Gujarat Lions: 158 all out (Dwayne Smith 73; Shane Watson 4/29) lost to
RCB: 159/6 in 18.2 overs (AB De Villiers 79 not out, Iqbal Abdulla 33 not out) by 4 wickets.
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37
The number of sixes hit by AB de Villiers in IPL-9, the most by any batsman.
In this match against Gujarat Lions by hitting five sixes, he went past Virat Kohli who has hit 36 sixes in IPL-9 so far.
682
The number of runs scored by AB de Villiers in IPL-9 from 15 innings, the fourth most by a batsman in a single season of IPL. Only Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and Mike Hussey are ahead of him in that list.
Third
AB de Villiers is now the third batsman after Virat Kohli and David Warner to complete 650 runs in this season of IPL. He has scored 682 runs from 15 innings.
51
The number of innings after which Virat Kohli was out for duck in T20s. Today, he got out on duck against Gujarat Lions. Before this duck, last time he got out on duck against Kings XI Punjab in IPL-2014.
208
The number of runs scored by AB de Villiers against Gujarat Lions in IPL-9, the second most by any player after Virat Kohli, who’s scored 209 runs against Gujarat Lions from 3 innings.
7
The number of fifty plus scores made by AB de Villiers in this season of IPL, joint second by any player. David Warner has also scored seven fifty plus scores in this year’s IPL from 14 innings. Virat Kohli is at first place in that list with 10 fifty plus scores.
91
The number of runs added by AB de Villiers and Iqbal Abdullah for the 7th wicket against Gujarat Lions, the second most by a pair for 7th wicket in IPL history. Jagadeesha Suchith and Harbhajan Singh’s partnership of 100 runs for 7th wicket against Kings XI Punjab is the highest for 7th wicket in IPL history.
6th
Virat Kohli is now the sixth player to get out on duck and score a ton against the same opposition in an IPL season. He has scored two centuries against Gujarat Lions this year in IPL in league matches and on Tuesday he got out on duck.
Other five players who have achieved the same milestone are AB de Villiers, David Warner, Murali Vijay, Chris Gayle and Adam Gilchrist.
19
The number of catches taken by AB de Villiers in IPL-2016, the most by any fielder in a single season of IPL. David Miller (in 2014) and Dwayne Bravo (in 2013) is at second place with 14 catches.
1st
Yuzvendra Chahal is the first Indian spinner to take at least 20 wickets in two different seasons of IPL. This year now he has picked up 20 wickets and in 2015 he had taken 23 wickets while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
5th
Dwayne Smith is the fifth player in IPL history to score 300 runs in play-off matches after Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay.
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