IPL 2021 in numbers: Nicholas Pooran’s poor run to Shikhar Dhawan's consistency

The number of ducks by Punjab Kings’ Nicholas Pooran in the now-suspended 2021 season of the IPL equals the record for maximum ducks by a batsman in a single edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

Punjab Kings' Nicholas Pooran in action against Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad.

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The number of ducks by Punjab Kings’ Nicholas Pooran in the now-suspended 2021 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), equalling the record for maximum ducks by a batsman in a single edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

Batsmen with four ducks in a single edition of the IPL

Batsman	Team	Year	Innings	Runs	Average
Herschelle Gibbs	Deccan Chargers	2009	14	371	33.73
Mithun Manhas	Pune Warriors India	2011	10	35	11.40
Manish Pandey	Pune Warriors India	2012	9	143	20.43
Shikhar Dhawan	Delhi Capitals	2020	17	618	44.14
Nicholas Pooran	Punjab Kings	2021#	6	28	4.67

+ Season still in progress.

Nicolas Pooran’s four ducks for Punjab Kings in IPL 2021

Balls faced	Opposition	Venue	Date	Mode of dismissal	Result
1	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 12, 2021	Caught by fielder	Won
2	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 16, 2021	Caught by fielder	Lost
	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	April 21, 2021	Run out	Lost
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ahmedabad	April 30, 2021	Caught by fielder	Won

219

Mumbai Indians’ total against Chennai Super Kings in Delhi on May 1 is now the second-highest successful run chase in IPL history.

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Highest successful run chases in the IPL

Winning total (Overs)	By	Opponent (total – overs)	Venue	Date	Top scorer in second innings
226/6 (19.3)	Rajasthan Royals	Kings XI Punjab (223/2 – 20)	Sharjah	September 20, 2020	Sanju Samson (85, 42 balls)
219/6 (20.0)	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings (218/4 – 20)	Delhi	May 1, 2021	Kieron Pollard (87*, 34 balls)
217/7 (19.5)	Rajasthan Royals	Deccan Chargers (214/5 – 20)	Hyderabad	April 24, 2008	Yusuf Pathan (61, 28 balls)
214/3 (17.3)	Delhi Daredevils	Gujarat Lions (208/7 – 20)	Delhi	May 4, 2017	Rishabh Pant (97, 43 balls)

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The number of runs scored by Mayank Agarwal for Punjab Kings against Delhi Capitals in Ahmedabad on May 2 is now the second-highest score by a player on his IPL debut as captain. Earlier in this edition of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson had made 119 against Punjab Kings in Mumbai on April 12, the highest and the only century made by a debutant IPL captain

Highest scores on debut as IPL captain

Score	Captain	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
119	Sanju Samson	Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 12, 2021	Lost
99*	Mayank Agarwal	Punjab Kings	Delhi Capitals	Ahmedabad	May 2, 2021	Lost
93*	Shreyas Iyer	Dehi Daredevils	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi	April 27, 2018	Won
83	Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 10, 2019	Won
64	Adam Finch	Pune Warriors India	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	April 21, 2013	Lost

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The number of fifty-plus scores for Shikhar Dhawan in successful run chases is now the most by any batsman in the IPL. His most recent was an unbeaten 69 for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad on May 2, which took him past the previous record of 18 held jointly with his former teammate Gautam Gambhir.

Most fifty-plus scores in successful run chases in the IPL

Fifty-plus scores	Hundreds	Fifties	Batsman	Innings
19	1	18	Shikhar Dhawan	44
18		18	Gautam Gambhir	56
17	1	16	David Warner	33
13	1	12	Shane Watson	47
12	1	11	Chris Gayle	34
12		12	Suresh Raina	60
12		12	Rohit Sharma	50

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The number of times two bowlers have conceded at least 50 runs in the IPL innings. During Mumbai Indians’ successful run chase in Delhi on May 1, Chennai Super Kings’ Lungi Ngidi (62) and Shardul Thakur (56) conceded a record combined 118 runs – the most by two bowlers in the same innings.

Two bowlers conceding 50 or more runs in the same IPL innings

Bowler 1	Bowler 2	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
P. Amarnath (1/57)	Jacob Oram (0/53)	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	April 23, 2008	Won
Albie Morkel (2/56)	M. Muralitharan (1/52)	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	April 3, 2010	Won
Sidarth Trivedi (0/59)	Shane Warne (1/50)	Rajasthan Royals	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	April 21, 2011	Lost
Abu Ahmed (0/59)	Varun Aaron (0/50)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	April 19, 2015	Lost
Jasprit Bumrah (0/52)	Hardik Pandya+ (0/51)	Mumbai Indians#	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai (Wankhede)	May 10, 2015	Lost
Karn Sharma (0/57)	Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/55)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	April 12, 2016	Lost
R. Ashwin (0/53)	Mohit Sharma (2/51)	Kings XI Punjab$	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mohali	April 19, 2018	Won
Sam Curran (1/54)	Ankit Rajpoot (1/52)	Kings XI Punjab@	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 10, 2019	Lost
Kuldeep Yadav (1/59)	Prasidh Krishna (0/52)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	April 19, 2019	Lost
Mohammed Shami (1/53)	Hardus Viljoen (1/51)	Kings XI Punjab	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	April 24, 2019	Lost
Lungi Ngidi (1/56)	Piyush Chawla (1/55)	Chennai Super Kings^	Rajasthan Royals	Sharjah	September 22, 2020	Lost
Mohammed Shami (3/53)	Sheldon Cottrell+ (1/52)	Kings XI Punjab	Rajasthan Royals	Sharjah	September 27, 2020	Lost
Lungi Ngidi (0/62)	Shardul Thakur (1/56)	Chennai Super Kings>	Mumbai Indians	Delhi	May 1, 2021	Lost

+ Delivered only 18 balls.

# Yuzvendra Chahal (2/51) also conceded over 50 runs for RCB in the same match.

$ Rashid Khan (1/55) also conceded over 50 runs for SRH in the same match.

@ Hardik Pandya (2/57) also conceded over 50 runs for MI in the same match.

^ Tom Curran (1/54) also conceded over 50 runs for RR in the same match.

> Jasprit Bumrah (1/56) also conceded over 50 runs for MI in the same match.

ALL ABOUT SIXES IN IPL 2021

Sixes hit so far

380

Average number of balls taken to his a six

18

Sixes hit by each team

Sixes	Team
62	Chennai Super Kings
57	Punjab Kings
52	Rajasthan Royals
48	Kolkata Knight Riders
43	Sunrisers Hyderabad
43	Royal Challengers Bangalore
43	Mumbai Indians
32	Delhi Capitals

 

Sixes conceded by each team

Sixes	Team
59	Delhi Capitals
50	Rajasthan Royals
50	Chennai Super Kings
50	Royal Challengers Bangalore
47	Kolkata Knight Riders
45	Mumbai Indians
43	Punjab Kings
36	Sunrisers Hyderabad

 

Sixes hit by teams batting first

207

Sixes hit by teams batting second

173

Sixes hit by winning sides

186

Sixes hit by losing sides

186

Sixes hit in the tied game

8

Most sixes by a batsman in a match

Sixes	Batsman
8	Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians), Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
7	Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals), Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings)
6	Deepak Hooda (Punjab Kings), Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders), Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

 

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Most sixes by a batsman in the tournament

Sixes	Batsman
16	K. L. Rahul (Punjab Kings)
15	Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

 

Most sixes conceded by a bowler in the tournament

Sixes	Bowler
14	Sam Curran (Chennai Super Kings), Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals)
13	Kyle Jamieson (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

 

Most sixes hit by a team in a match

Sixes	Team
16	Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi
14	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai
14	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in Delhi
13	Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai

 

Most sixes hit by both teams in a match

Sixes	Team
30	Chennai Super Kings (16) vs Mumbai Indians (14) in Delhi
26	Chennai Super Kings (12) and Kolkata Knight Riders (14) in Mumbai
24	Punjab Kings (13) and Rajasthan Royals (11) in Mumbai

 

Sixes hit at each of the four grounds

Sixes	Ground
146	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (average of 16 balls per six)
101	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (average of 24 balls per six)
68	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (average of 14 balls per six)
65	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (average of 18 balls per six)

 

Note: At the end of 29 matches.

All records are updated as of May 2, 2021.