IPL in numbers: Alzarri Joseph's dream debut

Plus Dhoni's landmarks as captain, Jadeja's record for left-arm spinners, the most successful IPL pairs and more...

Alzarri Joseph's 6/12 on debut is the best figures by a bowler in IPL history.

3

The number of bowlers who have the distinction of claiming the most wickets in an Indian Premier League match. On April 6, 2019, in Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians’ paceman Alzarri Joseph, making his debut in the competition, became the third bowler to claim a six-wicket haul in the IPL. His 6/12 is also the best figures by a bowler in IPL history. Overall, it was the eighth-best figures in Twenty20 cricket and the second-best on Asian soil. Incidentally, Joseph also became the first West Indian to claim a six-or-more wicket haul in T20 cricket.

Best bowling in IPL cricket

Note: Joseph is the second-youngest in wthe IPL to take a five-wicket haul after Jaydev Unadkat (21 years, 204 days in 2013).

100

The number of matches won as a captain by M. S. Dhoni in the IPL. He thus became the first player to reach this landmark in IPL history. He achieved this at Jaipur during Chennai Super Kings’ game against Rajasthan Royals on April 11, 2019.

Summary of M. S. Dhoni’s 100 IPL victories as captain

Players with most wins as captain in IPL

100

The number of wickets claimed by Ravindra Jadeja in the IPL. He became the 13th bowler to reach this landmark in the competition and the third left-arm bowler after Ashish Nehra (106) and Zaheer Khan (102). However, Jadeja is the first-left arm spinner in IPL history to reach this milestone.

Most wickets by left-arm spinners in the IPL

200

The total number matches played by Mumbai Indians in T20 cricket. It became the first side to reach this landmark in T20 history during its IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium against Rajasthan Royals on April 13, 2019.

Summary of Mumbai Indians’ T20 matches

Teams appearing in most T20 matches

Note: Tied matches are the ones that were not decided by a super over.

2,793

The number of runs aggregated by Virat Kohli and A. B. de Villiers in partnership in IPL cricket. This is now the most by any pair in IPL history. During their 85-run stand against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali, they surpassed the previous highest tally of 2,787 runs between Kohli and Chris Gayle.

Most successful pairs in IPL cricket

 

Note: All figures above are updated as on April 13, 2019.