IPL 6: Wright’s last rites & Parthiv’s fab puts SRH in playoff’s…
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Last two league games of this season of IPL 6. Both are important in their own ways, One game will decide who is going to be the wooden spooners and the other to decided the final entrant for the playoff’s.
Game 1, Who will be the wooden spooner’s…? Delhi or Pune, both lock horn for the one last time for this season. Finch won the toss and decided to bat first, Uthappa departed early but skipper stayed for bit more long to get himself a fifty in 34 balls. How ever star was Luke wright who gave the electric finish to sedated Pune’s innings with 23 ball 44 runs. Pune finished with their best home score 172/5 in 20 overs. What to write about Delhi’s batting except for one thing, that they definitely played like a team who is going out with a wooden spoon. Dismal and sad effort from a prolific batting composition. Pathan & Gautam played for some time to improve their career runs. In the end Delhi finished at 134/9 in 20 overs.
Pune Warriors India won the match by 38 runs…
Game 2, Last league game and a very important game as to decide the final team to enter the playoff’s. Sunrisers need to win to enter the playoff’s, if they lose RCB will sneak through for the eliminator match against Rajasthan. Gambhir won the toss and decided to bat first, both Bisla & Gambhir started off very slowly and it continued to be the trend as they never got going even at the latter stages Yusuf pathan once again played a handy knock of 49 runs of 29 balls to get a decent score of 130/7 in 20 overs. Sunrisers on the other hand started off blazing with Parthiv & Dhawan both firing in their ends. A good partnership of 89 runs came to end with a needless reverse sweep from Dhawan. Suddenly panic button was pressed in SRH camp as they lost other 3 wickets on a trot. Sammy’s playing out a maiden of Narine & Perara yorked by Shami Ahmed made even more tensed game for SRH. However T20 wold cup winning captain Darren Sammy made sure the win came from two consecutive sixes of Iqbal Abdulla to make Sunrisers to get into Playoff’s in their very first season.
Sun Risers Hyderabad won the match by 5 wickets with 7 balls to spare…
Final Standings as on DAY 47:
So here is the final four which make the cut for the season 6 of IPL.
Chennai will take on Mumbai in the Qualifier 1, followed by Eliminator with Rajasthan Vs Hyderabad.
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 47:
– 600 runs between Uthappa & Finch is the highest by any pair for any wicket for this season of IPL.
– 456 runs scored by Aaron finch is the most scored by any Pune Batsman in the IPL history.
– 508 runs conceded by Umesh Yadav for this season is the highest ever he has conceded in any season.
– 172 runs scored by Pune in their home ground is the highest ever in IPL so far.
– KKR’s 100 came off 102 balls, which is the slowest for them in this season.
– Gautam Gambhir is now run out in IPL for the 10th time, equalling the table topper Venugopal Rao.
– This is first time Gambhir hasn’t scored a boundary in the full power play overs and remained not out till the power play overs.
– Sunrisers have won 7 out of 8 games in their home ground, only loss came against CSK.
– 89 runs partnership between Parthiv Patel & Dhawan for the first wicket is the highest for any wicket for SRH for this season.
– Cameron White picked his 10th catch of this season, making him the fourth in the list of highest catches for this season, list is topped by Bravo with 12.
At the end of DAY 47 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1935
Total no. of Sixes – 635
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (71) followed by Kohli (64)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (51) followed by Rohit Sharma (28)
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (708) followed by Mike Hussey (646)
Purple Cap –James Faulkner (26) followed by Dwayne Bravo (25)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/16 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (196) followed by Sunil Narine (180)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fair play Award Winners – Chennai Super Kings
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IPL 6: Day 39–Parthiv’s Best & Misery Mitchell…
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Double header again on IPL, in no time its Match 58 & 59. 13 more to go after today…
Game 1, Another PWI’s dismal show and this time against mighty Mumbai Indians. PWI scored 112 in 20 overs which is not even a contest for Mumbai even though continued to pick wickets in regular interval. Over & all one thing to mention is Mumbai finally fielded their Million dollar man Glenn Maxwell as Pollard was injured. Misery Mitchell finished the neat job for Mumbai in the first innings to set the tone and Bhajji finished it with a Bhagnam dance to move second spot in points table.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 5 wickets with 7 balls to spare…
Game 2, Sunrisers took on KXIP on a very important game, Being a must win game, Sunriser’s finally came good with bat, thanks to Parthiv patel 61 and late contribution from Perara. 150 exactly on the board, KXIP on a tricky chase lost Mandeep early, however none of KXIP batsmen showed no hurry in chase and went in a very slow pace, which back fired them in the end. Even Pomersbach being not out in crease didn’t help in the course of victory. Sunrisers won the game comfortably in the end.
Sun Risers Hyderabad won the match by 30 runs…
Standings as on DAY 39:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 39:
– PWI have lost their 12th game in a row now.
– Rajagopal Satish scored the 500th IPL six for this season.
– Virat Kohli became the third player to score 500+ runs in IPL 6.
– Jaidev Unadkat became the second player to get a 5fer for this season.
– J. Unadkat 5/25 is also the best bowling figures in his IPL career.
– 4-0-8-2 is the most economical spell bowled by Mitchell Johnson is the best by any bowler for this season.
– Virat Kohli became the 11th batsmen to score 99 runs in T20 international among the 11, 9 were remained not out, only Virat & Hales are to be dismissed in 99.
– 61 runs scored by Parthiv patel is his career best, bettering his previous best 57.
– Out of 13 matches played by SRH, on 10 occasions they failed to reach 100 runs in 10 times.
– Pune Warriors have fielded 25 players till today highest by any team in IPL.
– Dwayne smith became the third victim to be out in the very first ball of innings.
– Pune Warriors have not even scored a boundary in the last 9 overs, and its second time they have done it.
– Mandeep became the first player to be out on a pair for this season.
At the end of DAY 39 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1609
Total no. of Sixes – 501
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (61) followed by Gayle (52)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (40) followed by Rohit Sharma (25)
Orange Cap – Mike Hussey (574) followed by Chris Gayle (570)
Purple Cap – Dwayne Bravo (21) followed by Vinay Kumar (20)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (160) followed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (145)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fair play Award – Chennai Super Kings
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IPL 6: Day 37–Cooper’s Slower delivery & Gambhir’s late fifty highlights the day…
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A very important game for three side to be in playoff’s on a double header day.
Game 1, KXIP took on Royals, both needing a win, especially KXIP. Dravid won the coin and decided to field first as he always wanted to be. KXIP lost Mandeep Singh in the very first over, which meant Skipper Gilly who is back in the side has to put down his natural game and has to consolidate with his country man Marsh. That’s what happened as both put on a century stand but in 13 overs, not very much likely for a destructive pair. None other than these were worth mentioning as KXIP ended less than par score of 145/6 in 20 overs. Cooper picked a 3/23 in 4 overs. Dravid went early with just 5 runs on the board, But Rahane & Watson continued their good form to build a platform of 66 runs between which allowed Sanju samson along with Rahane to finish the match with an over to spare. This win also means Royals are almost into playoff, provided some one doesn’t play a bluff.
Rajasthan Royals won the match 8 wickets with 6 balls to spare…
Game 2, KKR needed a win just to keep their mathematical hope alive as KXIP lost the previous match. Skipper Gambhir finally played a more sensible innings along with Ten Doeschate to keep KKR scoreboard moving Late strike from Bhatia & Tiwary made sure KKR crossed 150, as they ended 152/6 in 20 overs.As usual Pune continued to display a poor & pathetic performance with bat. Uthappa & Mathews scored couple of 30’s apart from that nothing to highlight in the Pune’s batting card.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 46 runs…
Standings as on DAY 37:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 37:
– 40 runs scored by Matthews is the highest for this season.
– Bisla stumped by Rawat off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the first stumping for Bhuvaneshwar in his career, overall in this season it is sixth for a seam bowler.
– Pune has never won a game against KKR, stat is 4-0 including today.
– Rajasthan royals won their 7th game in straight while chasing.
– Rahane scored 4th IPL fifty of this season and 10th overall in his IPL career.
– Chawla has picked Watson thrice including today, highest by any bowler in IPL.
– 102 runs between Gilly & Marsh is the third century partnership for this season for KXIP and it is also the slowest of all three.
– PWI have lost their 11th game for this season.
At the end of DAY 37 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1527
Total no. of Sixes – 478
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (61) followed by Gayle (51)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (40) followed by Rohit Sharma (25)
Orange Cap – Mike Hussey (574) followed by Chris Gayle (566)
Purple Cap – Dwayne Bravo (21) followed by JP Faulkner (19)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (147) followed by Sunil Narine (141)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fair play Award – Chennai Super Kings
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IPL 6: Day 33–Brute less Johnson & Romantic Rahane & Dravid Pair wins the hearts…
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Game 1, Table topper CSK take on Mumbai, in Mumbai. Sachin & Smith started off slowly in a two paced wicket, Good bowling from CSK always kept Mumbai under control and picked wickets at regular intervals. Late surge from Rohit sharma & Harbhajan gave Mumbai a decent total of 139/5 in 20 overs. It looked like a easy chase for CSK who were on a roll, but it wasn’t to be even after Pollard dropping thrice Michael Hussey in the three consecutive balls of the first over. Johnson came back in his second over and picked three important wickets to put CSK under pressure. However CSK failed to rise from the slump and dived deeper as they tried to rescue. At one point they were probable of even posting the lowest ever IPL score 58 runs, but somehow got out and ended on 79 all out with almost 28 balls to spare.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 60 runs…
Game 2, Royals host Pune this time very important game for royals as they the mid table crisis heats up after every game. Uthappa continued from the last game, played some sublime strokes through off side. Finch well supported him to get 97 runs opening partnership. Marsh & Matthews made sure the opening stand score is justified with a good finish as PWI ended 178/4 in 20 overs. Needing almost 9 runs an over Dravid opened with Rahane, in fact both a gave a treat to cricket lovers by playing classical cover drives, Straight drive, Lofted straight sixes. It was romance between Bat & Ball and everyone enjoyed to core. However as both departed quickly and the followed foreigners wasn’t able to do what they should but It was Sanju Samson & Stuart Binny who helped Royals cross the line with a ball to spare.
Rajasthan Royals won the match by 5 wickets with 1 ball to spare…
Standings as on DAY 33:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 33:
– Chennai all out for 79 runs is the lowest score in this season of IPL. It is also the lowest score for Chennai in all seasons of IPL so far.
– This is the first time Chennai have been dismissed for a score less than 100.
– CSK have never won a game against Mumbai in Wankade Stadium, Mumbai. Stat stands 5-0.
– CSK missed out the chance of becoming the only team to record 8 wins in a row. Now they are equalled with RCB with 7 wins in a row.
– Malinga is now tied with Amit Mishra for most wickets taken in IPL with 91 a piece.
– This is also the first time CSK has been 4 down before powerplay overs were over.
– Ojha has dismissed Dhoni 6 times in IPL.
– This is the first time in IPL, three catches are dropped by the same fielder for the same Batsman in the three consecutive deliveries
– 139 runs defended by Mumbai in Wankade is their New best, bettering 159 runs defended previously.
– Ravindra Jadeja opened the bowling in a T20 game for the second time and went on to concede 4 runs in it.
– Mumbai is the only team to have won more matches than CSK, they extended the lead today, with 8-5.
– Uthappa has played 87 IPL matches and ironically lost 52 matches which makes him the most by any single player in IPL history to do so.
– Uthappa scored hi 8th IPL fifty.
– Rahul Dravid scored his 10th IPL fifty; it is also the 2nd fifty against PWI in this season.
– Rahul Dravid went past 2000 runs in his IPL career.
– Both Rahane & Dravid now has 9 fifty plus stands between them, third highest in the IPL history.
– 97 runs partnership between Uthappa & Finch is the best for both, bettering the previous best of 96 runs.
– Rajasthan Royals have won all their six games in Jaipur.
– Mike Hussey became the second Batsmen for this season to go past 500 runs.
At the end of DAY 33 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1351
Total no. of Sixes – 423
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (56) followed by Finch (46)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (37) followed by Rohit Sharma (24)
Orange Cap –Mike Hussey (507) followed by Chris Gayle (505)
Purple Cap – Dwayne Bravo (20) followed by Vinay Kumar (18)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (134) followed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (129)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fair play Award – Chennai Super Kings
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IPL 6: Day 30–Raina’s Century & ABD’s blitzkrieg sums up…
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Certainly its Midweek Madness as IPL is going crazy by having third double header on a week on this same week.
Game 1, CSK in the form of their life met KXIP in their den, Saha & Hussey pair started the innings from the place where they left, As both departed bit earlier today than expected and Dhoni went for a non existent second run to leave the crease very early. So it was another Super Kings day to step up the scoring shoes and it was none other than IPL top scorer Suresh Raina, who did in style with a Century the only record missing in his IPL career resume. Shacky start by KXIP losing David hussey bit quick didn’t help them either. But Shaun Marsh & David Miller struck a partnership between them and got the important runs at crucial junctures and kept the chase always on till the last 6 balls bowled, Dwayne Bravo just made the important difference between both sides by just bowling the last over for just 3 runs and picking 3 wickets. CSK continue to roar in their den.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 15 runs…
Game 2, not much fancied one as of now, Pune hosting RCB, Yes, What you think is right, this is the team which Gayle torn into pieces and went on to make record books re written. RCB won the toss and went on to pile up the runs in gradual pace today because Gayle has to depart bit early. However it is, in the end its ABD who stole the show and game from Pune Warriors India, by picking 26 runs in the last over bowled by Dinda. PWI as always started of by losing wickets in regular intervals, but for one change Robin Uthappa played a matured and classy knock but it was a lone battle waged which was too much and in the end Pune fell short. Giving RCB the much needed first away for this season.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 17 runs…
Standings as on DAY 30:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 30:
– 7 consecutive wins by CSK now equals the highest no. of consecutive wins recorded by RCB in IPL 2011.
– Shaun Marsh scored his 15th IPL Fifty, highest by any individual player for KXIP.
– Raina bowled his first over for this season and went for 19 runs.
– Now Mohit Sharma has taken 10 wickets in the powerplay over, highest by any team bowler.
– Raina became the 21st Batsmen in IPL to score a century, he bettered his previous best of 98.
– Mike Hussey was out by Stumping for the first time in his IPL career.
– 631 runs scored by Hussey – Raina is the second best by a pair in Chepauk, List is also topped by Hussey – Vijay Pair.
– Aaron Finch becomes the second batsmen to be out right after scoring a six.
– 26 runs scored off in the last over by AB against Ashok Dinda is the second highest, David Hussey conceded 27 runs is the topper.
– 75 runs scored by Uthappa is the highest for him in his IPL career.
– RCB has hit 484 sixes across all season which is second highest; list is topped by as expected CSK with 499 sixes.
– Saurabh Tiwary & Gayle is the 32nd opening combination tried by RCB, highest by any team in IPL.
– Royal Challengers won their first game away for this season, after losing 4 away games in a trot.
– Gayle became the first player to score 500 runs for this season.
– Pune Warriors now have lost 10 games out of 13 played in their home ground Pune.
– With the win by RCB batting first, as of today, 21 games are won batting first and 23 in chasing, and 2 ended up in a tie.
At the end of DAY 29 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1260
Total no. of Sixes – 397
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (55) followed by Gayle (45)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (37) followed by Rohit Sharma (23)
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (505) followed by Mike Hussey (485)
Purple Cap – Dwayne Bravo (19) followed by Vinay Kumar (18)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (120) followed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (118)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
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IPL 6: Day 28–Goliath(Dhoni) thumps down David this time…
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Last time when these two teams met, to a big surprise Pune defeated CSK, courtesy Steven Smith’s handy knock. Can the history repeat itself. Not really with a kind of form Men in yellow as of now.
Chennai won the toss and decided to Bat first, Lost the openers in quick succession, in form Hussey departed very early, finally giving a chance for Badrinath to bat, He stitched a partnership with Suresh Raina and gave CSK a solid platform for the skipper Dhoni to unleash himself in the last 5 overs and he just killed PWI by scoring 45 of 16 balls to end the CSK innings with 164/3 in 20 overs. PWI never looked like they are going to chase this score stated losing wickets in heaps, they lost top 4 in no time and 6 down in 9 overs summed up the whole game. Mohit Sharma bowled well to pick 3 crucial top order wickets. As always Steven Smith was the only man who tried to put a fight, but too much for him to handle.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 37 runs…
Standings as on DAY 28:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 28:
– Mohit Sharma now has 9 wickets in the powerplay overs, most by any bowler for this season, followed by Johnson & Bhuvaneshwar Kumar at 7.
– Ravindra Jadeja bowled the first no ball in his IPL career, previous to that ball he has bowled 774 balls in IPL.
– It is also the first time Jadeja has opened the bowling for any team in IPL.
– Steven Smith crossed 500 IPL runs today, becomes the third one to cross without scoring a fifty in the total runs scored. Other two were Jadeja & Nayar.
– Suresh Raina scored his 16th IPL fifty, which is also his second slowest which came off 42 balls.
– Raina & Badrinath now has 8 fifty partnership between them.
– Hussey dismissal in 5 runs is the lowest score he has been dismissed for this season.
– MS Dhoni scored the 350th six for this season.
– Bhuvaneshwar Kumar bowled the 24th Maiden of this season.
– CSK have won 6 games on a trot now on this season of IPL.
– A victory by 37 runs for CSK against PWI is the highest for them, previous best was 25 runs in 2012.
At the end of DAY 28 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1149
Total no. of Sixes – 356
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (52) followed by Gayle (43)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (36) followed by Rohit Sharma (23)
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (484) followed by Mike Hussey (450)
Purple Cap – James Faulkner (16) followed by Dwayne Bravo (16)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (110) followed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (108)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
~rams~
IPL 6: Day 26–Its Mr.Cricket for CSK & Warner for Delhi…
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Double header to kill the time in a Sunday…
First Game, Game of heavyweight’s Chennai taking on Kolkata, Gambhir won the coin and strangely decided to field first, Which helped Dhoni & Men to salve themselves from the scorching sun and make KKR pay for their mistake. Mr Cricket does it again & again for CSK. Today with another breath taking 95 runs in sapping conditions, well supported first by Saha (who got the chance because Vijay is injured) then later by Raina. As always Dhoni finished up the innings in style to post their highest score for the season. CSK ended up with mammoth 200/3 in 20 overs. Chasing almost 10 runs an over, KKR got a delicious first over from rusty Nannes who gave 14 runs away as freebies, not only that today, CSK totally looked awkward in fielding & bowling except for one or two overs. Thanks they had enough runs on the board to save themselves from the mistakes. Bisla’s monumental effort almost gave KKR the victory before Huss Monster shacked the stumps to break the hopes of KKR. A good last over from Morris ensured CSK won the match finally. They chase or defend, it doesn’t count, one thing for sure is Last over & tense moments, where CSK will emerge victorious.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 14 runs…
Second game battle for wooden spooner’s as the last two team in the table fight out their last position to rise over the above. Everyone of the Delhi batsmen had a start but as it was the case in the tournament, failed to convert it, And again Warner played a important knock of 51 from 25 balls to put Delhi at a comfortable zone of 164/5 in 20 overs. Pune started off well, thanks to poor fielding efforts from Delhi, Finch & Uthappa made 37 runs each before getting dismissed in the same over, which opened the back door Delhi and they started sneaking past slowly & steadily, Luke Wright also helped their course with poor batting. Finally Delhi just moved up the ladder a touch up to end up at 8th position in the Standing list.
Delhi Daredevils won the match by 15 runs…
With Tournament almost half way through, from now on it becomes necessary to keep a note on Standings, So here they are…
Standings as on DAY 26:
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 26:
– Wridhimaan Saha scored the 300th Six of this season.
– Suresh Raina picked up his 100th Six in his IPL Career; he is also the second in all time highest in IPL. List is topped by Gayle with 164 sixes.
– CSK now has 4 scores by their batsmen from 90 to 99. In those Hussey has two of them.
– This is second time by Kallis conceding 50 runs in an innings.
– 1/35 by Sunil Narine is the costliest spell for this season.
– CSK now has 5 century opening stands, latest one is between Saha & Hussey worth 103 runs. Only Rajasthan royals have 6 opening century stands.
– Hussey scored his 10th IPL fifty.
– 67 runs scored in Powerplay overs by CSK is the highest for this season, and their all time best is 68 runs.
– 200+ runs have been chased 4 times in IPL history so far.
– 12 extras in the Nannes first over is the most conceded in an over, previous was also 12 runs conceded by same team CSK.
– 130 runs scored in power play overs between CSK & KKR is the highest in a match for this season. (67 by CSK & 63 by KKR)
– 0/50 runs conceded by Dirk Nannes is the most expensive spell in his IPL career.
– 92 runs scored by Bisla is the best for him in his IPL career, bettering 89 he scored against the same team in the same venue last year in IPL finals.
– 351 runs scored between Yuvraj & Uthappa is the most by any pair so far in this season of IPL.
– Robin Uthappa played out the 4th Maiden of this season, which equals with Chris Gayle who also played 4 maidens so far.
– Irfan Pathan bowled the 21st Maiden of this season and personally 10th in his IPL career. Only Praveen Kumar is ahead of him with 12 Maidens.
– 63 runs scored by Delhi in the last five overs is the highest for them for this season.
– Fifty scored by David Warner in 24 balls is the fastest for him in his IPL career.
– Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has now taken 7 wickets within the powerplay overs, highest by any bowler for this season.
– Michael Hussey scored the 4th fifty of this season highest by any player, followed by Gambhir with 3 fifties.
– Michael Hussey also became the first player to score 50 boundaries for this season; he now has 51 to his name, followed by Gambhir with 40.
– CSK conceded 20 extras in today’s match against KKR, highest ever by any team for this season, the next worst by RCB who gave 16 runs against the game of Rajasthan royals.
At the end of DAY 26 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 1071
Total no. of Sixes – 319
Longest Six – 119 Meters by Chris Gayle against PWI.
Most no. of Fours – Mike Hussey (51) followed by Gambhir (40)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (35) followed by Rohit Sharma (17)
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (450) followed by Mike Hussey (445)
Purple Cap – James Faulkner (16) followed by Sunil Narine (15)
Best Batting Performance: Chris Gayle 175*(66)
Best Bowling Figures – James Faulkner (5/20 Vs SRH)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (110) followed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (99)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
~rams~
IPL 6: Day 19–Shewag & Miller deliver Killer Blows…
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Double Header Sunday, Two important games for four teams involved…
First Game, Delhi take on Mumbai, Later yet to register themselves in the point table, having lost 6 games in a trot, certainly needed a turn around, if they have any thought of Play offs. Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat first, another change in opening partnership where Dwayne Smith walked out with Sachin, but later failed to deliver, followed a straight drive from Sachin and tickle from Umesh to see Dinesh Karthik’s back as he was backing up too far. Both Rohit & Sachin up the antics to stick a partnership 96 runs between them and few lusty blows from Pollard ensured Mumbai scored 161 in 20 overs. Delhi came out with a piece of advise from the Calypso legend Viv Richards who has joined as the mentor. Oh… Man… Now the whole world want to know what Viv has said… Both Shewag & Jayawardene came out all guns blazing and smoked Mumbai Indians bowling and stitched the highest partnership for this season to win it all hands down with 18 balls to spare. Where was this Delhi hiding all this days….? Man from Caribbean came to woke up the tigers i guess…
Delhi Daredevils won the match by 9 wickets with 18 balls to spare…
Second Game, Where most would not be interested PWI Vs KXIP, all would have expected a low scoring affair and not a big game of cricket. But to all surprise came the highest scoring game of this season. For the first time this season Batsmen have called the shots and not the bowlers. For Pune it was Uthappa, Finch, Yuvaraj & Luke Wright who massacred the KXIP bowlers and scored 185 runs. Later KXIP in chase looked almost out when they lost Skipper Gilly & Azhar Mahmood in the space of 7 balls, leaving 5/2 in 1.1 overs. Manan Vohra came together with Mandeep Singh to get a fifty partnership before throwing his wicket away, But David Miller 80*(41) made sure his gritty knock doesn’t go vain as he and Mandeep Singh 77*(58) scored the winning runs in the penultimate ball to clinch a thriller…
Kings XI Punjab won the match by 7 wickets with 1 ball to spare…
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 19:
– Praveen Kumar bowled the 15th Maiden of this season.
– Both Praveen Kumar & Bhuvaneshwar Kumar now has taken 3 wickets in their first over in this season.
– 34 runs scored by Luke Wright in 10 balls is the highest by any player in IPL, previous best was by Albie Morkel who scored 28* in 10 balls.
– This is third time both Uthappa & Finch has stitched together a fifty partnership, highest by any team so far in this season.
– Out of 7 matches Pune has played, 5 times they have gone past 40 runs in powerplay over including today.
– Aaron Finch scored the 200th Six of this tournament.
– Sachin Tendulkar became the 24th Batsmen to reach 100 runs in this season of IPL.
– Rohit Sharma acored the 700th Boundary of this season.
– Rohit Sharma scored his 18th IPL half century; Only Gambhir is ahead of him scoring 19 IPL fifties.
– This is 6th time Kieron Pollard has ended an innings with a six in a T20 tournament.
– 2 times out of 8 occasions (including today) where Delhi have chased 160+ score, previous occasion also came against same opponent Mumbai Indians.
– This is the first time in David Warner has played & not opened the innings for Delhi daredevils.
– 151 runs partnership between Jaywardene & Shewag is the highest for any wicket in this season of IPL and also against Mumbai for any wicket for Delhi.
– 100 reached in 9.5 overs by Delhi is the fastest by any team in this season.
– Mandeep Singh became the first KXIP player to score a fifty for this season (almost after 6 games KXIP end the fifty drought). This is also Mandeep singh’s third fifty in IPL Career.
– Jaywardene became the 45th victim to be dismissed by Lasith Maliga either by Bowled or Leg Before Wicket. Overall Malinga has 86 IPL wickets.
– David Miller scored his maiden IPL fifty, his previous highest score was 34 runs against Mumbai Indians.
– This Sunday double header saw 7 fifties in just two games.
– Virender Shewag also scored the highest score by any individual for this season scoring 95*(57) bettering Virat Kohli’s 93*(47) against Sunrisers.
– IPL has seen 8 century stands for the fourth wicket including today’s 128 runs between Mandeep Singh & David Miller, in fact KXIP this is the first century partnership for fourth wicket.
– 185 runs scored by PWI is their third Highest total in IPL, and four times they have gone past 180+ runs in IPL but ironically they have lost 3 times even after a big score including the one today.
– Now Mohali joins the pitch which offer 180+ runs chase along with Bangalore where both the pitches has 4 successful 180+ score chases.
At the end of DAY 19 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 761
Total no. of Sixes – 209
Longest Six – 106 Meters by Chris Gayle (SRH)
Most no. of Fours – Virat Kohli (33) followed by G.Gambhir (33)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (17) followed by Rohit Sharma (15)
Orange Cap – Virat Kohli (322) followed by G.Gambhir (260)
Purple Cap – Vinay Kumar (12) followed by Sunil Narine (11)
Best Batting Performance: Virender Shewag (95*(57)) Vs SRH
Best Bowling Figures – Sunil Narine (4/13 Vs DD)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (85) followed by Ishant Sharma (75)
Fastest Ball of IPL 6 – Shaun Tait (153.43 KMH) followed by Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
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IPL 6: Day 15–Mishra’s Magical spell & Rahane’s Scintillating Batting call the shots…
Hi..
Second Double Header in a week day, Very tough for all the Cricket lovers…
How to lose a game which was almost won comfortably…? Pune Warriors may be able to give the best answers. If you have seen the match between Sunrisers and PWI. You would be kicking by seeing SRH batting display and say, one of the worst shot selections i have ever seen. PWI Batsmen said, Boss, We are yet to display our skills of batting for you…That’s the kind of Match it was, Apart from Amit Mishra’s Hattrick which PWI awarded to him, nothing was so bright to talk about this match.
Sun Risers Hyderabad won the match by 11 runs…
Second Match of the day, People expected Mumbai to win it hands down, If not a good fighting game which should provide enough entertainment, But What we got was a absolute shocker, as Mumbai bowled to the worst, Batted like gully cricket, and to sum up all, they were all out with 10 balls to spare. Nothing to leave credit out from Rajasthan, they pouched to the opportunities provided, Dravid’s masterstroke of bring Yagnik in No.3 instead of him, proved very effective, and to his luck, Bowling came damn good on the day it mattered most. It is just another day for Rajasthan, where everything clicked in their Fortress Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals won the match by 87 runs…
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 15:
– When Parthiv Patel Scored his first runs for the day, he went past 1000 runs in IPL Career.
– This is the first time Sunrisers has been three down before powerplay overs are completed.
– 3-18 by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is his best bowling figures in IPL career.
– 25/4 in powerplay overs by SRH is the second lowest for this season, lowest has come from PWI when they scored 24/2 against KXIP.
– 119 runs defended by Sunrisers is the lowest ever defended in IPL in India.
– Lowest total defended in IPL is 116 runs by CSK in South Africa, In India its 120 runs by Mumbai Indians against Pune Warriors.
– This is the first time four wickets have fallen in an over, (19th Over by Amit Mishra).
– Amit Mishra picked up the 11th IPL Hat trick, and 3rd of his own bowling in IPL.
– This is first time in the season, Mumbai have failed to pick a wicket in between powerplay overs.
– 58 runs scored between Watson & Rahane for the opening wicket is the highest ever opening partnership against Mumbai Indians for Rajasthan.
– 54 runs scored in powerplay overs by Rajasthan is the highest ever for them in this season.
– Rajasthan Royals became the third to go past 50 before Powerplay was over; two other teams are KXIP & Pune Warriors.
– Rishi Dhawan became the first bowler of this season to bowl to No balls in a row.
– Ajinkya Rahane scored the 7th IPL fifty & first of this season.
– Siddarth Trivedi & James Faulkner bowled the 11th & 12th Maiden of this season.
– 42 runs scored by Mumbai in first 10 overs is their lowest ever in IPL history.
– Rajasthan have never lost a match when they have scored more than 175 runs, now it is 11th time record kept intact.
– A defeat for Mumbai with 87 runs is the second heaviest ever for them in IPL History, Heaviest was 105 Vs RR in 2008.
– 92 runs scored by Mumbai is also the lowest score for this season by any team, and Mumbai’s second Lowest total ever in IPL.
– Mitchell Johnson scored the 600th Boundary for this season.
At the end of DAY 14 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 604
Total no. of Sixes – 164
Longest Six – 106 Meters by Chris Gayle (SRH)
Most no. of Fours – Virat Kohli (33) followed by G.Gambhir (28)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (16) followed by Virat Kohli (11)
Orange Cap – Virat Kohli (321) followed by D.Karthik (254)
Purple Cap – Sunil Narine (10) followed by Kevon Cooper (9)
Best Batting Performance: Virat Kohli (93*(47)) Vs SRH
Best Bowling Figures – Sunil Narine (4/13 Vs DD)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (71) followed by Ishant Sharma (65)
Fastest Ball of the Tournament – Dale Steyn (152.48KMH)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
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IPL 6: Day 11–Rohit & Sir Jadeja share the Honours for the day…
Hi…
Double header day, One on the duller side and other compensating more than what you have asked for…
PWI may have broken their 11 match losing streak, but didn’t seem to get the hang of winning spirit, as Mumbai made a cake walk first with the Bat, as the Little Master started of in flourish, Dinesh Karthik made the amends in middle and Rohit finished off with a Blast to make sure Mumbai scored 183 runs in 20 overs. As the scene of PWI batting this season, carnage continued from the very first ball and finally PWI made sure Mumbai Won the match big to boost their Net run rate.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 41 runs…
South Indian Derby, Last year both this teams gave a game of all the IPL seasons where over 400 runs amassed in space of 240 balls. Today in Chepauk, Its never the less another Nail biting thriller runs scored between them may be less but not for the thrilling finish. RCB with help of Kohli and AB helped RCB to come out from a slow start and posted a competitive score of 165 runs. Chennai got off to a disastrous start by losing its openers very cheaply. Badrinath and Raina steadied the middle innings, Later Dhoni & Jadeja kept CSK always in the hunt, When 29 needed of last two overs and Dhoni walking back to pavilion edging the ball outside off meant CSK is down & out. But Sir Jadeja pulled the rabbit out hat to pull off a stunner.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 4 Wickets with 1 ball to spare…
Interesting Stats IPL 6 Day 11:
– 3-33 is the best bowling figures for Mitchell Johnson in his IPL Career.
– Rohit Sharma joined the list of highest no. of catches taken in IPL along with Suresh Raina with 43 being the number.
– This is the 4th time that Pune are 4 down within the powerplay overs.
– Aaron Finch became the 4th victim to be dismissed of the very first ball of the match for this season.
– Rohit Sharma scored his 17th fifty which also equals the highest with Gambhir & Gayle.
– Ashok Dinda equals the record for most runs conceded in an innings by giving 63 runs.
– 54 runs partnership between Tendulkar & Ponting is the highest ever for this pair.
– Kohli scored his 10th fifty, which is also the second slowest where Kohli took 43 balls.
– AB De Villers scored the 400th Boundary of this season.
– 74 runs conceded by RCB in the 19th & 20th over in the last two games in Chepauk. (29 in this game & 45 runs in last year’s game).
– 151 runs conceded by Vinay Kumar is the highest by any bowler so far in this tournament, irony is, he is also the highest wicket taker so far.
– AB de Villers scored his 9th IPL fifty.
– Dhoni picked up 4 dismissals in the game against RCB, highest for any wicketkeeper for this season.
– Mohit Manipal Sharma from Haryana made his IPL debut for CSK.
– MS Dhoni’s six off Ravi Rampaul which landed 104 meters is the second longest of this tournament falling behind 106 meters of Chris Gayle.
At the end of DAY 11 in IPL 6:
Total no. of Boundaries – 413
Total no. of Sixes – 127
Longest Six – 106 Meters by Chris Gayle (SRH)
Most no. of Fours – Virat Kohli (26) followed by Dinesh Karthik (25)
Most no. of Sixes – Chris Gayle (14) followed by Rohit Sharma (10)
Best Bowling Figures – Sunil Narine (4/13 Vs DD)
Most Dot Balls Bowled – Dale Steyn (51) followed by Mithchell Johnson (46)
Fastest Ball of the Tournament – Dale Steyn (152.48KMPH)
Orange Cap – Virat Kohli (254) followed by Dinesh Karthik (224)
Purple Cap – Vinay Kumar (8) followed by Mitchell Johnson (7)
Fairplay Award – Rajasthan Royals.
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