IPL 9, Match 17: DD v MI – Statistical Highlights

Delhi Daredevils completed a hat-trick of wins as they defeated the mighty Mumbai Indians once again at their home ground Feroz Shah Kotla. After being put into bat, DD put on a total of 164/5 in their 20 overs. Sanju Samson scored 60 while JP Duminy chipped in with an unbeaten 49.

MI got off to a brilliant start despite losing Parthiv Patel. Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu struck boundaries early on. Krunal Pandya promotion did work really well but after his departure, Rohit, Jos Buttler, and Kieron Pollard failed to strike big. Rohit got out in a dramatic way in the last over as MI fell 10 runs short of the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Only the 2nd time Sanju Samson’s IPL fifty has come in winning cause. His first IPL fifty which came vs RCB in 2013 came in a winning cause. Interestingly, the 2 man of the match awards he has won were in those 2 games.

3 – Only the third time a team managed to defend a total successfully in IPL at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in last 14 games. Interestingly MI was the chasing side on all the 3 occasions.

4 – Number of consecutive matches MI lost at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi against DD. They last won in April 2011.

5 – Number of fifties Sanju Samson has scored in IPL. His previous 3 fifties came vs MI.

5 – Number of fifties Sanju Samson has scored vs Mumbai Indians in Twenty20 format. 3 in IPL and 2 in CLT20. All the 5 came in last 7 innings.

6 – Number of golden ducks Harbhajan Singh has in IPL, the joint most for any player.

22 – Number of consecutive innings Rohit Sharma played in IPL while chasing without scoring a fifty in previous 4 seasons. He has 3 fifties in 3 chases this year.

28 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in IPL, the joint most for any player.

29 – Number of times in IPL Rohit Sharma has been involved in a run out, the most by any player. 9 times he got run out and 20 times his partner got run out, which is also the most times.

43 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in Twenty20 cricket, the most by an Indian.

50 – Rohit Sharma became the 8th player to play 50 IPL games as captain. Among the 8, only Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma ended on losing side in their 50th IPL game as captain.

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

69 – Number of balls Krunal Pandya has bowled before conceding a boundary off the bat in this IPL. He conceded a 5 wides in the previous game.

115 – Runs scored by Krunal Pandya in Twenty20 cricket since the last time he was dismissed. He scored 105 of those in this IPL.

500 – Number of fours Rohit Sharma has hit in T20 cricket. He became only the 5th Indian batsman to hit 500 fours in T20s.

2012 – For the first time since May 2012, DD won 3 consecutive matches in IPL.

5000 – JP Duminy became the 1st South African and 17th player in overall to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket.

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