We are ten days into season nine of the Indian Premier League. With the addition of two new franchises, this IPL has witnessed some mouthwatering contests so far.
The prospects for the coming weeks look encouraging.
Here’s a look at this year’s IPL until the Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders game through numbers.
15 The fours hit by Quinton de Kock during his innings of 108 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, the most boundaries hit so far in an innings in this tournament.
6 The sixes hit by AB de Villiers during his knock of 82 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Bangalore, the most sixes hit so far in an innings in this tournament.
32 The number of singles conceded by Harbhajan Singh and Mustafizur Rahman in this IPL so far, the most by any bowler.
63 The number of dot balls faced by Gautam Gambhir in this IPL so far, the most by any batsman.
50 The number of fours hit by Gujarat Lions and Kings XI Punjab in this IPL so far, the most by any team.
2 The number of times Shreyas Iyer has been out on duck in this IPL so far, the most among batsmen.
6 The number of sixes conceded by Karn Sharma from his 4 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru, the most runs conceded by any bowler so far in an innings in this tournament.
8 The number of fours conceded by Bhuvneshwar Kumar from his 4 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru, the most fours conceded by any bowler so far in an innings in this tournament.
157 The number of runs added by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for the second wicket against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 12, the most by any pair for any wicket so far in this tournament.
9 The number of sixes hit by David Warner for Sunrisers Hyderabad in three matches, the most hit by any batsman so far in this tournament.
227 The number of runs scored by Royal Challengers Bangalore from 20 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 12, the most scored by any team so far in this tournament.
22 The number of sixes hit by Mumbai Indians in this tournament so far, the most by any team.
13 The number of doubles conceded by Dwayne Bravo in this tournament so far, the most by any bowler.
226 The number of runs scored by Gautam Gambhir for Kolkata Knight Riders in the tournament so far in four matches, the most by any batsman.
26 The
number of fours hit by Aaron Finch of Gujarat Lions in 3 matches so far in
this tournament, the most by any batsman.
108 The number of runs scored by Quinton de Kock against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on April 17, the most by any batsman in this tournament so far in an innings.
80 The number of singles taken by Gautam Gambhir in this tournament so far, the most by any batsman.
98 The number of runs scored by Delhi Daredevils against Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata on April 10, the lowest score registered by any team in this tournament so far.
27 Singles taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli during his innings of 79 against Delhi Daredevils at Bengaluru, out of the 48 balls he faced, the most by any batsman in an innings in this tournament so far.
15 The number of fours conceded by Ishant Sharma of Rising Pune Supergiants in 3 matches, the most by any bowler in this tournament so far.
48 The number of balls Quinton de Kock took to reach his century against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on April 17.
1 The number of 200 plus score registered in this tournament so far. It was scored by Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 12.
2 The number of threes conceded by Delhi Daredevils’ Chris Morris in this tournament so far, the most by any bowler.
17 The number of doubles run by Gautam Gambhir in this tournament so far, the most by any batsman.
6 The number of wickets taken by Murugan Ashwin (RPSG), Dwayne Bravo (GL) and Mitchell McClenaghan (MI) in this tournament so far, the most number of wickets picked up so far, among bowlers.
3 The number of fifties scored by Aaron Finch of Gujarat Lions from 3 matches in this tournament so far, the most among batsmen.
300.00 Strike rate at which Sarfraz Khan of Royal Challengers Bangalore has scored his 36 runs in this tournament. It is the highest among batsmen who have scored a minimum of five runs in the tournament so far.
3 Number of matches won by Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders so far in this tournament, the most among all teams.
6 The number of sixes conceded by Karn Sharma and Harbhajan Singh so far in the tournament, the most among bowlers.
113.00 Average at which Gautam Gambhir has scored his 226 runs from 4 matches so far in the tournament is the highest among batsmen.
12 The number of matches won by the team batting second in this tournament out of 13 matches.
78 The number of runs scored by Quinton de Kock by hitting fours and sixes during his innings of 108, the most runs scored by any batsman in an innings by hitting fours and sixes in this tournament so far.
57 The number of runs conceded by Sunrisers Hyderabad Karn Sharma from his four overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on April 12, the most by any bowler in an innings, in the tournament so far.
187 The number of balls faced by Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Gautam Gambhir, the most by a batsman in this tournament so far.
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