News
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 12:00 am
Summary
Gujarat Lions' thrilling 1-run victory & McCullum's six hitting spree
1 The win-margin by runs for Gujarat Lions – sixth one-run win in IPL history. 1 Number of times Delhi Daredevils have chased down a target of 170 or more at Delhi - out of seven such instances. 3 Number of batsmen to have hit 300 sixes in Twenty20 cricket. Brendon McCullum joined Chris Gayle (637) and Kieron Pollard (392) when he hit third six of his innings, which was also his 100th six in IPL. 4Number of opening pairs to aggregate 1,000 runs in IPL. The Dwayne Smith- Brendon McCullum pair joined Michael Hussey-Murali Vijay (1360), Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa (1176) and Shikhar Dhawan – David Warner (1127) in doing so. 7 Number of consecutive T20 innings on Indian soil after which JP Duminy got out. His scores in these innings: 67*, 68*, 30*, 54*, 29*, 7*, 49* and 48. 8 Number of sixes hit by Chris Morris – most by any batsman in an innings in IPL2016. 17 Number of balls taken by Chris Morris to score his fifty – fastest by any batsman in IPL2016 beating David Warner’s 21-ball fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers. This was also the joint-third fastest fifty in all IPL matches with Adam Gilchrist and Chris Gayle. Only Yusuf Pathan (15) and Suresh Raina (16) have scored faster fifties than Morris in IPL. 18 Runs conceded by Zaheer Khan in the first over of the match – most expensive opening over of IPL2016. Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Russell had conceded 13 runs against Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata (Rising Pune Supergiants’ Albie Morkel had conceded 15 runs against Rising Pune Supergiants in the first over of second innings). 22 Runs scored by Delhi Daredevils in first six overs – lowest for any side in IPL 2016. Sunrisers Hyderabad had made 27 for three against Rising Pune Supergiants. 23 Balls taken by Gujarat Lions to reach their fifty – the fastest in IPL2016. The previous fastest had come off 26 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Gujarat Lions. 54 Balls taken by Gujarat Lions to reach their hundred – the fastest in IPL2016. The previous fastest was also by Gujarat Lions – off 61 balls- vs Kings XI Punjab. 71 Runs scored by Gujarat Lions in powerplay – second most by any side in IPL2016. Incidentally the most have also been scored by Gujarat Lions – 72 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore. 82* Chris Morris’ score – highest by a number 6 batsman in IPL. The previous highest was 75* by Rahul Dravid for Rotal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur in 2008.