News
Tue 21 Apr 2015, 12:00 am
Summary
Chawla joins the 100-wickets club, Gambhir's prolific run with the bat, and all the interesting numbers from the contest at Ferozeshah Kotla
4 Number of bowlers to take 100 wickets in the IPL. Piyush Chawla joined Lasith Malinga, Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh. 8 Number of consecutive IPL matches won by the side batting second at the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi. 9 Number of consecutive matches Delhi Daredevils have lost at the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi – which is now the longest losing streak for a side at a particular venue in the IPL. Deccan Chargers had previously lost 8 matches in a row at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad between 2008 and 2011. 10 Number of wides conceded by Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers in the match. They had conceded only six in previous three games! 10 Number of ducks recorded by Manish Pandey in the IPL – most by any batsman, along with Gautam Gambhir, Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh. 20 Runs conceded by Sunil Narine in his fourth over – second most he has ever conceded in an over in the IPL. He had conceded 23 runs against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali in 2013 which is his most expensive over. 25 Number of wickets taken by Umesh Yadav in Delhi – most by any bowler at the Ferozeshah Kotla (alongside Amit Mishra) 26 Number of fifties made by Gautam Gambhir in the IPL – most by any batsman. He went ahead of Suresh Raina’s tally of 28. 34 Runs scored by Delhi Daredevils in the first six overs - the least they have scored in the Powerplay overs in Pepsi IPL 2015 186 Runs scored by Gautam Gambhir in four matches in Pepsi IPL 2015. He had aggregated only one run in his first four matches last season!