INDIAN PREMIER League 2012 is going to kick off from April 4 with a match between defending champion Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the fifth edition of the IPL, nine teams will play 76 matches, including the final, in the 54 days long affair. Kochi Tuskers Kerala was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011, but this franchise now stands terminated from this IPL. Here are the some facts of the IPL.
Highest Team Total in an inning in IPL: In the 32nd game of IPL 2010, Chennai Super King broke its own record and posted the highest score in the history of IPL, which is still the best. On April 3 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the host team scored 246 runs for the loss of five wickets against Rajasthan Royals. CSK opener Murali Vijay scored 127 runs in just 56 balls with 8 fours and 11 sixes. Albie Morkel played an inning of 62 runs in 34 balls. Out of CSK’s 246 runs, 178 runs came from boundaries. Chennai Super Kings, the winner of the IPL 2010, won that match by 23 runs. Chennai Super King’s earlier best was 240 against Punjab in Mohali in IPL 2008.
Lowest Team Total in an inning in IPL: In the second game of the IPL 2009, played at Newlands, Cape Town in South Africa, the defending champion Rajasthan Royals scored only 58 runs, which is the lowest ever team total in an inning in IPL. Rajasthan Royals was chasing the target of 134 against Royal Challengers Bangalore and the whole team were all out for 58 runs in 15.1 overs. Only three Rajasthan Royals batsmen scored in double figures and three left the crease without any score. Best partnership for the Rajasthan Royals was of 19 runs between Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja. Second lowest team total in IPL is 67, scored by Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians in 2008.
Lowest Team Total in an inning in IPL: In the second game of the IPL 2009, played at Newlands, Cape Town in South Africa, the defending champion Rajasthan Royals scored only 58 runs, which is the lowest ever team total in an inning in IPL. Rajasthan Royals was chasing the target of 134 against Royal Challengers Bangalore and the whole team were all out for 58 runs in 15.1 overs. Only three Rajasthan Royals batsmen scored in double figures and three left the crease without any score. Best partnership for the Rajasthan Royals was of 19 runs between Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja. Second lowest team total in IPL is 67, scored by Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians in 2008.
Highest run getters in IPL matches: Chennai Super King’s batsman Suresh Raina is the leading run getter in the IPL. In the 62 inning of all the four IPL seasons, Suresh Raina has scored 1813 runs with an average of 35. His highest individual score is 98 runs. After Suresh Raina, Mumbai Indians’ captain Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run getter in the IPL. He scored 1723 runs in 51 innings of the tournament with an average of 40. He came up with his maiden century against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the IPL 2011. Former Deccan Chargers captain and now Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist is the third leading run getters in the IPL. In 60 IPL innings, Gilchrist scored 1603 runs with an average of 27. He is the only batsmen in IPL who has scored more than one hundred.
Maximum wicket takers in IPL matches: RP Singh, who played IPL for two different teams- Deccan Chargers and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, and in IPL 2012, will play for Mumbai Indians, is the highest wicket taker in all IPL matches. In his 56 IPL matches, RP Singh has claimed 64 wickets. In the 2009 edition of the IPL, where his team Deccan Chargers lifted the trophy in South Africa, claimed 23 wickets. After RP Singh, his IPL 2012 teammate Mumbai Indians’ Lasith Malinga is second in the list of leading wicket taker. His tally is 62 wickets in just 42 matches. Amit Mishra, who is now playing for Deccan Chargers and earlier played for Delhi Daredevils, has also picked 62 wickets from 45 matches.
Maximum individual runs in an inning in IPL: In the inaugural game of IPL on April 18, 2008 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders' opener Brendon McCullum scored unbeaten 158 runs in 73 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He reached the 100 runs mark in 53 balls. In his inning, Brendon McCullum got 118 runs through fours and sixes. Murali Vijay, who scored in 56 balls 127 runs against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 3, 2010, is the second highest individual run in an inning in the IPL. In his inning, Murali Vijay scored 98 runs through boundaries. Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab, who scored unbeaten 120 runs against CSK at Mohali, is the third highest individual run in an inning in IPL.
Best bowling figure in an inning in IPL: In the first edition of IPL in 2008, on May 4 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals’ left-arm medium pacer Sohail Tanvir claimed six wickets of Chennai Super Kings just for 14 runs, is the still ever best bowling figure in an inning in IPL. He claimed the wickets of the openers at zero runs in the first over of the game. In the second edition of the IPL, Anil Kumble of Royal Challengers Bangalore picked five wickets for Rajasthan Royals for just five runs in 3.1 overs in Cape Town. Due to his magic figures, Rajasthan Royals scored only 58 runs, which is the ever-lowest team total in an inning in IPL.
Fastest century by a batsman in IPL: Fastest century by a batsman in IPL is on the name of former Rajasthan Royals and now Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Yusuf Pathan. He scored his century against Mumbai Indians in just 37 deliveries in IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai for Rajasthan Royals. In his 100, Yusuf Pathan scored 84 runs through boundaries including eight sixes. The second fastest 100 in the IPL was scored by Adam Glichrist who scored his first IPL century in 2008 as a Deccan Chargers batsman against Mumbai Indians. In his 109 (not out) runs inning, Adam Glichrist reached the 100 runs mark in 42 balls with nine fours and nine sixes.
Most sixes in all by batsman in IPL: Former Deccan Chargers’ batsman under whose leadership the team won the crown of the IPL in 2009 in South Africa and now Kings XI Punjab captain, Adam Gilchrist is the top in the list of most sixes in all by batsman in IPL. In 60 IPL innings, Gilchrist hits 82 sixes and scored two hundred. In this list, Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kings is on the second position with 78 sixes. Former Rajasthan Royals batsman and Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Yusuf Pathan is on the third place in this list with 74 sixes. Former Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman and now Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Chris Gayle crossed the ball 70 times over the rope in IPL matches.
Maximum dismissals by a wicketkeeper in IPL: In the Indian Premier League former Deccan Chargers’ captain and now Kings XI Punjab captain, Adam Gilchrist has dismissed 50 batsmen as a wicket keeper in its four sessions. Kumar Sangakkara, who changed from Kings XI Punjab to Deccan Chargers, is the second leading wicket keeper. He dismissed 42 batsmen in IPL from 2008 to 2011. Dinesh Karthik, who was earlier in Delhi Daredevils and now in Kings XI Punjab, has 37 dismissed from his gloves from 2008 to 2011 season of IPL.
Most expensive player in IPL: Current Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain in Indian Premier League Gautam Gambhir is the most expensive player of the IPL. In the IPL 2011 auction, Shahrukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gambhir for $2.4 million, 12 times from his base price of $200,000. Gautam Gambhir played first three edition of IPL for the Delhi Daredevils and scored 1097 runs with eight fifties in 40 matches. Whereas in the IPL 2011, Gambhir played for KKR scored 378 runs in 15 innings including two fifties. Under his leadership, Kolkata Knight Riders reached first time in last four in IPL. His team also qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.
Maximum wicket takers in IPL matches: RP Singh, who played IPL for two different teams- Deccan Chargers and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, and in IPL 2012, will play for Mumbai Indians, is the highest wicket taker in all IPL matches. In his 56 IPL matches, RP Singh has claimed 64 wickets. In the 2009 edition of the IPL, where his team Deccan Chargers lifted the trophy in South Africa, claimed 23 wickets. After RP Singh, his IPL 2012 teammate Mumbai Indians’ Lasith Malinga is second in the list of leading wicket taker. His tally is 62 wickets in just 42 matches. Amit Mishra, who is now playing for Deccan Chargers and earlier played for Delhi Daredevils, has also picked 62 wickets from 45 matches.
Maximum individual runs in an inning in IPL: In the inaugural game of IPL on April 18, 2008 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders' opener Brendon McCullum scored unbeaten 158 runs in 73 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He reached the 100 runs mark in 53 balls. In his inning, Brendon McCullum got 118 runs through fours and sixes. Murali Vijay, who scored in 56 balls 127 runs against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 3, 2010, is the second highest individual run in an inning in the IPL. In his inning, Murali Vijay scored 98 runs through boundaries. Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab, who scored unbeaten 120 runs against CSK at Mohali, is the third highest individual run in an inning in IPL.
Best bowling figure in an inning in IPL: In the first edition of IPL in 2008, on May 4 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals’ left-arm medium pacer Sohail Tanvir claimed six wickets of Chennai Super Kings just for 14 runs, is the still ever best bowling figure in an inning in IPL. He claimed the wickets of the openers at zero runs in the first over of the game. In the second edition of the IPL, Anil Kumble of Royal Challengers Bangalore picked five wickets for Rajasthan Royals for just five runs in 3.1 overs in Cape Town. Due to his magic figures, Rajasthan Royals scored only 58 runs, which is the ever-lowest team total in an inning in IPL.
Fastest century by a batsman in IPL: Fastest century by a batsman in IPL is on the name of former Rajasthan Royals and now Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Yusuf Pathan. He scored his century against Mumbai Indians in just 37 deliveries in IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai for Rajasthan Royals. In his 100, Yusuf Pathan scored 84 runs through boundaries including eight sixes. The second fastest 100 in the IPL was scored by Adam Glichrist who scored his first IPL century in 2008 as a Deccan Chargers batsman against Mumbai Indians. In his 109 (not out) runs inning, Adam Glichrist reached the 100 runs mark in 42 balls with nine fours and nine sixes.
Most sixes in all by batsman in IPL: Former Deccan Chargers’ batsman under whose leadership the team won the crown of the IPL in 2009 in South Africa and now Kings XI Punjab captain, Adam Gilchrist is the top in the list of most sixes in all by batsman in IPL. In 60 IPL innings, Gilchrist hits 82 sixes and scored two hundred. In this list, Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kings is on the second position with 78 sixes. Former Rajasthan Royals batsman and Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Yusuf Pathan is on the third place in this list with 74 sixes. Former Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman and now Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Chris Gayle crossed the ball 70 times over the rope in IPL matches.
Maximum dismissals by a wicketkeeper in IPL: In the Indian Premier League former Deccan Chargers’ captain and now Kings XI Punjab captain, Adam Gilchrist has dismissed 50 batsmen as a wicket keeper in its four sessions. Kumar Sangakkara, who changed from Kings XI Punjab to Deccan Chargers, is the second leading wicket keeper. He dismissed 42 batsmen in IPL from 2008 to 2011. Dinesh Karthik, who was earlier in Delhi Daredevils and now in Kings XI Punjab, has 37 dismissed from his gloves from 2008 to 2011 season of IPL.
Most expensive player in IPL: Current Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain in Indian Premier League Gautam Gambhir is the most expensive player of the IPL. In the IPL 2011 auction, Shahrukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gambhir for $2.4 million, 12 times from his base price of $200,000. Gautam Gambhir played first three edition of IPL for the Delhi Daredevils and scored 1097 runs with eight fifties in 40 matches. Whereas in the IPL 2011, Gambhir played for KKR scored 378 runs in 15 innings including two fifties. Under his leadership, Kolkata Knight Riders reached first time in last four in IPL. His team also qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.
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