Statsman: Dhoni achieves another milestone

M. S. Dhoni became the first keeper to take 202 catches in T20 cricket. He achieved the milestone in Chennai Super Kings’ IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Navi Mumbai on May 8, 2022.

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni has the most number of catches in T20 cricket.

202 The number of catches taken by wicketkeeper M. S. Dhoni in T20 cricket. He became the first keeper to achieve this milestone in this format. It came in Chennai Super Kings’ IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Navi Mumbai on May 8, 2022.

Most catches while keeping wickets in T20 cricket

Cts	Wicketkeeper	from-to	Mts	Inns
202	M. S. Dhoni	2006-	361	348
185	Dinesh Karthik	2006-	341	299
172	Kamran Akmal	2005-	291	281
169	Quinton de Kock	2011-	260	227
150	Denesh Ramdin	2006-2021	229	226

 

5/10 The bowling figures achieved by Jasprit Bumrah for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders in Navi Mumbai on May 9, 2022. This is now the second best bowling performance by a Mumbai Indians bowler after the 6/12 by Alzarri Joseph (on his IPL debut) against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 6, 2019. These are also the fifth best bowling figures in IPL cricket history and the second best by an Indian after Anil Kumble’s 5/5 for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town on April 18, 2009. However, Bumrah’s figures are the best by an Indian pace bowler and the second best overall in the IPL in a losing cause.

Best bowling by an Indian paceman in the IPL

Figures	overs	Bowler	For	Agst	Venue	Date	Result
5/10	4	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	KKR	Mumbai DYP	May 9, 2022	Lost
5/12	3	Ishant Sharma	Deccan	Kochi	Kochi	Apr 27, 2011	Won
5/14	4	Ankit Rajpoot	PBKS	SRH	Hyderabad	Apr 26, 2018	Lost
5/19	4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	PBKS	Hyderabad	Apr 17, 2017	Won
5/21	4	Munaf Patel	MI	PBKS	Mohali	May 10, 2011	Lost

 

Best bowling in a losing cause in the IPL

Figures	overs	Bowler	For	Agst	Venue	Date
6/19	4	Adam Zampa	RPS	SRH	Visakhapatnam	May 10, 2016
5/10	4	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	KKR	Mumbai DYP	May 9, 2022
5/14	4	Ankit Rajpoot	PBKS	SRH	Hyderabad	Apr 26, 2018
5/15	2	Andre Russell	KKR	MI	Chennai	Apr 13, 2018
5/16	4	James Faulkner	RR	SRH	Hyderabad	May 17, 2013

 

4771 The number of days (I.e. 13 years, 23 days), Ravichandran Ashwin took to register his maiden IPL fifty while playing for Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Navi Mumbai on May 11, 2022. This is now the longest time, in terms of days, taken by an IPL batter to score a maiden IPL fifty. Previously, Ashwin’s India spin twin Ravindra Jadeja held the record of 4549 days when he made his maiden IPL fifty in October 2020, while playing for CSK. Incidentally, Ashwin also took the maximum number of matches (179) to achieve this milestone. Interestingly, in the same match, Mitchell Marsh also made his maiden fifty (89) while playing for Hyderabad. He also took over 12 years to achieve this in the IPL having made his debut way back 2010. Therefore, both Ashwin and Marsh find a place in the table below.

Maximum days taken to register a maiden fifty since IPL debut

Days	Y-M-D	Batter	Mts	Inns	Runs	For	Debut	Achieved on
4771	13y-23d	R. Ashwin	179	71	50	RR	Apr 18, 2009	May 11, 2022
4549	12y-5m-13d	Ravindra Jadeja	174	132	50	CSK	Apr 19, 2008	Oct 2, 2020
4415	12y-1m-2d	Mitchell Marsh	27	21	89	DCp	Apr 9, 2010	May 11, 2022
2548	6y-11-23d	Harbhajan Singh	98	61	64	MI	Apr 20, 2008	Apr 12, 2015
2341	6y-4m-26d	Pat Cummins	24	17	53*	KKR	May 20, 2014	Oct 16, 2020

 

Most matches taken to register a maiden IPL fifty

Mts	Inns	Batter	Runs
179	71	R. Ashwin	50
174	132	Ravindra Jadeja	50
98	61	Harbhajan Singh	64
78	29	Sunil Narine	54

 

5 The number of leg-before decisions in the match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on May 12, 2022, now equals the maximum number of LBWs in an IPL match.

Most number of batters dismissed LBW in an IPL match

LBWs	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date	Result (match won by)
5	KKR (2)	MI (3)	Mumbai WS	Apr 9, 2017	MI
5	CSK (3)	MI (2)	Mumbai WS	May 12, 2022	MI
4	PBKS (2)	KKR (2)	Abu Dhabi	Apr 26, 2014	PBKS
4	KKR (2)	SRH (2)	Hyderabad	May 19, 2013	SRH
4	DCp (4)	KKR (0)	Kolkata	Apr 28, 2017	KKR
4	DCp (3)	KKR (1)	Delhi	Apr 30, 2016	DCp

Note:In the Kolkata match the first four Delhi Capitals players were dismissed leg before (LBW), which incidentally is the maximum LBW dismissals in an IPL innings.

 

 

 

5 The number of overseas players younger than Matheesha Pathirana (19y-148d) to appear in an IPL match. The Sri Lankan made his IPL debut for Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium against the Gujarat Titans on May 15, 2022. Earlier this season, South African Dewald Brevis made his IPL debut at the age of 18y-342d, making him the fifth youngest player to do so.

Youngest overseas players to make debut in the IPL

Age	Player	For	Agnst	Venue	Date	Result	Country
17y-11d	Mujeeb-ur-Rahman	PBKS	DCp	Mohali	Apr 8, 2018	Won	Afghanistan
17y-283d	Sandeep Lamichhane	DCp	RCB	Delhi	May 12, 2018	Lost	Nepal
18y-170d	Mitchell Marsh	Deccan	RCB	Bangalore	Apr 8, 2010	Won	Australia
18y-197d	Rashid Khan	SRH	RCB	Hyderabad	Apr 5, 2017	Won	Afghanistan
18y-342	Dewald Brevis	MI	KKR	Pune	Apr 6, 2022	Lost	South Africa

98 The number of wickets claimed by Kagiso Rabada in his IPL career. This is now the most wickets taken by a South African in the IPL. He went past the tally of 97 wickets by Dale Steyn in Punjab Kings' match against Delhi Capitals in Navi Mumbai on May 16, 2022.

Most IPL wickets by South African bowlers

Wkts	Bowler	Played for	Mts	Period
98*	Kagiso Rabada	DCp/PBKS	62	2017-
97	Dale Steyn	RCB/Deccan/SRH/GL	95	2008-2020
95	Chris Morris	CSK/RR/DCp/RCB	81	2013-2021
85	Albie Morkel	CSK/RCB/DCp/RPS	91	2008-2016
82	Imran Tahir	DCp/RPS/CSK	59	2014-2021

Note: Among current South African players, the next best after Rabada in terms of wickets is Anrich Nortje with 43 scalps.

 

250 The number of wickets claimed by Jasprit Bumrah in his T20 career. He achieved this personal milestone in the IPL match for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on May 17, 2022. This makes him the fifth Indian bowler to do so after R. Ashwin (275), Yuzvendra Chahal (273), Piyush Chawla (270) and Amit Mishra (262) — all spinners! He therefore, becomes the first Indian paceman to achieve this landmark.

Highest wicket-takers in T20 cricket among Indian pace bowlers

Wkts	Bowler	Period	Mts	Ave	Eco
253	Jasprit Bumrah	2013-	207	21.47	7.01
224	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	2009-	220	25.91	7.17
201	Jaydev Unadkat	2010-	163	23.21	8.00
194	Vijay Kumar	2007-2019	181	25.09	7.85
173	Irfan Pathan	2005-2020	181	26.40	7.60

 

7000 The number of runs scored by Virat Kohli in T20 cricket for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He thus became the only player in T20 cricket history to make these many runs for one team or franchise. In fact, no other player has even managed to aggregate 6000 runs for one side. He achieved this milestone at the Wankhede Stadium against Gujarat Titans on May 19, 2022. This combined aggregate of 7000-plus has come in the IPL (6592 runs) and Champions League (424 runs) while playing for RCB.

Most runs for one side/franchise in T20 cricket

Runs	Batter	For	Mts	Inns	Ave
7016	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)	236	227	36.54
5529	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	200	195	33.11
4980	Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians (MI)	190	186	30.55
4887	Luke Wright	Sussex	173	159	33.47
4852	M. S. Dhoni	Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	228	202	39.13
4522	A. B. de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)	157	145	41.11
4303	James Vince	Hampshire	158	151	31.87
4014	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)	95	95	49.56

All records are correct and updated until May 20, 2022