IPL 9, Match 16: RPS v RCB – Statistical Highlights

In their first home match, Rising Pune Supergiants suffered to their 3rd consecutive loss in the ongoing season against the mighty Royal Challengers Bangalore. After been put into bat, RCB put on a big total of 185/3 in their 20 overs. Captain Virat Kohli scored 80 while star of the game AB de Villiers scored 83.

RPS lost a couple of early wickets in their chase along with Kevin Pietersen, who went off retired hurt. Ajinkya Rahane and Pune’s captain MS Dhoni tried to steady the ship. Both got out while accelerating but Thisara Perera along with Rajat Bhatia smashed a few boundaries towards the end but they ended 13 short of the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Only the 2nd time a team managed to win while batting first in this IPL. Both times, it was RCB that won the match.

2 – Only the 2nd time MS Dhoni came out to bat in IPL before completion of 3rd over. He came out to bat on the 16th ball of Pune’s innings. The other instance was vs DD for CSK in April 2010 where he came out to bat on 10th ball of innings where he batted at No.3. Dhoni got out for a duck in that innings.

3 – Only the third time RCB successfully defended a total under 200 in IPL since 2014. They lost in 8 games while defending under 200 in this same period.

4 – Number of matches Royal Challengers Bangalore played at MCA Stadium, Pune. They have won in all the 4.

5 – Number of century stands recorded between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers pair in IPL. Only Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli pair (6) has been a part or more century stands in IPL.

11 – Number of times Virat Kohli has been a part of a century stand in IPL. Only Chris Gayle (12) has been a part or more century stands in IPL.

13 – Number of man of the match awards AB de Villiers has received in IPL. Only Chris Gayle (17) and Yusuf Pathan (14) have more MoM awards.

28 – Runs scored by MS Dhoni in powerplay overs in IPL so far. He played 33 balls which includes 20 dots and 5 fours. He has been dismissed once in the powerplay.

42 – Number of fifty plus scores Virat Kohli has in Twenty20 cricket, the joint most by an Indian. Rohit Sharma also has 42 fifty plus scores.

51 – Number of 30 plus scores Virat Kohli has recorded in IPL, the 2nd most by any player. Suresh Raina has 53 scores of 30+ in IPL.

100 – 3rd 100+ run stand in this IPL between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Only two pairs managed to record 3 century stands in a season. Gambhir-Dhawan for DD in 2008 and Gayle-Kohli in 2012 are the other two pairs.

121 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli in IPL against Ravichandran Ashwin. Kohli is the only batsman not to get out to a bowler even after scoring 100+ runs in IPL.

126.98 – Batting strike rate of Virat Kohli during his knock of 80. This is the 4th lowest strike rate for a 75+ runs inning in IPL.

150 – 3rd 150+ stand in IPL between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. No other pair has more than two such stands in IPL.

300 – Number of boundary fours Virat Kohli has hit in IPL. He became only the 6th batsman to hit 300 fours in IPL.

How did the match pan out? – IPL 9 Match 16 Review: Kohli, de Villiers fire as RPSG go down fighting