IPL 2010 records and statistics

 IPL 2010 Statistics:  IPL 2010 winner: Orange cap: Purple Cap: Highest sixers in IPL 2010: Highest score by a team in an innings: Chennai super kings scored 246 runs against Rajasthan at Chennai. Highest score by a player in an innings: Murali Vijay of Chennai super kings scored 127 runs against Rajasthan at Chennai. Highest sixers by a player in an innings: Murali Vijay of Chennai Superkings hit 11 sixers against Rajasthan.  Highest sixers by a team in an innings: Chennai Superkings hit 17 sixers against Rajasthan. Highest Partnership: 152-run partnership between Murali Vijay & Morkel for Chennai superkings against Rajasthan. Centurions: Murali Vijay (127), David Warner and Yusuf Pathan (100).  … [Read more...]

IPL 2009 records and statistics

IPL 2009 Statistics:    Tournament was held in South Africa due to general elections in India. IPL 2009 winner: Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad). Runners-up: Bangalore Royal challengers. Orange cap: Mathew Hayden scored 572 runs in 12 matches (average: 52 and strike rate: 144). Adam Gilchrist scored 495 runs. Purple Cap: Highest sixers in IPL 2009: Highest score by a team in an innings: Highest score by a player in an innings: Highest sixers by a player in an innings:  Highest sixers by a team in an innings: Highest Partnership: Centurions: … [Read more...]

IPL 2008 records and statistics

 IPL 2008 Statistics:  IPL 2008 winner: Rajasthan Royals is the winner. Orange cap: Purple Cap: Sohail Tanvir took 22 wickets in 11 matches. Shane Warne took 19 wickets in 15 matches. First centurion: Brendum McCullum scored first century in first match. Batsman who faced first ball: Sourav Ganguly. First ball was bowled by: Praveen Kumar. First wicket was taken by Zaheer Khan. First batsman to out: Sourav Ganguly. Highest sixers in IPL 2010: Highest score by a team in an innings: Highest score by a player in an innings: Highest sixers by a player in an innings:  Highest sixers by a team in an innings: Highest Partnership: Centurions:  … [Read more...]

Quiz on IPL 2010

 IPL 2010: Quiz questions 1. Which is the first ever cricket tournament to be broadcasted live on You Tube?2. Which two cities will be hosting two new teams in the next season of the IPL?3. Who took the first hattrick in the IPL 3?4. Which legendary bowler has been hired by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as the bowling coach?5. Which dashing cricketer from Baroda became the first centurion in the IPL 3?6. Who introduced and popularized the so called Mongoose bat in IPL 3?7. Which New Zealand speedster, a member of the rebel ICL previously, was recruited by the Kolkata Knight Riders at the highest price of $ 750million in the IPL3 ?8. Which legend is credited with hitting the highest number of sixes till date in the IPL?9. Which wicket-keeper surpassed Adam Gilchrist to effect the highest number of dismissals in IPL?10. Who scored his highest T20 score when he hammered a match winning 72 runs off 52 balls against the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 3?  IPL 2010 answers:1. Indian Premier League 32. Pune and Kochi3. Praveen Kumar4. Wasim Akram5. Yusuf Pathan of Rajasthan Royals6. Mathew Hayden7. Shane Bond8. Adam Gilchrist9. Dinesh Karthik10. Sachin Tendulkar. … [Read more...]

Records

  IPL T20 Cricket records:  First century: Brendum McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders and New Zealand) scored first century in IPL history in first match of IPL 2008 tournament against Bangalore Royal Challengers.  First 1000 runs: Adam Gilchrist (Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Australia) is the first player to score 1,000 runs in IPL history.  Fastest Century: Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals) scored fastest century in IPL history against Mumbai Indians. One of the best innings in cricket history.  Fastest half-century: Adam Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers scored half-century in 17 balls.  Highest margin win: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders with 87 balls to spare in IPL 2008. Kolkata defeated Bangalore by 140 runs.  Hat-trick heroes: Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Laxmipathy Balaji, Makhaya Ntini, Yuvraj Singh (2 times) and Rohit Sharma.  Most runs in an innings: Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in just 73 balls in first match of IPL 2008. Murali Vijay scored 127 runs against Rajasthan in IPL 2010. Andrew Symonds scored 117 runs in just 53 runs.  Most runs in one IPL: Adam Gilchrist followed by Suresh Raina, Mathew hayden and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.  Highest innings total: Chennai Super Kings scored 246/5 against Rajasthan in IPL 2010. Chennai Super kings scored 240/5 runs against Punjab Kings Eleven in IPL 2008. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 222/3 runs against Bangalore in IPL 2008. Lowest innings total: 58 runs scored by Rajasthan Royals against Bangalore Royal Challengers.  Most Wickets in IPL: RP Singh took 41 wickets followed by Irfan Pathan with 37 wickets.  Highest number of wickets in one IPL season: 23 Wickets by R.P. Singh in IPL 2009. Best bowling performance by a bowler in IPL: Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan) - 6 wickets for 14 runs.    Most sixers by a player in an innings: McCullum scored 13 sixers in the first match of IPL 2008. Jayasuriya hit 11 sixers against Chennai Super Kings and Murali Vijay hit 11 sixers against Rajasthan in IPL … [Read more...]