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Sun 1 May 2016, 12:00 am
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Vijay’s impressive debut as captain, hat-tricks in IPL & other impressive numbers
1 Gujarat Lions suffered their first loss in a chase in VIVO IPL 2016. They had won all five of their run-chases prior to this match. 4 Number of players to score a fifty in their first innings as captain in the IPL. Murali Vijay joined Adam Gilchrist, Gautam Gambhir and David Warner. 7 Number of batsmen who could not score more than one in Kings XI Punjab innings – a new record in IPL. The previous record was six for Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede in 2012. 7 Number of batsmen who got out bowled in the match - joint second-most in an IPL match. The record is nine – between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab at Bengaluru in 2015. The Chennai Super Kings – Mumbai Indians match at the Wankhede Stadium in 2012 also witnessed seven bowled dismissals. 9 Number of players to captain Kings XI Punjab in IPL, with Murali Vijay being the latest. The nine captains by Kings XI Punjab are the most any side has used in the IPL (Delhi Daredevils have also employed nine captains). 14 Number of hat-tricks in IPL. Axar Patel provided the first hat-trick in VIVO IPL 2016. It was also the third hat-trick by a Kings XI Punjab player. The other two were registered by Yuvraj Singh in the 2009 edition. Interestingly these three are the only hat-tricks taken by left-arm bowlers in the IPL! 17 Number of times Dwayne Bravo has dismissed a batsman for a duck in the IPL - joint second-most by any bowler. Bravo equalled his fellow teammate Praveen Kumar’s tally. Now only Lasith Malinga with 32 duck-dismissals is ahead of him. 147 Number of balls bowled by Praveen Kumar for his first wicket in VIVO IPL 2016. Praveen himself had bowled 159 balls for his first wicket in the 2012 edition of the IPL. Interestingly that was also the Match 28 of the season and after picking a wicket, Praveen claimed another in the same over that time too!