IPL 2020: Scoring 50s at 40, Chris Gayle enters record books

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Chris Gayle’s age when he made 53 in 45 balls for Kings XI Punjab against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sharjah on October 15, making him the second oldest to score 50 or more runs in an innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The oldest remains Australian Adam Gilchrist, who made 85 for the same team against the same opponent in Bangalore in 2013. Overall, only three batsman have managed to score 50 runs or more in an innings after the age of 40. Rahul Dravid did it four times, Gilchrist twice, and now Gayle has done it once.

Batsmen with 50-plus scores after the age of 40

Rahul Dravid in Rajasthan Royals jersey.   -  S. Subramanium

 

200

The number of matches played by M. S. Dhoni in the IPL, thus making him the first to reach this historic landmark.

First to reach landmark matches in the IPL

Note: The only occasion where the players above were involved in a winning cause was at Rajkot!

+ Raina was playing his 18th match for Gujarat Lions after appearing in 132 IPL games for CSK.

# It was Dhoni’s 170th match for CSK. He appeared in 30 games for RPS.

Players appearing in the most IPL matches

2

The number of back-to-back centuries scored by Shikhar Dhawan – all inside three days – after going through his entire Twenty20 and IPL career till then without a single three-figure score. His unbeaten 101 for Delhi Capitals came against Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah on October 17 in his 268th match and 265th innings in T20 cricket; it was his 168th match and 167th innings in the IPL. Dhawan took 4,564 days (12 years, five months and 28 days) to register his maiden IPL century – the longest by any batsman in terms of matches, innings and days, surpassing previous record-holders Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal.

Longest wait for a maiden IPL century (in terms of days)

Longest wait for a maiden IPL century (in terms of innings)

64.63

The percentage of runs made by Shikhar Dhawan – while scoring his second successive century (106*) – against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai on October 20 is now the fifth highest among opening batsmen while batting the entire 20 overs of his team’s innings.

Opening batsmen monopolising the team total after playing the full quota of 20 overs

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The second-highest score by a Delhi Capitals batsman in the innings in Dubai when Shikhar Dhawan made his second consecutive IPL century. The ratio between the highest and second-highest scores in this innings was 7.57, which is the third-best in the tournament’s history.

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Highest ratio between top two individual scores in the same innings of an IPL match

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The wicketkeeper-bowler dismissal combination of Rishabh Pant and Kagiso Rabada is now the best in IPL cricket.

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Most dismissals by wicketkeeper-bowler pairs in the IPL

84

Kolkata Knight Riders’ total for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi on 21 October 21 is now the lowest total by any IPL team without being dismissed after playing the full quota of 20 overs.

Teams scoring less than 100 runs in 20 overs without getting all-out

Note: All the above teams lost the game.

All records are complete and updated up to October 23, 2020.