IPL 9, Match 56: DD v RCB – Statistical Highlights

At the moment, there is nothing that can stop the phenomenal Virat Kohli. The Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper carried on with superhuman form and displayed invincible batting performance to guide his team to the playoffs. RCB, who were lying at the second position from the bottom during the early stages of the tournament, pulled themselves back and finished second position in the points table. It was, obviously, a must-win game for both the teams. The evening itself began on a winning note after Kohli won the toss and chose to chase first. Delhi Daredevils could do anything extraordinary today with bat and could manage a functional total of 138/8 in 20 overs. The chase happened in the usual style for RCB. Virat Kohli yet carried the responsibility of chasing down the target and finished the game in style with six wickets in hand.

0 – DD has never beaten RCB whenever they have made less than 180 runs while batting 1st.

1- Negi took his first wicket of the tournament today!

2 – There have been only 2 instances of two batsmen from same team scoring 600+ runs a season – Chris Gayle (733) & Virat Kohli (634) in 2012 & Virat Kohli (869) & AB de Villiers (602) in 2016.

2 – No. of times RCB have lost their 2nd wicket at a score of less than 50 in this IPL, including today. Also against MI in Bangalore, they were 17 for 2.

3 – AB de Villiers became the third batsman to complete 600 runs in IPL-9 after Virat Kohli and David Warner.

3 – Shane Watson is the 3rd player to grab 100 wickets and score 5000 runs in T20s.

5 – Virat Kohli has the fifth highest number of MOM’s in a season. He is lead by Chris Gayle (6 in 2011), Shaun Marsh (5 in 2008), (Chris Gayle 5 in 2012), Michael Hussey (5 in 2013)

10 – Kohli has the most number of 50 plus scores in any T20 tournament. Englishman Jason Roy with 9 50 plus score during the Natwest T20 Blast – 2014 was the previous best.

10 – N0. of 50 plus scores Virat has so far in the season.

16 – No. of wickets taken by RCB spinners in last 4 matches, including 5 in this match. They had taken only 15 wickets in first 10 matches.

17 – No. of scores of 50 or more for Kohli in T20s this year in 26 inns – most by a batsman in a single calendar year. Gayle had 16 such scores in 2012 from 38 inns.

29 – Runs Quinton de Kock had scored in four innings batting first in this IPL. He has made a fifty in this match.

35 – No. of changes made by DD in this IPL, including the 2 changes today. Nair, Samson, Mishra are the only players who played all 14 games for DD this season.

36 – N0. of sixes hit by Kohli (the most by any batsman).

79 – No. of fours hit by Kohli (the most by any batsman).

91.9 – Virat Kohli’s batting average this season.

109 – Virat Kohli (72 + 36) in 2016 has the most number of 4s and 6s in an IPL season.

140 – Kohli – 140* (2016) is the batsman with the most number of 4s in a calendar year in T20s. The previous best was Mahela Jayawardene 139 (2010).

1553 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli so far in the tournament – the second most number runs in a calendar year in T20s. Chris Gayle with 1665 run in the 2015 season is the only batsman ahead of him in that terms.

Since the playoffs rule has come into existence, the team that finished 2nd in the points table became the champion. RCB are currently in the 2nd position.

Royal Challengers Bangalore now has both Orange Cap (Virat Kohli – 865 runs) & Purple Cap (Yuzvendra Chahal – 19 wickets).