Jasprit Bumrah in elite 100-club

Jasprit Bumrah is the fifth player to appear in 100 or more IPL matches while representing just one franchise throughout their career.

Jasprit Bumrah is handed jersey no. 100 by Zaheer Khan for his 100th match for Mumbai Indians.

5 The number of players, who have appeared in 100 or more IPL matches — representing just one franchise throughout their career. Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah is the latest entrant to this exclusive list. He achieved this landmark when he appeared for MI in the opening match of the second leg of the 2021 IPL edition in Dubai, against CSK.

100 or more IPL matches while playing for just one franchise

Mts	Player	For	Span
200	Virat Kohli	RCB	2008-
172	Kieron Pollard	MI	2010-
125	Sunil Narine	KKR	2012-
122	Lasith Malinga	MI	2009-2019
100	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	2013-

Note:

*Except for Malinga, the rest are still playing in the IPL

*On September 20, 2021 (the next day after Bumrah’s milestone) Kohli became the first player to appear in 200 IPL matches and he did this for just one franchise!

 

6 The number of top-order batsmen who have been dismissed for a golden duck on most occasions in IPL cricket. AB de Villiers is the recent entrant to this dubious list, when he was dismissed off the first ball against Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on September 20, 2021.

Most number of golden ducks by top order batsmen in IPL

Golden Ducks	Top order batsman	Career ducks
7+	Gautam Gambhir	12
7++	A. T. Rayudu	13
6+	Jacques Kallis	9
6	Suresh Raina	8
6	Parthiv Patel	13
6	AB de Villiers	10

+ includes one duck without facing a ball

++ includes two ducks without facing a ball

 

5 The number of occasions batting sides have won with 60 or more balls to spare, while chasing a target in IPL history. KKR’s nine wicket victory with 60 balls to spare against RCB in Abu Dhabi on September 20, 2021 is the fifth such occasion in IPL cricket.

Victories in IPL cricket with margins of 60 or more balls to spare

Balls remaining	Won by wickets	Winning Team	Losing Team	Venue	Date
87	8	MI	KKR	Mumbai WS	16 May 2008
76	8	KTK	RR	Indore	15 May 2011
73	10	PBKS	DCp	Mohali	30 Apr 2017
71	10	RCB	PBKS	Indore	14 May 2018
60	9	KKR	RCB	Abu Dhabi	20 Sep 2021

80 The number of innings, KL Rahul took to reach 3000 runs in IPL cricket. He did so during his knock of 49 for the Punjab Kings against Rajasthan Royals in Dubai on September 21, 2021. He thus became he second quickest to reach this landmark — in fewest number of innings than any of the 18 batsmen in IPL history who have the distinction of going past the 3000-run mark. His current team-mate Chris Gayle, who holds this record, did so in just 75 innings.

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Quickest to reach 3000 IPL runs — fewest innings

Inns	Mts	Batsman	Achieved on	Runs	Ave	100s	50s
75	76	Chris Gayle	May 6, 2015	3065	47.89	5	18
80	89	KL Rahul	Sep 21, 2021	3027	46.57	2	25
94	94	David Warner	May 12, 2016	3040	36.63	2	28
103	107	Suresh Raina	May 7, 2014	3014	34.64	1	19
104	110	Ajinkya Rahane	May 16, 2017	3013	33.48	1	25
104	115	AB de Villiers	May 14, 2016	3108	38.85	3	19

Note: In terms of matches, too, Rahul (89) is behind Gayle (76)

 

4 The number of 100-plus opening stands between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in IPL. They became the fourth opening pair to achieve this during the 120-run stand in Dubai on September 21, 2021 against Rajasthan Royals. Unfortunately, the Punjab pair had ended on the losing side on all the four occasions. This is indeed a dubious record for this pair since no other opening pairs have managed to lose the IPL match more than once (10 other pairs with a 100-plus opening stand have lost the game).

Most 100-plus opening stands by a pair in IPL cricket

100s	Batsman1	Batsman2	For	Inns	Runs	Ave	50s	HP
6	Shikhar Dhawan	David Warner	SRH	48	2200	47.23	12	139
5	Jonny Bairstow	David Warner	SRH	24	1401	58.38	7	185
4	Chris Gayle	Virat Kohli	RCB	28	1210	46.54	4	147
4	KL Rahul	Mayank Agarwal	PBKS	20	1130	56.50	4	183

 

The four 100-plus opening stands between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in IPL cricket (all for Punjab Kings)

Runs	Inns	Against	Venue	Date	Result
183	1	Rajasthan Royals	Sharjah	Sep 27, 2020	Lost by 4 wickets
122	1	Delhi Capitals	Mumbai WS	Apr 18, 2021	Lost by 6 wickets
120	2	Rajasthan Royals	Dubai	Sep 21, 2021	Lost by 2 runs
115	2	Kolkata Knight Riders	Abu Dhabi	Oct 10, 2020	Lost by 2 runs

 

2 The number of players, younger than Arshdeep Singh, to claim a five-wicket haul in IPL cricket. Incidentally, only five bowlers have managed to do so under the age of 23 years. Unfortunately for Arshdeep, he is the only one in this list to be involved in a losing cause.

Youngest to claim a five-wicket haul in IPL cricket

Age	Bowler	Bowling	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
21y-204	Jaydev Unadkat	5/25	RCB	DCp	Delhi	May 10, 2013	Won
22y-168d	Alzarri Joseph	6/12	MI	SRH	Hyderabad	Apr 6, 2019	Won
22y-228d	Arshdeep Singh	5/32	PBKS	RR	Dubai	Sep 21, 2021	Lost
22y-237d	Ishant Sharma	5/12	DCh	KTK	Kochi	Apr 27, 2011	Won
22y363d	James Faulkner	5/20	RR	SRH	Jaipur	Apr 27, 2013	Won

6 The number of occasions Shikhar Dhawan has now made 400-plus runs in consecutive years in the IPL. During his knock of 42 for Delhi against Hyderabad in Dubai on September 22, 2021, Dhawan became the first batsman in 2021 to aggregate 400-plus runs in IPL. By doing so, he has now become only the third batsman in IPL history to aggregate 400-plus runs in six or consecutive editions. Suresh Raina and David Warner have done it on seven consecutive occasions. Incidentally, this was the eighth occasion Shikhar Dhawan has managed to cross the 400-run mark in a single edition. Only Suresh Raina has done it more times (9) than Dhawan.

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Batsmen with 400+ runs in six or more consecutive editions of the IPL

 

Suresh Raina (CSK)

Year	Runs	Inns	Ave
2008	421	14	38.27
2009	434	14	31.00
2010	520	16	47.27
2011	438	16	31.29
2012	441	18	25.94
2013	548	17	42.15
2014	523	16	40.23

 

David Warner (DC/SRH)

Year	Runs	Inns	Ave
2013+	410	16	31.54
2014	528	14	48.00
2015	562	14	43.23
2016	848	17	60.57
2017	641	14	58.27
2018	692	12	69.20
2019	548	16	39.14

+ for Delhi Capitals

 

Shikhar Dhawan (SRH/DC)

Year	Runs	Inns	Ave
2016	501	17	38.54
2017	479	14	36.85
2018	497	16	38.23
2019	521	16	34.73
2020	618	17	44.14
2021	422	9*	52.75

Note: For Delhi Capitals since 2019

 

All records are updated and correct as of September 22, 2021