Chandigarh: IPL T-20 cricket season will start from today. All cricket lovers will have their eyes on this exciting tournament, in every season of IPL new records are made and broken, this time too many records will be broken and new records will be made.
Presented are the unique and interesting statistics made in the 16 seasons played so far.
highest score
Royal Challengers 263/5(20) vs Pune Warriors, 2013 at Bengaluru
minimum score
Royal Challengers 49 all out (9.4) vs KKR 2017, in Kolkata
personal highest score
Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers), 175 not out, 13 fours, 17 sixes, vs Pune 2013 at Bengaluru
most runs
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers) 237 matches, 7263 runs, average 37.24, highest 113 runs, 7 centuries, 50 half-centuries, 643 fours, 234 sixes
Most shtill
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers) 237 matches, 7 centuries
highest halfshtill
David Warne (Delhi, Hyderabad) 176 matches, 61 half-centuries
the fastest shtill
Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers) 175 not out against Pune in Bengaluru in 2013
(Century hit in just 30 balls)
fastest half shtill
Of. Rahul (Kings Punjab) scored a half-century in just 14 balls against Delhi in Mohali in 2018.
most sixes
Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers, Kings Punjab) 142 matches, 357 sixes
the most fOf
Shikhar Dhawan (Deccan Chargers, Delhi, Mumbai) 217 matches, 750 fours
Best bowling in the innings
A. Joseph (Mumbai Indians) 3.4-1-12-6 vs Sun-Risers Hyderabad, 2019 at Hyderabad
most wickets
Yajuvendra Chahal (Mumbai, Royal Challengers, RR) 145 matches, 187 wickets, average 21.68, best 5,40
most successful wicket keeper
MS Dhoni (Chennai) 250 matches, 180 hunts (138), 42 stump)
Unique story of sixes
IPL can be called a T-20 cricket tournament famous for sixes. If we take a look at the interesting pages of the statistics book of IPL T20 cricket, it is clear that every IPL season has seen a tremendous amount of sky-high sixes. Here is a statistical breakdown of the skyscraper sixes hit in each IPL season:-
622 sixes in 2008, 506 sixes in 2009, 585 sixes in 2010, 639 sixes in 2011, 732 sixes in 2012, 674 sixes in 2013, 714 sixes in 2014, 692 sixes in 2015, 638 sixes in 2016, 2017 705 sixes, 872 sixes were hit in 2018, 784 sixes in 2019, 734 sixes in 2020, 687 sixes in 2021, 1062 sixes in 2022, and the highest record of 1124 sixes was hit in 2023.
Note – Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are two teams who have won the IPL title 5-5 times.
-Dharambir Duggal
