Harshal Patel joins Anil Kumble in IPL record books
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel picked up five wickets against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2021 opener in Chennai on April 9.
Published : Apr 14, 2021 21:48 IST
The number of bowlers who have taken five-wicket hauls against five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champion Mumbai Indians (MI) before Harshal Patel’s 5/27 in Chennai on April 9. The previous best bowling figures against MI were 4/6 by the team’s current captain, Rohit Sharma, who did so while playing for Deccan Chargers at Centurion Park in South Africa on May 6, 2009. Incidentally, Sharma also claimed a hat-trick during that bowling performance.
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| Bowling figures | Overs | Bowler | Team | Venue | Date | Result |
| 5/27 | 4.0 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai | April 9, 2021 | Won |
| 4/6 | 2.0 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | May 6, 2009 | Won |
| 4/9 | 4.0 | Samuel Badree | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | April 14, 2017 | Lost |
| 4/14 | 4.0 | Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur | May 26, 2008 | Won |
| 4/14 | 4.0 | Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | Dubai | April 25, 2014 | Won |
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The number of bowlers who have taken five-wicket hauls for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Harshal Patel being the second to do so.
Best bowling figures for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IP L
| Bowling figures | Overs | Bowler | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
| 5/5 | 3.1 | Anil Kumble | Rajasthan Royals | Cape Town | April 18, 2009 | Won |
| 5/25 | 4.0 | Jaydev Unadkat | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | May 10, 2013 | Won |
| 5/27 | 4.0 | Harshal Patel | Mumbai Indians | Chennai | April 9, 2021 | Won |
| 4/9 | 4.0 | Samuel Badree | Mumbai Indians | Bengaluru | April 14, 2017 | Lost |
| 4/11 | 3.0 | Chris Jordan | Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru | May 14, 2016 | Won |
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The number of bowlers who have taken five-wicket hauls in the opening match of an IPL season. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Harshal Patel became the first against Mumbai Indians in Chennai on April 9.
Best bowling figures in the opening match of an IPL season
| Bowling figures | Overs | Bowler | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
| 5/27 | 4.0 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai Indians | Chennai | April 9, 2021 | Won |
| 4/13 | 4.0 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi Daredevils | Kolkata | April 3, 2013 | Won |
| 4/20 | 4.0 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians | Abu Dhabi | April 16, 2014 | Won |
| 4/23 | 4.0 | Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata Knight Riders | Abu Dhabi | April 16, 2014 | Lost |
| 3/9 | 4.0 | Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai | March 23, 2019 | Won |
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The number of occasions when both captains also kept wickets in the same IPL match. In the second game of IPL 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Chennai Super Kings’ M. S. Dhoni and Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant became the ninth such pair to do so. Interestingly, Dhoni was captaining in his 189th match – an IPL record – while Pant was appearing in his first as an IPL skipper.
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Both teams’ captains also playing as wicketkeepers in the same match
| Player 1 (team) | Player 2 (team) | Matches | Period |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers/Kings XI Punjab) | 9 | May 2008-April 2013 |
| Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) | 1 | April 2009 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab/Deccan Chargers) | Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers/Kings XI Punjab) | 3 | March 2010-April 2011 |
| Dinesh Karthik (Delhi Daredevils) | Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) | 1 | March 2010 |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | Kumar Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab/Deccan Chargers) | 2 | April 2010-May 2011 |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | Parthiv Patel (Kochi Tuskers Kerala) | 1 | May 2011 |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | Dinesh Karthik (Delhi Daredevils/Kolkata Knight Riders) | 6 | April 2014-October 2020 |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) | 2 | October 2020-November 2020 |
| M. S. Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) | Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals) | 1 | April 2021 |
Note: In all eight captains-wicketkeepers have been involved.
601
The number of fours hit by Shikhar Dhawan in his IPL career. During his match-winning knock of 85 in the second match of the 2021 season at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Dhawan became the first batsman to hit 600 fours in his IPL career. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s David Warner is second best with 510. Having appeared for four IPL teams since his debut in 2008, here’s a summary of Dhawan’s fours.
Shikhar Dhawan’s 601 fours in the IPL
| Team | Period | Innings | Balls | Fours | Balls/four |
| Delhi Capitals + | 2008, 2019-21* | 48 | 1,160 | 176 | 6.59 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2009-10 | 14 | 215 | 26 | 8.27 |
| Deccan Chargers | 2011-12 | 29 | 749 | 105 | 7.13 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2013-17 | 85 | 2,026 | 294 | 6.89 |
| Total | 2008-21* | 176 | 4,150 | 601 | 6.91 |
+ Known as Delhi Daredevils from 2008 to 2018.
Most fours hit by a batsman in IPL cricket
| Fours | Batsman | Innings | Balls | Balls/four |
| 601 | Shikhar Dhawan | 176 | 4,150 | 6.91 |
| 510 | David Warner | 142 | 3,712 | 7.28 |
| 507 | Virat Kohli | 185 | 4,525 | 8.93 |
| 496 | Suresh Raina | 190 | 3,951 | 7.97 |
| 492 | Gautam Gambhir | 152 | 3,404 | 6.92 |
All about sixes in IPL 2021
Sixes hit so far
43
Balls taken to hit the first six of 2021
17
Sixes hit by each team
| Sixes | Team |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings & Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 8 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 6 | Mumbai Indians |
| 5 | Delhi Capitals |
| 4 | Royals Challengers Bangalore |
Sixes conceded by each team
| Sixes | Team |
| 10 | Delhi Capitals & Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 6 | Royals Challengers Bangalore |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians |
Sixes hit by teams batting first
24
Sixes hit by teams batting second
19
Most sixes hit by a batsman in a match
4: Suresh Rana (Chennai Super Kings) & Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
3: Chris Lynn (Mumbai Indians), Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals), Manish Pandey (Sunrisers Hyderabad) & Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Note: At the end of three matches.
All records are updated as of April 12, 2021.