IPL 9, Match 52: SRH v DD– Statistical Highlights

Delhi Daredevils (DD) kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive after they managed to squeeze in a close win against the sloppy Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Chasing 159 runs to win, the DD side, despite a healthy dose of luck, were not able to cruise along easily as the SRH bowlers kept pulling them back. However, Karun Nair (83 from 59 balls) stood there firmly and coasted his team past the winning line in a thrilling last over finish. Earlier, batting first, skipper Davis Warner (73 from 56 balls) yet again led from the front and helped his team post 158/7 in 20 overs. He was the sole performer with the bat. The final score would have looked bit different if he had received some support from the middle which failed badly today.

1/3 – David Warner has scored more than one-third of all the runs scored by SRH batsmen in this IPL.

1 – David Warner is the first SRH player to score 600 runs in a single season of IPL.

1 – No. of teams that have defeated SRH both home and away in this IPL. DD are the only one. They won by 7 wickets in Hyderabad and by 6 wkts in Raipur.

2 – DD have won both tosses and won both the matches against SRH. They are the only team to do this versus SRH in IPL 9.

3 – No. of 50 plus scores for Karun Nair in this IPL – joint most among DD players with Quinton de Kock. All of Nair’s previous fifties have come in wins.

3 – SRH has won 3 matches while batting 1st in this IPL & DD have won 4 matches while chasing in IPL 9. (Both from 12 matches)

8 – No of half-centuries for Karun Nair in T20s in 57 innings. 5 of which have come this year in in 27 innings.

4 – No of wins Delhi Daredevils have while chasing this season.

7 – No. of half-centuries by Warner in this IPL, including this match’s knock. All the other SRH batsmen combined have scored only 5 such scores.

12 – Most 50s by captains in IPL: 26 – Gambhir 17 – Kohli 15 – Dhoni 13 – Warner* 12 – Rohit

13 – No. of run outs affected by DD in this IPL – most among the 8 teams. In turn, only 6 times DD batsmen have got run out – joint least among all teams.

19 – No of ball Warner faced off Jayant Yadav in this match – joint-most by a batsman against a bowler in an IPL match.

32 – No of 50+ scores in IPL by David Warner, the most by any batsman in the history of the league.

33 – No. of total changes made by DD in their playing XIs in this IPL, including the 3 changes today. They have never played the same XI in consecutive matches.

68 – Runs scored by DD in first ten overs, which is same as SRH at the same stage. SRH scored 90 runs in the last ten; DD needs 91.

83 – Karun Nair’s highest score in IPL. Previous highest was against DD was of 73 came in 2014 while playing for RR.

158 – Average first-innings score in 12 T20s played at this venue in Raipur. SRH scored exactly the same in this match.