured semi-final berth.

Dhoni was the MoM for his match winning knock under pressure. Shaun Marsh got the 'maximum sixes' award and Sudeep Tyagi received the 'kamaal catch' award.

Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals (17th April 2010)

2010-04-17T04:44:00.002-07:00

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wkts

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 132/9 in 20 overs. Shane Watson was the top scorer of 44 from Royals. KKR started the chase with a must need win with high net run rate lost wicket of Gayle and McCullum in one over. Ganguly played a patience innings of 75 and well supported 45 from Cheteshwar Pujara helped to win the match in 17th overs. Now RR is the second team out from IPL3 while KKR need some luck and result from other matches to have a berth in semis.

Unadkat wss the Man of the Match for his fine bowling performance. Ganguly got the 'Kamaal catch' and the 'maximum sixes' award.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (17th April 2010)

2010-04-17T04:44:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 57 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first. Two small blasts outside the stadium before start of the game delayed the match. MI started slow initially and Sachin fell for 19 but Mclaren (40) and Rayudu (46) built the innings. Spectacular shots by Pollard and another fine knock by Duminy helped them to put a toal of 191/4 in 20 overs. Chasing the target RCB lost wickets in regular intervals and lost the match by 57 runs. Kohli was the top scorer of 37. As MI has alread entered to semis, the win at here must have taken RCB to semis. Now they have to wait for result of other matches for the final confirmation.

Ryan McLaren was declared as the Man of the Match.

King XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers (16th April 2010)

2010-04-16T07:26:00.001-07:00

Result: Deccan Chargers won by 5 wkts

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first. KXIP started well and scored a fighting total of 174/3 in 20 overs. Sangakara (52) and Jayawardene (93) were the main contributor to build the innings. Chasing the target, tough Chargers lost some quick wickets but a fine partnership from Suman and Rohit Sharma helped them to win the match by 5 wickets keeping their semifinal hope alive.

Rohit Sharma wss the MoM for his unbeaten 68, Juan Theron got the 'kamaal catch' award and
Suman got the 'maximum sixes' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 51

500 The third six of Deccan Cahrgers' innings (by Rohit Sharma off Shalabh Srivastava) was the 500th six in IPL 2010.

93 Mahela Jayawardene’s unbeaten innings of 93 is the highest by a Kings XI Punjab batsman against Deccan Chargers, obliterating the unbeaten 84 by Shaun Marsh at Hyderabad in 2008.

61 Number of consecutive innings played by Yuvraj Singh in Twenty20s without getting a duck. He now shares the world record of most consecutive “duck-less” innings in Twenty20s with Brad Hodge.

51 Number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in all IPL matches. He became the fourth batsman to hit 50 sixes in IPL after Adam Gilchrist (63), Yusuf Pathan (61) and Suresh Raina (55).

49 Balls taken by Mahela Jayawardene to score his fifty – the slowest fifty ever for KXIP in IPL. Jayawardene, however, scored his first 41 runs off the 13 balls he faced.

37 Number of dismissals by Adam Gilchrist in IPL matches - the most by any wicket-keeper. He moved ahead of Delhi Daredevils' Dinesh Karthik’s tally of 36 dismissals. It was also his 12th dismissal in this edition – again the most by any wicket-keeper.

14 Dharamsala’s HPCA Stadium became the 14th Indian ground to host an IPL match. It also became the fifth new ground in this edition after Mumbai's Brabourne, Ahmedabad, Cuttack and Nagpur.

10 When Mahela Jayawardene and Shaun Marsh opened the innings, they became the 10th opening pair for KXIP in 13 matches.

10 Andrew Symonds’ catch of Yuvraj Singh was his tenth in IPL 2010 – the most by any fielder.

3 Shaun and Mitchell Marsh became the third pair of brothers to play for the opposing sides in the same match in IPL. They joined Yusuf and Irfan Pathan, who have played against each other on six occasions; and Mike and David Hussey, who did so once.

1 Punjab became the first team to be out of the semi-final race in IPL 2010. Mumbai Indians have already sealed a place, while all others still stand a chance to qualify.

Chennai Superkings vs Delhi Daredevils (15th April 2010)

2010-04-15T04:58:00.001-07:00

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wkts

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first but started the innings with the disaster note. Except Badrinath none of the batsman failed to impress and they were able to score 112/9 in 20 overs. Daredevils also lost some quick wickets initially, but Gambhir scored unbeaten 57 to lead his side a much needed victory in 19th over.

Gautam Gambhir was the Man of the Match for his match-winning fifty, Matthew Hayden won the award for the best catch, and Doug Bollinger collected the award for maximum sixes.

Numbers that mattered, Match 50

112 Chennai’s total – their lowest in this edition.

112 Number of balls in the match of which no runs were scored off the bat- highest in this edition. There were 109 dots in the Delhi Daredevils – Kings XI Punjab match on April 11.

51 Balls taken by Gautam Gambhir to reach his fifty – the slowest fifty by a Delhi Daredevils batsman in IPL history (Tillakeratne Dilshan held the previous record with a 46-ball fifty against Deccan at Centurion on 30-04-2009) and the second slowest this season by any batsman (Chennai Super King’s Parthiv Patel had taken 53 balls against Punjab at Chennai on March 21).

19 Number of boundaries hit in the match (18 fours and one six) – Chennai hit 11 (10 + 1), while Delhi Daredevils hit only eight. This is the least number of boundaries hit in a match in this edition. The Delhi Daredevils – Kings XI Punjab match had seen 21 boundaries on April 11.

1 Number of sixes hit in the match – least in this edition. The Delhi Daredevils – Kings XI Punjab match had two sixes on April 11.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (14th April 2010)

2010-04-14T07:12:00.000-07:00

Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wkts

Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and elected to bat first. But the top order failed again due to tidy bowling from RCB and scored 130/6 in 20 overs. RCB lost the wicket of Kallis early but a fine knock of 62 from Kevin Pietersen helped them to win the match, a step closer towards the semis berth.

Kevin Pietersen was the Man of the Match also won the Kamaal catch award and the maximum sixes award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 49

2 Rajasthan Royals have now suffered defeats in back-to-back games at Jaipur, after 8 consecutive wins.

7 Number of bowlers to bowl a maiden-over in this IPL. Pankaj Singh joined the selected band of Chaminda Vaas (2 maidens), Doug Bollinger, Harbhajhan Singh, Albie Morkel, Shadab Jakati and Zaheer Khan.

8 Yusuf Pathan became eighth batsman to aggregate 1,000 runs in IPL matches.

20 Number of run-outs conceded by Rajasthan – most by any side in this IPL.

25 Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in the match- most by any batsman in this IPL. Uthappa moved ahead of Rajasthan’s Yusuf Pathan (24).

58 Runs added by Adam Voges and Abhishek Raut for the unbroken seventh wicket partnership – highest in this IPL.

Chennai Superkings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (13th April 2010)

2010-04-13T00:12:00.000-07:00

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wkts

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. But top order collapsed as they lost 4 wickets for 18 runs only. Angelo Mathews scored 48 which helped them to score 139/8 in 20 overs. Chasing the target Superkings lost the wicket of hayden early but Raina and Vijay scored unbeaten fifties to give their team a much needed win just in 14 overs. With this win Superkings moved to the second position of the point table with better Net Run Rate.

R.Ashwin was the MoM for his match winning bowling performance, Vijay got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award and Raina got the 'maximum sixes award'.

Numbers that mattered, Match 48

3 Number of stumpings effected by MS Dhoni in Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings – most by any wicket-keeper in IPL history.

19 Kolkata Knight Riders had lost four wickets with only 19 runs on the board – the worst start ever for a side in IPL history.

22 Runs scored by Kolkata Knight Riders in the first 6 overs – the worst performance by any side during Powerplay in this IPL.

24 Balls taken by Suresh Raina to race to his fifty – the fastest fifty by a Chennai Super Kings’ batsman during this IPL edition. He shares the honour with Matthew Hayden

39 Chennai won the match with 39 balls remaining to be bowled – their biggest win in IPL in terms of balls remaining.

137 Runs added by Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina for the second wicket – the highest second wicket partnership in IPL history.

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils (13th April 2010)

2010-04-13T00:03:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 39 runs

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. All the batsman contributed towards building the innings. Young Tiwary and Rayudu played an important partnership in the middle and late strike by Pollard (45 in 13 balls) helped them to score 183/4 in 20 overs. Daredevils started the run chase with a high note and scored 69/1 in 6 overs. Suddenly few wickets changed their game and the team lost the match by 39 run scoring 144/7. Ali Murtaza was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai with a lot of verity confusing the top order with his change of pace and guile.

Kieron Pollard is the MoM for his whirlwind innings of 45 runs in just 13 balls, 'Kamaal catch of the match award' goes to Ali Murtaza and 'Maximum sixes award' goes to Keiron Pollard.

Numbers that mattered, Match 47

15 Number of Delhi batsmen to get run-out in this edition of the IPL. Only Rajasthan Royals have lost more wickets in this fashion – 19.

69 Runs scored by Delhi during the Powerplay – maximum they have scored in this IPL. They had made 64 (for 2) against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on March 25.

75 Runs scored by Mumbai Indians in the last 5 overs – their best performance in all IPL matches. They had made 72 (for one) against Deccan Chargers at Mumbai DYP on March 28, 2010.

346.15 Kieron Pollard’s strike-rate in the match – the highest in this IPL for a batsman scoring at least 25. Deccan Charger’s Adam Gilchrist had made 33 off 12 balls (SR 275.00) against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on March 19.

542 Runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar in IPL 2010 – the maximum scored by an Indian in a single edition. Delhi Daredevils’ Gautam Gambhir had aggregated 538 runs in the 2008 edition.

Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (12th April 2010)

2010-04-11T23:29:00.000-07:00

Result: Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first. Steyn caused the damage to the top order of Chargers and Rohit sharma played a useful innings of 51 to help his team to score 151/6 in 20 overs. With a huge batting line, it was seemed RCB could win the match easily. But initial slow batting and wickets in regular intervals halted their scoring. Dravid top scored with 49 and again Uthappa played his cameo knock to reach the target. But 19th over bowled by harmeet Singh changed the complexion of the game. He took 2 wickets giving only 1 run and helping his team another win and keeping their semifinal hope alive.

Harmeet Singh was the MoM for his match turning spell, Suman got the 'kamaal catch of the match' award and Uthappa got the 'Maximum sixes' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 46

151 Deccan’s total is the lowest first innings total successfully defended by a side in IPL 2010 (Kings XI Punjab tied the game with Chennai Super Kings after scoring just 136).

72.97 Jacques Kallis’ strike-rate in the match – worst for a batsman scoring 25 or more in IPL 2010. David Hussey held the previous record with a strike-rate of 90.63 (scored 29 off 32 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on March 29.

50 Number of wickets taken by RP Singh in IPL across three editions – the first bowler to reach this landmark in IPL history.

24 Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in IPL 2010 – most by any batsman along with Rajasthan Royals’ Yusuf Pathan.

4 Number of batsmen to get a golden duck in the match – two in each innings. This is a new record in all IPL matches.

1 Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for the first time in IPL 2010.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (11th April 2010)

2010-04-11T06:41:00.001-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 37 runs

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Tendulkar played another master innings with Duminy and Pollard to score 174/5 in 20 overs. Royal lost wickets early while chasing the target. Run outs became crucial for them and tidy bowling from MI bowlers restricted them into 137, resulting first defeat for RR in their home ground. Mummbai Indians is the first team to qualify for semifinals in IPL3.

Sachin Tendulkar was the Man of the Match for scoring 89 off just 59 balls that included 10 fours and 2 sixes also won the maximum sixes award. Kamaal catch award went to JP Duminy.

Numbers that mattered, Match 45

1 Rajasthan Royals suffered their first defeat at Jaipur in 9 matches.

4 Number of man of the match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar in this IPL edition – most by any batsman. He was earlier level with Jacques Kallis with three awards.

19 Run-outs suffered by Rajasthan Royals in this edition – most for any side.

89 Tendulkar’s score is his highest in Twenty20 cricket.

512 Sachin Tendulkar’s run-aggregate at the end of this match – highest for any batsman in this edition. Tendulkar went ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Jacques Kallis’ tally of 501 runs.

1064 Sachin Tendulkar’s run-aggregate in all IPL matches – fourth highest by any batsman after Adam Gilchrist, Suresh Raina and Matthew Hayden.

Delhi Daredevils vs King XI Punjab (11th April 2010)

2010-04-11T04:21:00.000-07:00

Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wkts

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. All the batsman failed today to score for Delhi, totally lackluster performance. They are bundled out to 111 and KXIP chased the target in losing only three wickets. Though the match is bit consolation for KXIP but for Daredevils it was a crucial one to qualify for the semis. They have win a couple in rest matches if they want in semis as all seven teams except KXIP are in the position to qualify for semi-finals.

Numbers that mattered, Match 44

0 No sixes were hit during Delhi Daredevils innings. This was only the second such instance during this edition of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders had suffered the same ignominy against Chennai Super Kings on March 16.

2 Virender Sehwag registered his second golden-duck in IPL.

3 Gautam Gambhir was run-out for the third consecutive time in the tournament. He had suffered the similar fate against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 4 and against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 7.

6 All the six games between these two sides have been won by side batting second.

9 Number of opening pairs employed by Kings XI Punjab in this IPL – most by any side.

111 Delhi’s total – their lowest in this IPL, their lowest against Punjab and their lowest ever at Feroz Shah Kotla.

1019 Gautam Gambhir’s run-tally in IPL after this match. He became the sixth batsman to reach 1,000-run mark in the tournament.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (10th April 2010)

2010-04-10T03:40:00.001-07:00

Result: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 7 wkts

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first. KKR started the innings well. But after 7th over they started losig wickets in regular intervals and scored 160/9 in 20 overs. Brendon McCullum was top scorer with 45 while Vinay Kumar took 3 wickets for RCB. Chasing the target Kallis failed early but Dravid (52) and Uthhapa (52 from 22 balls) played brilliant innings to guide their team to victory.

Vinay Kumar wss the Man of the Match for taking 3 wickets. Anil Kumble got the Kamaal catch award while Maximum sixes award went to 'Robin Uthappa'.

Numbers that mattered, Match 43

61 Runs scored by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Powerplay, which equals their best performance in IPL 2010. Interestingly, the previous such occasion was also against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata on March 14.

22 Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in IPL 2010. Now only Yusuf Pathan (23) is ahead of him.

22 Number of balls taken by Uthappa to score his fifty – the fastest fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders in all IPL matches. Ross Taylor had scored a 24-ball fifty at Centurion last year.

3 Number of consecutive fifty-stands put on by the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Chris Gayle. They are the second pair in IPL 2010 to do it after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Manish Pandey and Jacques Kallis.

1 Jacques Kallis became the first batsman to aggregate 500 runs in IPL 2010.

Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Superkings (10th April 2010)

2010-04-10T03:39:00.000-07:00

Result: Deccan Chargers won by 6 wkts

Chennai Superkings won the toss and elected to bat first. But they lost wickets in regular intervals. Raina played a beautiful innings of 52, helping Superkings to score 138/8 in 20 overs. Chargers started the chase and Suman again played a nice innings of 55. Though they lost some wickets towards the end, but Symonds late strike help them to overcome the target.

Ryan Harris was declared as the Man of the Match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 42

1 Suresh Raina became the highest run-scorer in IPL with an aggregate of 1,177 runs, but only for a brief while. Adam Gilchrist got his crown back soon, ending with an aggregate of 1,182 runs.

2 Number of times Deccan Chargers have won a match batting second in IPL 2010 – out of 7 such occasions.

3.25 Ravichandran Ashwin’s economy - second best by any bowler bowling four overs in IPL 2010. He is second only to Delhi Daredevils’ Dirk Nannes, who conceded 12 runs (Econ 3.00) in his four overs against Kings XI Punjab on March 13.

4 Number of times Pragyan Ojha has dismissed MS Dhoni – the most times a bowler has dismissed a particular batsman in IPL, equalling the record of Dwayne Bravo, who has also dismissed Suresh Raina on four occasions.

8.3 Overs taken by Deccan Chargers to reach their fifty – their slowest in IPL 2010.

13 Number of times a spinner has bowled the first over of the innings as Ashwin opened bowling attack for Chennai Super Kings. There were only 3 such instances in 2008.

35 Number of dismissals made by Adam Gilchrist – most by a wicket-keeper in IPL. He equalled the existing record held by Delhi Daredevils’ Dinesh Karthik.

King XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians (9th April 2010)

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Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wkts

Mumbai Indian won the toss and elected to bat first. None of the batsman last long due to fine spell from Pathan and Chawla. Duminy was top scorer of 35 and Rayudu of 33. MI could manage only 154/9 in 20 overs. KXIP started well, Jayawardene scored 33 from 18 balls and Kumar Sangakkara played the captain's innings of 56 to guide their team to 3rd victory in IPL3.

Kumar Sangakkara was the Man of the Match for his knock of 56 runs off 42 balls.

Numbers that mattered, Match 41

40.00 Mumbai’s win-percentage outside Mumbai in all IPL games. In Mumbai, they have won more than 71% of their game.

5 Number of batsmen who got BOWLED during Mumbai Indians' innings – a new record of such dismissals in an innings in IPL. The previous record was of four batsmen getting bowled, made on eight occasions

3 Kumar Sangakkara became the third wicket-keeper in IPL history to score a fifty and effect three dismissals in the same match. Others to do so are Parthiv Patel for Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai on 31-05-2008 and Dinesh Karthik for Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals at Delhi on 31-03-2010.

2 Sachin Tendulkar became second batsman in this edition to aggregate 400 runs after Jacques Kallis.

0 Number of wickets taken by Brett Lee in IPL 2010. In four matches, Lee has conceded 149 runs from his 14.3 overs – an economy of 10.27!

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers (8th April 2010)

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Result: Deccan Chargers won by 7 wkts

After winning the toss Deccan Chargers elected to field. RCB had a shaky start at the beginning but Kallis (68) played a constructive innings. Kohli's late strike 58 of 35 balls helped them to score 184/6. Chargers started the chasing the cautious but Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma can not convert their score to Big. Suman played a brilliant innings of 78 and well supported 53 by Symonds at the later stage to register their victory against RCB.

Tirumalsetti Suman was the Man of the Match for scoring 78 off 57 deliveries, the Kamaal catch award went to Ryan Harris and Virat Kohli got the maximum sixes award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 40

433.33 Cameron White’s strike-rate as he scored 13* runs off three balls including two sixes. This the highest strike-rate by any batsman in this IPL and second highest in all IPL matches after Kolkata’s Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s 466.66 (14* off 3 balls v Deccan at Hyderabad in 2008)

186 Deccan Chargers' highest score in all IPL matches while batting second.

92 Runs scored by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last 6 overs – exactly the same they had made in first 14!

78 T Suman’s unbeaten innings is the highest by a Deccan batsman during this edition of the IPL. The previous best was 73 by Rohit Sharma against Rajasthan Royals at Nagpur on April 5.

10 Number of fifties scored by Jacques Kallis in IPL – the first batsman to do so. This was also his sixth fifty in IPL 2010- second batsman to score 6 fifties in a single edition of IPL, after Shaun Marsh, who made one hundred and five fifties in the first edition.

5 Jacques Kallis became the fifth batsman – after Adam Gilchrist, Suresh Raina, Matthew Hayden and Rohit Sharma- to aggregate 1,000 runs in IPL.

4 Mitchell Marsh’s debut means four pairs of brothers have now participated in IPL. The Marsh brothers (Shaun & Marsh) emulated Mike & David Hussey, Yusuf & Irfan Pathan and Albie & Morne Morkel.

1 Deccan Chargers achieved their first successful chase in six attempts in this IPL.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils (7th April 2010)

2010-04-07T22:31:00.000-07:00

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Ganguly (56) and Gayle (40) have given a good start to the innings while Tiwary and Mathews played some nice stokes towards the end to put a fighting total of 181/3 for Daredevils to chase. After losing Warner's wicket early Gambhir and Sewhag steady the innings but after their departure rest batsman failed to keep momentum. Good fielding and bowling from KKR, restricted Daredevils in 167 and winning the match by 14 runs.

Ganguly wss the Man of the Match for scoring 56 runs and for some amazing ground fielding. Kamaal catch award went to 'Sourav Ganguly' and Maximum sixes award to 'Virender Sehwag'.

Numbers that mattered, Match 39

13 The number of run-outs effected by Delhi in the tournament – most by any side. Interestingly Kolkata also managed two run-outs. In their previous 9 games, they had managed just one!

34 Number of balls taken by Sehwag to score his fifty – his slowest fifty in IPL. He had taken 27 balls for his fifty against Deccan at Hyderabad in 2008, which was his previous slowest.

99 Sehwag and Gambhir added 99 runs for the second wicket – first instance of a 99-run partnership in IPL history.

181 Kolkata’s total was their highest against Delhi, beating the previous best of 154 for 3 at Durban in 2009.

200 The fifth four of Gambhir’s innings was his 200th in Twenty20 cricket. He became first Indian and seventh batsman overall to do so.

400 The fourth six of Kolkata innings (hit by Manoj Tiwary) was the 400th six hit in IPL 2010.

Rajasthan Royals vs King XI Punjab (7th April 2010)

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Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 9 wkts

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat and scored 153/6. Mahela Jayawardene was top scorer with 44 runs. RR started the chase in a hurry. Lumb scored 83 in 43 balls. Naman Ojha played a nice innings of 44 with well support from Yusuf Pathan and chased the target in 15 overs just losing one wicket.

Michael Lumb was the Man of the Match, Kamaal catch award went to 'Piyush Chawla' while Maximum sixes award went to 'Yuvraj Singh'.

Numbers that mattered, Match 38

0 Number of boundaries hit by Punjab batsmen after 15th over. This provided the first instance of a side not hitting a single boundary in last 5 overs in IPL 2010.

3.5 Overs taken by Rajasthan to score the fifty- fastest fifty by any side in IPL 2010. The previous fastest was in 4.1 overs for Delhi v Bangalore at Bangalore on March 25.

8 Rajasthan have now won all 8 matches they have played at Jaipur.

8 Yusuf Pathan held his 8th catch to become the leading fielder in the tournament, moving ahead of Suresh Raina and David Warner.

8.3 Overs taken by Rajasthan to race to their hundred – fastest 100 for any side in IPL 2010. Mumbai held the previous record as they took 9 overs to score their 100 against Delhi at Delhi on March 17.

9 The victory margin of 9 wickets is the largest for Rajasthan in IPL. They had registered a 8-wicket win on three occasions.

16 Number of fours hit by Michael Lumb – most by any batsman in an innings in IPL history. The previous record was held by Punjab’s Mahela Jayawardene with 14 fours against Kolkata at Kolkata on April 4, 2010.

27 Runs scored by Punjab between 16th and 20th overs. This equals the worst performance by any side in last 5 overs in IPL 2010. Chennnai had also scored only 27 runs against Punjab at Chennai on March 21.

109 Runs added by Michael Lumb and Naman Ojha for the first wicket – Rajasthan’s highest partnership for any wicket in IPL 2010.

Chennai Superkings vs Mumbai Indians (6th April 2010)

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Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 165/4 in 20 overs with contributions from each batsman. Mumbai Indians started the run chase well but Tendulkar retired hurt due to extreme heat and cramp. Middle order failed to perform and some brilliant fielding restricted them in 141 runs.

Raina was the Man of the Match for his cameo, Vijay got the Kamaal catch of the match award and
Bhajji got the maximum sixes award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 37

2 Mumbai Indians opening pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Sachin Tendulkar have become the second opening pair to aggregate 300 runs in IPL 2010. The pair emulated Royal Challenger Bangalore’s Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey, who have aggregated 381 runs from seven innings at an average of 65.17.

3 Sachin Tendulkar became the third batsman in this edition to retire hurt. Others to suffer this fate are Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman. Interestingly, Tendulkar is the only one to come back and resume his innings.

6 Wickets lost by Mumbai Indians in 32 balls with the addition of a mere 27 runs between Tendulkar retiring hurt and resuming his innings.

150 Sachin Tendulkar hit his 150th four in Twenty20s.

Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals (5th April 2010)

2010-04-06T05:05:00.000-07:00

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Watson top scored with 58 in RR's innings helping them put score a decent total of 159. Chargers started well in chasing but lost wickets in regular intervals. Warne bowled a supeb spell to create pressure on Chargers. Rohit Sharma scored 73 and was the last man to out in the crucial last over giving a Royal a much needed victory.

Shane Warne was declared as the Man of the Match for superb spell of bowling, claiming 4 wickets for 21 runs only.

Numbers that mattered, Match 36

2 Victory margin for Rajasthan Royals – the narrowest in IPL 2010 and fourth narrowest in all IPL matches.

4 for 21 – Shane Warne’s figures in the match – his best in Twenty20s. This was also the best by any spinner in this edition and second best by any captain in all IPL matches, after Anil Kumble’s 4 for 16 also against Deccan at Johannesburg in 2009.

10 out of 10 times Rajasthan Royals have successfully defended a target of 150 or more!

13 Nagpur’s VCA Stadium became the 13th Indian ground to host an IPL match. Interestingly Deccan Chargers have played their “home” matches at three grounds this season – at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, Barabati Stadium in Cuttack….and now VCA Stadium in Nagpur.

14 Number of sixes conceded by Pragyan Ojha in IPL 2010- most by any bowler. He was earlier at level with Sumit Narwal with 13 sixes.

43 Number of sixes Shane Warne has conceded off his bowling in IPL – most for any bowler. He was earlier at level with Punjab’s Piyush Chawla with 42 sixes.

61 Number of sixes hit by Adam Gilchrist in IPL – most by any batsman. Gilchrist was earlier at level with Yusuf Pathan with 58 sixes

1024 Rohit Sharma’s tally of runs in IPL. He became the fourth batsman to aggregate 1,000 runs in IPL after Adam Gilchrist, Suresh Raina and Matthew Hayden.

Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th April 2010)

2010-04-04T22:51:00.000-07:00

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 37 runs

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 184/5 in 20 overs. Paul Collingwood scored 75 not out after initial good score by Sewhag and Warner. RCB failed to a good start and started losing wickets in regular intervals. Except, Kallis who scored 54 other batsman failed to impress in the match and the team was restricted to 147/9. With the win Daredevils move to the 2nd position in the point table.

Collingwood was the MoM for his outstanding knock, who also won the 'Maximum sixes' award. Cameron White gets the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 35

1 Jacques Kallis became the first batsman to aggregate 400 runs in IPL 2010. He is also the first Bangalore player to aggregate 400 runs in a single edition of IPL.

3 Delhi Daredevils registered their third consecutive win at their home ground (Feroz Shah Kotla).

7 Number of catches taken by David Warner in the field in the tournament – most by any player in the tournament, equalling the tally of Chennai’s Suresh Raina.

9 Kallis’ 54 was his 9th fifty in IPL – most by any batsman. He was earlier at level with Chennai’s Matthew Hayden with 8 fifties (Deccan’s Adam Gilchrist also has 8 fifty-pus scores against his name that includes one hundred).

14 Number of wickets taken by Amit Mishra in the tournament – most by any bowler. He took the Purple Cap from Mutthiah Muralitharan.

23 Number of matches won by Delhi Daredevils in the IPL (out of 38 they have played)- most by any side. Delhi went ahead of Rajasthan Royals’ tally of 22 wins.

80.00 Gautam Gambhir’s winning percentage as captain (has won 8 out of 10 games he has captained Delhi in) – highest for any captain in IPL.

1500 Number of sixes hit in all IPL games – interestingly Delhi Daredevils have hit least (153) despite having some of the biggest hitters in the game.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs King XI Punjab (4th April 2010)

2010-04-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wkts

At last, KXIP put a decent score and won the match. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Gayle played fiery strokes to score 88 in 42 balls with well support from Ganguly and Tiwary. KKR managed to score 200/3 in 20 overs. KXIP started the chase in a overcast condition. Jayawardene open the innings and started playing strokes from beginning and scores 110 not out. Sangakara and Yuvraj have given well support to him to chase 200 mark in 18 overs.

Jayawardene was the MoM for his unbeaten 110, Kaif got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award and Chris Gayle got the 'maximum sixes' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 34

3 Number of occasions on which a 200+ target has been successfully chased in the IPL. Kings XI Punjab followed Rajasthan Royals (beat Deccan in 2008 scoring 217-7) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (beat Kings XI Punjab in 2010 scoring 204-2).

4 Number of consecutive defeats after which Kings XI Punjab registered a win in the tournament

12 Mahela Jayawardene became the 12th batsman to score a hundred in IPL. He became the second Sri Lankan after Sanath Jayasuriya who made an unbeaten 114 against Chennai Super Kings in 2008. This was the fourth hundred in the 2010 edition after Yusuf Pathan, David Warner and Murali Vijay.

33 Runs conceded by Ravi Bopara in his third over (13th of the Kolkata innings). The sequence – 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5 wides, 2 wides, 1. Manoj Tiwary faced the first ball, while Chris Gayle faced the next four. This is the most expensive over in IPL history. Virender Sehwag had hit Andrew Symonds for 30 runs at Hyderabad in 2008, which was the previous most expensive over in IPL. Interestingly, that carnage had also come in the 13th over!

80 Runs scored by Kolkata batsmen between the 11th and 15th overs – the most by any side in IPL history.

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Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers (3rd April 2010)

2010-04-02T23:06:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 63 runs

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 178/5 through a fine knock from Ambati Rayudu (55) with well well supported contribution from Sachin, Tiwary and Pollard. Deccan Chargers started well with some strokes from Gilchrist and Gibbs, but the middle order failed again and finally bundled out to 115 in 18 overs. This was the biggest defeat for Deccan Chargers in IPL3.

Ambati Rayudu was the MoM for his superb knock, Keiron Pollard got the 'kamaal catch of the match' award while Saurabh Tiwary won the 'maximum sixes' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 33

0 Mumbai Indians have not been dismissed even once in the tournament so far.

2 Number of sixes conceded by Lasith Malinga in the tournament.

4 Number of batsmen dismissed stumped by Pragyan Ojha – most such dismissals for a bowler in this IPL.

5 Harbhajan Singh bowled the fifth maiden of the tournament. Chaminda Vaas (2), Albie Morkel and Shadab Jakati are the other bowlers to do so.

22 Number of batsmen to aggregate 1,500 runs in Twenty20s with Andrew Symonds becoming the latest entrant to this exclusive club.

50 Harbhajan Singh completed his 50 wickets in Twenty20 with the dismissal of Rahul Sharma – sixth Indian to do so.

69.25 The average partnership between Saurabh Tiwary and Ambati Rayudu in the tournament. In four innings this pair has added 277 runs together that includes one century and two fifty stands.

Chennai Superkings vs Rajasthan Royals (3rd April 2010)

2010-04-02T23:05:00.000-07:00

Result : Chennai Super Kings won by 23 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Murali Vijay scored 127 from 56 balls with well supported 62 from 34 balls by Morkel. Superkings scored 246/5 in 20 overs, the highest IPL score so far. Royals chased the target with superb batting from Naman Ojha (94 not out) and Watson (60) but failed to win the match due to the superb spell from Doug Bollinger (15 run and 2 wickets in 4 over). Bollinger was also instrumental in taking a superb catch in the deep to dismiss Yusuf Pathan.

Murali Vijay was the Man of the Match for his magical 127 runs in just 56 balls, studded with 11 huge sixes and 8 scintillating boundaries. Doug Bollinger got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 32

2 Number of all-rounders with a career tally of 500 runs and 25 wickets in the IPL. Albie Morkel joined Kings XI Punjab’s Irfan Pathan.

3.75 Dougie Bollinger’s economy in a match where runs were scored at a rate of 11.72!

11 Number of sixes hit by Vijay during his innings – joint second most by any batsman in IPL, after Brendon McCullum (13) v Bangalore and along with Sanath Jayasuriya (11) v .Chennai in 2008.

17 Number of sixes hit in the Chennai innings – a new record in the IPL, beating their own previous record of 16 sixes made against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

20.50 Sumit Narwal’s economy- worst ever by any bowler in a 2-over spell in the IPL. Punjab’s VRV Singh had achieved an economy of 18.00 when he conceded 36 runs against Chennai at Mohali in 2008.

30 The match tally of 30 sixes is a new record in IPL. The previous record was of 25 sixes between Chennai and Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

69 Number of boundaries hit in the match (39 fours and 30 sixes) – most in an IPL match. The previous record was of 65 boundaries in the match between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad in 2008.

98 Runs scored by Murali Vijay in boundaries alone – 8 fours and 11 sixes. This is the best ever effort by an Indian and third best by any batsman in the IPL. Only Brendon McCullum – 118 and Sanath Jayasuriya – 102 have scored more runs in boundaries in an innings in IPL.

127 Murali Vijay posted the second highest individual score in IPL, after Brendon McCullum’s 158 (not out) against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore in 2008. It was the third hundred by an Indian in the IPL (after Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan). Overall it was the 11th hundred in IPL.

152 The third wicket partnership between Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel is the highest ever third wicket partnership in all IPL matches. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 142 (unbroken) between Chennai’s Suresh Raina and S Badrinath against Mumbai Indians at Brabourne on March 25. It was also the second highest partnership for any wicket in IPL, after the unbroken 155-run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman for Deccan Chargers against Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium in 2008.

155 Runs scored by Chennai in their last 10 overs – the most by any side in IPL history. Against Punjab at Mohali in 2008, Chennai had made 152 runs in their last 10 overs.

205 Runs scored by Murali Vijay in two consecutive matches (he had made 78 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai on March 31). This is a new record of most runs scored by a batsman in two consecutive innings. Deccan Chargers’ Andrew Symonds had scored 177 runs in two consecutive innings in 2008 & 2009.

246 Chennai’s total is the highest total ever in IPL history. Interestingly the previous highest was also made by Chennai- 240 for five against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

469 The match aggregate of 469 is the highest ever in the history of Twenty20s. The Worcestershire v Northamptonshire match at Kidderminster in 2007 had produced 449 runs. The highest aggregate in an IPL match was 447 between Chennai and Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

King XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (2nd April 2010)

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Result: Royal Challengers won by 6 wkts

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first and put a decent total of 181/5 in 20 overs. Sangakara top scored with 45 while Bopra & Yuvraj contributed to build the innings. But poor fielding, dropped catches let down KXIP again. Kevin Pietersen scored unbeaten 66 and quick fire by Uthapa (22 in 6 balls) helped RCB to win the match by 6 wickets.

Kevin Pietersen was declared as the Man of the Match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 31

320.00 Irfan Pathan’s strike-rate- highest for any batsman in this IPL facing 5 balls or more

300 Uthappa’s first six off Brett Lee was the 300th six in this IPL

76 Runs added by Kevin Pietersen and Virat Kohli – the highest third-wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore in all IPL matches. The pair bettered the 72-run stand between Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid against Chennai Super Kings at Johannesburg last year.

66 Pietersen’s score – his highest in IPL, beating the previous best of 37 against Delhi Daredevils at Port Elizabeth in IPL 2009.

25 Runs conceded by Brett Lee in his third over. Interestingly out of the eight most expensive overs of this IPL, four have been bowled by Kings XI Punjab bowlers!

7 Number of defeats suffered by Kings XI Punjab in the tournament –most for any side

1 Irfan Pathan became the first all-rounder in IPL history to achieve the double of 500 runs and 25 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers (1st April 2010)

2010-04-02T01:37:00.001-07:00

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs

KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. With a splendid knock from Ganguly (88 from 54 balls) and David Hussey (31), they scored 181/6 in 20 overs. Deccan Chargers lost the wicket of Gilchrist early. Gibbs scored 50 and well supported 45 runs from Symonds. But the increasing pressure of asking run rate they lost wickets in crucial moments failing from the target by 25 runs.

Sourav Ganguly was declared as the Man of the match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 30

181 Kolkata’s highest total at home ground in all IPL matches. Their previous highest was 175 for 7 against Kings XI Punjab in 2008

162.96 Sourav Ganguly’s strike-rate – his highest-ever in an innings of 10 or more runs

78 Runs added by Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey – Kolkata’s highest fourth-wicket partnership in all IPL games. Interestingly, the previous best was also between this pair – 68 against Rajasthan Royals in 2008

4 Number of sixes conceded by Pragyan Ojha – Sourav Ganguly hit all four!

2 Boundaries scored by Deccan Chargers in their last 5 overs – one four in 19th over and one six in 20th over.

Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals (31st March 2010)

2010-04-02T01:37:00.000-07:00

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 67 runs

Delhi Daredevils elected to bat first after winning the toss. DD scored a challenging total of 188/6 with the superb knock from Dinesh Karthik (69) and Gautam Gambhir (43). RR lost wickets in continuous intervals and was ll out for 121 in 17 overs. Naman Ojha was the top scorer of 27.

Dinesh Karthik was declared as the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings of 69.

Numbers that mattered, Match 29

2 Number of wickets to fall in first over of Rajasthan’s innings. This provided only the second such instance in this IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders had suffered the similar fate against Deccan Chargers on March 12.

2 Dinesh Karthik (69 & 1 ct, 2st) became the second 'keeper in IPL to perform the all-round feat of scoring a fifty and effecting three dismissals in the same match. Parthiv Patel is the only other 'keeper to do so (vs Kings XI Punjab in 2008).

4 Number of catches taken by David Warner on the field. With this he equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most catches in an innings against Kolkata in 2008.

6 Shane Warne registered his sixth duck in the IPL – most by any batsman in tournament’s history. Interestingly in the previous match against Chennai Super Kings, he was also run-out without facing a ball.

35 Number of dismissals effected by Dinesh Karthik in all IPL games – most by any 'keeper. He was earlier at level with Adam Gilchrist with 32 dismissals. Karthik’s 13 stumpings are also the most by any 'keeper in the IPL.

53 Runs conceded by Shaun Tait – most expensive figures by any bowler in a four-over spell in this IPL. R Sathish and S Sreesanth shared the previous record with 51 runs.

67 Delhi registered a comfortable 67-run win – Delhi’s biggest win in this IPL. Interestingly, Delhi Daredevils had registered a 40-run win in their last game against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Chennai Superkings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (31st March 2010)

2010-04-02T01:36:00.000-07:00

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wkts

Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 161/4 in 20 overs. Kallis scored 51 while Kevin Pietersen was not out with 23. Chasing 162 to win CSK achived the target in 19 overs losing 5 wickets. Murali Vijay top scored with 78 and Suresh Raina was not not out with 44.

Murali Vijay was declared as the Man of the Match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 28

4 Number of maidens bowled in this IPL. Shadab Jakati joined Chaminda Vaas (2) and Albie Morkel (1).

5 Consecutive matches after which Royal Challengers Bangalore made a change in their playing eleven.

78   Murali Vijay’s innings is the highest for Chennai against Bangalore.

362   Jacques Kallis’ run-aggregate in this IPL – Highest for any batsman. He went ahead of Sachin Tendulakr’s aggregate of 314 runs.

800   The second four in the Bangalore innings (hit by Manish Pandey) was the 800th boundary in this IPL.

1,093   Suresh Raina’s career tally in IPL – highest for any batsman. He went ahead of Deccan Chargers’ Adam Gilchrist, who has aggregated 1,081 runs.

1,400   Murali Vijay’s last of the six sixes was the 1400th six hit in all IPL games.

Mumbai Indians vs King XI Punjab (30th March 2010)

2010-04-02T01:32:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 4 wkts

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. King XI Punjab scored 163 for all out in 20 overs, Shaun Marsh being the top scorer of 57. Lasith Malinga bowled a fine spell taking 4 wickets for 22 runs only. Chasing the target MI lost Tendulkar's wicket early but valuable 50 from Sikhar Dhawan and contribution from middle order helped to chase the target losing 6 wickets.

Lasith Malinga was declared as the Man of the Match

Numbers that mattered, Match 27

314 Sachin Tendulkar's run-tally after the match – highest for any batsman in the tournament. He, thus, takes the Orange Cap from Royal Challenger Bangalore's Jacques Kallis.

53.57 Per cent of Malinga’s dismissals in IPL have been bowled – 15 out of 28

14.42 Yuvraj’s batting average in IPL 2010 – just 101 runs from 7 innings.

6 Number of defeats Kings XI Punjab have suffered this season. On the other hand, Mumbai have now won six.

4 Malinga’s wickets in the match. He became only the third bowler to take 4 wickets in a match in IPL 2010. Malinga joined the ranks with Angelo Mathews and R Vinay Kumar.

3 Mahela Jayawardene became the third player to captain Kings XI Punjab in the IPL, after Yuvraj Singh and Kumara Sangakkara. Interestingly, all three suffered defeats in their first game as captain.

2 Shaun Marsh has scored fifties in his first game of both the seasons he has played. In 2008, Marsh made an unbeaten 84 (vs Deccan Chargers). He wasn't a part of KXIP's squad in 2009.

Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders (29th March 2010)

2010-04-02T01:29:00.000-07:00

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 40 runs

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. David Warner scored his maiden IPL hundred, 107 not out in 69 balls and Collingwood scored 53 in 45 balls helping Daredevils to score 177/4 in 20 overs. Chasing the target Kolkata Knight Riders lost wickets regularly finally bundling out to 137/9 in 20 overs. Gayle top scored 30 from KKR.

David Warner was declared as the Man of the Match for the superb innings of 107 in 69 balls.

Numbers that mattered, Match 26

3 Number of batsmen to get dismissed off the last ball of the first three overs in Delhi Daredevils’ innings.

10 Number of hundreds scored in the IPL. David Warner became the second batsman to score a century in IPL 2010. The first centurion of IPL 2010 was Yusuf Pathan. Interestingly, five of 10 IPL centuries have been scored by Australians.

24 Number of boundaries conceded by Ishant Sharma in IPL 2010 - the most by any bowler.

40 Victory margin for Delhi Daredevils – their biggest margin ever in IPL, in terms of runs. Their previous biggest win was by 17 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 25.

53 Paul Collingwood’s score. He became the fifth Delhi batsman to score a fifty on IPL debut. The others to share this honour are: Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Kedar Jadhav.

121 Balls after which Murali Kartik conceded the first six off his bowling in IPL 2010.

128 Runs added by David Warner and Paul Collingwood – the highest fourth-wicket partnership in all IPL matches. The previous best was 113 (unbroken) between Robin Uthappa and Dwayne Bravo for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.

Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians (28th March 2010)

2010-03-27T23:22:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs

Deccan Chargers elected to field after winning the toss. MI started their innings carefully but lost their wickets in regular intervals. Sachin scored had earned 55 but it was looking they can score 150 maximum. But late fireworks by Harbhajan Singh (49 from 18 balls) helped MI to put a decent toatl of 172/7 in front of DC to chase. DC lost the wicket of Gilchrist in first over by Harbhajan Singh. Rohit Sharma top scored 45 for DC while they bundled out for 131 in 20 overs losing the match by 41 runs.

Harbhajan Singh was declared as Man of the Match for his cameo innings of 49 and 3 wickets while bowling.

Numbers that mattered, Match 25

272.22 Harbhajan’s strike-rate during his innings against DC – the second highest strike-rate in IPL 2010 in an innings of 25 or more. Only Adam Gilchrist, who made 33 runs off 12 balls against Kings XI Punjab on March 19, with a strike-rate of 275.00, is above Harbhajan.

72 The runs scored by Mumbai Indians in the last five overs – most by any side in IPL 2010. Kolkata Knight Riders had made 70 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 16.

53 Runs added by Ryan McLaren and Harbhajan Singh for the eight wicket. McLaren’s contribution was only 2! This was the highest eighth wicket partnership in all IPL games, beating the 48-run partnership between Irfan Pathan and Bipul Sharma for Kings XI Punjab against Deccan Chargers at Cuttack on March 19.

49 Runs scored by Harbhajan off just 18 balls – the highest by any batsman at number 9 in IPL. The previous best was Romesh Powar’s unbeaten 28 for Kings XI Punjab against Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in 2008. Harbhajan’s scoring pattern in the innings - 1, 1, 6, 4, 1, 4, 6, 0, 4, 4, 1, 0, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 0 [15 scoring shots, 2 sixes, 8 fours, 5 singles].

4 Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score four fifties in IPL 2010. He was earlier level with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Jacques Kallis with three half-centuries.

1 Tendulkar became first batsman in IPL history to score fifties in three consecutive matches.

2 Harbhajan became only the second player in IPL 2010 to perform the all-round feat of scoring 25 runs and capturing three wickets in the same match after Deccan Chargers’ Andrew Symonds. Symonds had scored 35 and taken 3-21 against Delhi Daredevils at Cuttack on March 21.

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Superkings (28th March 2010)

2010-03-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 17 runs

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Naman Ojha top scored with 80 in 49 balls helped RR to score 177/8 in 20 overs. Batting second Superkings scored 160 run for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Murali Vijay top scored with 42 while other batsman failed to impress in this high chase game.

Naman Ojha declared as the Man of the Match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 24

100 Albie Morkel became the first player in Twenty20 history to have played a 100 T20 games.

90.90 Rajasthan Royals’ win percentage at home. They have won 10 out of their 11 home games.

58 Both sides made 58 runs in the first 6 overs – the best performances of both teams in Powerplay in IPL 2010.

50 The wicket of S Badrinath was Shaun Tait’s 50th in Twenty20s – in only his 29th match.

39 Number of sixes hit off the bowling of Shane Warne in IPL – most conceded by any bowler. He now has the ignominy of being ahead of Kings XI Punjab’s Piyush Chawla, who has conceded 37 sixes.

37 Number of wickets taken by Shane Warne in IPL. Now only RP Singh is ahead of him with 41 wickets.

9 Rajasthan Royals have kept their record intact of not losing a match while defending a target of 150 or more. They have done this on 9 occasions now.

4 Consecutive matches won by Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2010. Chennai Super Kings meanwhile have lost four on the trot.

2 Number of times Yusuf Pathan has opened the bowling for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2010. He also did so against Kolkata Knight Riders at the same ground on March 20.

1 MS Dhoni got run-out for the first time in his IPL career.

0 Shane Warne, who was on the verge of being declared timed out, got run-out without facing a ball. He became third batsman in IPL 2010 to suffer this fate after fellow team-mate Swapnil Asnodkar and Kolkata’s Angelo Mathews. Interestingly, this was the second such instance for Warne in IPL. He had also got out in similar fashion last year against Mumbai Indians.

King XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders (27th March 2010)

2010-03-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 39 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 183/5 in 20 overs, their height total in IPL. Ganguly scored and late stike of 75 by Manoj Tiwary at the end of the innings help them put a fighting total. Chasing the target KXIP lost Bopara early. Yuvraj tried to play some strokes but failed to Agarkar who also took the wicket of Bisla. After Sangakara stumped out, Irfan played some good strokes but could prevent their team from defeat.

Numbers that mattered, Match 23

183 Kolkata posted their highest total in IPL 2010.

37 Number of sixes conceded by Piyush Chawla – most for any bowler in IPL history. He was earlier at level with Shane Warne.

19 Runs scored in the first over of Kolkata innings as Chris Gayle took on Brett Lee. This is the most expensive opening over in IPL 2010. Rajasthan Royals had made 14 against Delhi Daredevils on March 15.

16.50 Yuvraj’s batting average in 6 matches in IPL 2010. In 2008 and 2009 he averaged 23.00 and 28.33 respectively.

16 Innings after which Sourav Ganguly scored a fifty in IPL. Interestingly his last fifty had also come against the same opponents in 2008 when he made an unbeaten 86 at Kolkata.

5 Kings XI Punjab became the first side to lose 5 matches in IPL 2010.

2 Manoj Tiwary became the fifth player to win two (or more) Man-of-the-match awards in IPL 2010 after Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar (3 each), Andrew Symonds and Yusuf Pathan (2 each).

Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers (26th March 2010)

2010-03-26T00:48:00.000-07:00

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wkts

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first and put 148/9 in the scoreboard with Rohit Sharma top scorer of 49 from 35 balls. Rajasthan Royals started chasing with a high note, Michael Lumb scored 45 and some powerful shots by Yusuf Pathan who scored 73 from 34 balls (8 sixes) helped them to win the match by 8 wickets in 15.4 overs.

Yusuf Pathan was the 'Man of the Match' award for his 73 runs off 34 deliveries. Kamaal catch award went to Jhunjunwala for the catch he took to dismiss Rahul Sharma.

Numbers that mattered, Match 22

3.75 Shane Warne’s economy rate (4-0-15-1) – his best in a spell of 4 overs in the IPL.

11 Number of run-outs Rohit Sharma has been involved in. Interestingly, he got himself out only twice, while his partners got run-out on as many as 9 occasions.

19 Number of sixes hit by Yusuf Pathan in IPL 2010 – the most by any batsman. He went ahead of Bangalore’s Robin Uthappa’s tally of 12 sixes.

20 The number of consecutive singles taken during the Deccan innings between the 12th and 18th overs.

26 Rajasthan Royals won the match with 26 balls to spare.

56 Number of sixes hit by Yusuf Pathan in IPL matches. He is now just one short of Adam Gilchrist’s record of 57 sixes.

95 Rajasthan Royals’ total after the 10th over – their highest in IPL 2010.

148 The lowest total posted by Deccan Chargers in IPL 2010.

920 Yusuf Pathan’s run-tally in IPL – he is now placed fourth after Adam Gilchrist (1081), Suresh Raina (1035) and Matthew Hayden (957).

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Superkings (25th March 2010)

2010-03-25T00:42:00.001-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 5 wkts

Mumbai Indian won the toss and elected to field first. Chennai Superkings started well and put a fight total of 180/2 in 20 overs. Quick strikes from Hayden and brilliant fifty from Raina and Badrinath help them score a challenging totals for Mumbai Indians. MI started the chase with some master strokes of Sikhar Dhawan. Sachin played a memorable innings of 72 with well supported quick runs by Pollard and Bravo to win the match with one over to spare.

Sachin Tendulkar was the Man of the match for his scintillating innings.

Numbers that mattered, Match 21

2 Suresh Raina became the second batsman (after Adam Gilchrist) to aggregate 1,000 runs in IPL.

3 Man-of-the-Match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar in IPL 2010. He has now equalled Jacques Kallis’ tally of MoM awards.

72 Sachin Tendulkar posted his highest score in Twenty20s.

142 The third wicket unbroken partnership of 142 runs between Suresh Raina and S Badrinath was the second highest partnership for any wicket in all IPL games, after the 155-run unbroken partnership for the first wicket between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman against Mumbai Indians in 2008.

181 Mumbai Indians registered their highest successful chase in the IPL.

200 The fourth six in Mumbai’s innings (hit by Sachin Tendulkar) was the 200th six in the IPL 2010. Interestingly, this was Tendulkar’s first six in five innings in this edition.

800 Tendulkar’s run-tally in IPL after the match – highest for a Mumbai Indian batsman. He went past Sanath Jayasuriya’s tally of 767 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils (25th March 2010)

2010-03-25T00:41:00.000-07:00

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 17 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first. Daredevils started their innings with some hard hitting from Warner and Sewhag. Debutant Kedar Yadav scored his first IPL fifty and good support from AB De Villiers help them put a fighting total of 183/4 in front of RCB to win the match. RCB started with a high note through Kallis and Pandey but after their departure, lost quick wickets. Poor shot from Uthappa, three run outs and some brilliant fielding pulled Daredevils back to the game, winning it by 17 runs.

Numbers that mattered, Match 20

50 Kedar Jadhav made an unbeaten 50 on his IPL debut. He thus, became only the fourth Delhi batsman to hit a fifty in his debut innings. The three others beofre him were Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner.

12 Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in IPL 2010 - most by any batsman. He was earlier on par with Matthew Hayden and Yusuf Pathan with 11 sixes.

4 Number of half-century stands put on by the opening pair of Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey in five games. The sequence: 74, 93*, 85, 28 and 71.

3 Number of batsmen who got run-out in the Bangalore innings – most in IPL 2010. This was the third such instance in this edition.

1 The defeat by 17 runs was Bangalore’s first loss at home in IPL 2010.

King XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (24th March 2010)

2010-03-24T04:54:00.001-07:00

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 31 runs

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals scored 183/5 in 20 overs through some fine stroke playing by Fazal and Voges. Chasing the target, KXIP scored only 152 runs all out in 19.1 overs. Sangakara and Bisla scored quick runs intially but rest batsman gain failed after their departure.

Adam Voges got the "Man of the Match" award, while Fazal got the 'Kamaal catch' award.
Bisla awarded for the 'Maximum sixes' scored in the match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 19

76 Kings XI Punjab’s total at the end of Powerplay – highest for any side in IPL 2010.

20 Number of wins registered by Rajasthan Royals in all IPL matches – most by any side. They were earlier level with Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils with 19 wins.

12 Number of wides bowled by Shaun Tait in the tournament – the most by any bowler.

11 Number of sixes hit by Yusuf Pathan in the tournament. He has now equalled the tally of Matthew Hayden and Robin Uthappa.

3 Number of opening pairs tried out by the Kings XI Punjab team in their 5 matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Superkings (23rd March 2010)

2010-03-22T23:46:00.001-07:00

Result: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 36 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers scored 171/5, thanks to some dashing shots from Robin Uthappa towards end of the innings. Kallis was finally dismissed by Bajaji but dropping Uthappa twice was costlier for CSK. CSK started the innings with the positive note, but run out of Hayden turned to be crucial for them. Tight bowling & fielding kept pressure on CSK batsman losing wickets in regular intervals finally managing to score 135 runs in 20 overs.

Robin Uthappa is the Man of the Match for his blistering knock of 68 in just 38 balls.

Numbers that mattered, Match 18

283 Kallis’ batting average in the tournament. He was finally dismissed for the first time in 5 outings.

52 Number of runs scored by the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen in last three overs.

11 Number of sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in the tournament – that’s one more than the number of fours he has hit till now in IPL 2010.

9 Muralidaran’s 3 wickets in the match made him the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, taking him ahead of Deccan Charger’s Chaminda Vaas.

5.74 Anil Kumble’s economy rate in the matches he has captained RCB – the best for any captain in IPL.

2 R Vinay Kumar became second bowler in IPL 2010 after KKR’s Angelo Mathews to take four wickets in a match.

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (22nd March 2010)

2010-03-21T23:34:00.000-07:00

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 7 wkts

KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. With a classic 71 from Gayle and 31 each from Ganguly and Shah, they managed to score just 155 run in 20 overs. Though KKR had lost only 3 wickets but again failed to put a big fighting total in front of MI. With a brilliant 71 from Sachin and well supported scored from Dhawan, Tiwary and Satish they wrapped up the match in 19th over. Bowling from KKR was ordinary and main highlight was the great catch taken by Ganguly to dismiss Tiwary.

Sachin Tendulkar was the Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 71 runs, Ganguly got the Kamaal catch award and Gayle awarded with the 'Maximum sixes' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 17

71 Sachin Tendulkar’s highest score in Twenty20 cricket.

47 Balls taken by Chris Gayle to score his fifty – the second slowest fifty for Kolkata Knight Riders in all IPL matches. The slowest is by Brendon McCullum, who took 48 balls to reach his fifty against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Centurion in 2009.

22 Number of boundaries conceded by Ishant Sharma – the most by any bowler in IPL 2010. He crossed Farveez Maharoof (who has conceded 15) in his first over itself.

15 Number of extras conceded by Mumbai Indians. They had conceded only 18 in their last 3 games.

8 Number of fours Tendulkar hit off Ishant Sharma. In all, he scored 36 runs off 16 balls the youngster bowled to him – that’s a strike-rate of 225.00.

6 The six byes conceded by Aditya Tare equalled the existing record of most byes conceded by a wicket-keeper in an innings in IPL. The record was being held till now by Delhi Daredevils’ Dinesh Karthik, who had conceded 6 byes against Mumbai Indians at Centurion in 2009.

5 Mumbai Indians have now beaten Kolkata Knight Riders in all their five encounters against each other.

4.2 Overs needed by Mumbai Indians for their fifty – the fastest in IPL 2010, equalling Deccan Chargers’ record (vs Chennai Super Kings at Chennai on March 14).