Rain plays spoilsport RCB v DD abandoned match Statistical Review

Rain plays spoilsport RCB v DD abandoned match Statistical Review: The match number 55 of the Pepsi IPL 2015 didn’t produce any result as rain started to pour down heavily after the first innings. Put into bat by RCB, Delhi got off to a flying start as opener Quinton de Kock dealt in fours and sixes. Later skipper JP Duminy carried on from where de Kock left and helped Delhi post a formidable 187 on the board. When the full of power and aggressive RCB opening pair of Gayle-Kohli came on to the crease, rain interrupted the match. Fans left the Chinnaswamy Stadium disappointed as the match got abandoned. However RCB is safely through to the play-offs now with 16 points. Take a look at our statistical review of the first innings:

The match in numbers:

• Total number of fours hit by DD- 14

• Total number of sixes hit by DD- 8

• Number of wides bowled by RCB- 3

• Number of dot balls bowled by RCB/DD- 34/5

• Total runs scored in the match- 189/5

• Highest run scorer of the match-Quinton de Kock: 69 runs off 39 balls. Strike Rate: 176.92

• Highest wicket-taker of the match: Harshal Patel- 2/30

Other interesting statistical facts of the match:

• Quinton de Kock scored his 2^nd fifty in the 3 games he has played this season. It was his 11^th T20 fifty overall.

• De Kock held a Strike Rate of 300 today against David Wiese.

• Yuzvendra Chahal is Second in the Purple Cap holders list with 18 wickets.

• 54 runs were scored by Delhi in the power-play, the highest for them this season.

• Saurabh Tiwary has remained not out in all the matches this season.

• Kohli has the highest average this IPL – 53 (Min 100 runs)

• Kedar Jadhav’s strike rate for Delhi in the IPL is the second best for any DD batsman after Sehwag.

All stats updated till 17th may 2015.