IPL 10, Match 55, Rising Pune Supergiant v Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Highlights

The much-talked game virtual knockout game between the Rising Pune Supergiant and the Kings XI Punjab turned out to be a tame one-sided affair way from the first ball of the game with RPS completely annihilating the visiting side.

Shardul Thakur picked up 3 wickets while Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Christian and Adam Zampa picked up two each to clean up the KXIP for just 73 with the 4 overseas batsmen managing to score just 14 runs. The home side didn’t have a moment to bother in the chase as they cruised down the total with 8 overs to spare and by losing only one wicket.

Here are all the stats and records from the game:

9 – Number of IPL seasons in which MS Dhoni’s team qualified for the playoffs in the IPL; the joint most times for a player. Suresh Raina’s team also qualified for the playoffs in the 9 IPL seasons.

48 – Balls remaining when Rising Pune Supergiant chased down the target. This is the biggest win in terms of balls remaining in the IPL for RPS and the joint 6th biggest for any team. RPS won with 32 balls to spare in their first ever IPL game and in the previous game against MI.

48 – Rising Pune Supergiant chasing down the target with 48 balls to spare is the biggest win in terms of balls remaining over Kings XI Punjab in the IPL. The previous biggest win over KXIP was in 41 balls by Pune Warriors India in 2011.

73 – Kings XI Punjab’s total of 73 in this game is their lowest total in the IPL and the 7th lowest overall. Previous lowest was 88 vs RCB in 2015.

73 – Kings XI Punjab’s total of 73 is the first instance of a team getting bowled out vs RPS in the IPL and the first instance of a team getting bowled out under 100 in Twenty20s at Pune’s MCA Stadium.

100 – Number of Twenty20s Mohit Sharma has played so far. This game was his 100th T20 game.

101 – Number of dismissals effected by MS Dhoni as wicketkeeper in the IPL so far. He became the 2nd wicketkeeper to register 100 dismissals in the IPL after Dinesh Karthik.

108 – Balls bowled by Ishant Sharma in this IPL season without taking a wicket, the most balls bowled by anyone in an IPL season without taking a wicket. Karn Sharma bowled 98 balls without taking a wicket in the previous season.

157 – Difference between Kings XI Punjab’s totals in the previous two games, the 2nd highest difference for any team in the IPL. KXIP scored 230 over MI in the previous game. Highest difference is 164 for RCB who scored 213 and 49 in consecutive outings in this season itself.