IPL 2021: Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan run riot with run records

Virat Kohli became the first batsman in the history of the tournament to aggregate more than 6,000 runs during the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals.

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli in action against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021.

188

Chennai Super Kings’ total against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 19 is now the highest by any team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) without a 40-plus individual score in the innings.

Highest IPL totals without an individual 40-plus score

Total	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result	Highest score
188/9	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 19, 2021	Won	33 (Faf du Plessis)
184/8	Mumbai Indians	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	April 6, 2017	Lost	38 (Jos Buttler)
182/9	Deccan Chargers	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	May 15, 2008	Lost	35 (Rohit Sharma)
179/4	Kings XI Punjab	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	May 23, 2014	Won	40 (Shaun Marsh)
178/6	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali	May 3, 2008	Won	40 (Shaun Marsh)
178/7	Mumbai Indians	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	May 18, 2008	Won	38 (Abhishek Nayar)

7

The number of fielders who have taken four catches in a single IPL match, with Chennai Super Kings’ Ravindra Jadeja becoming the latest to do so against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 19. Interestingly, the first four editions of the tournament saw three instances of this happening, while the last three seasons have seen four (including three in 2019), with no fielder achieving the feat in the seven years between 2012 and ’18. Jadeja also became the third Indian to take four catches in an IPL match after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Tewatia.

Fielders taking four catches in an IPL match

Fielder	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
Sachin Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai (Wankhede)	May 16, 2008	Won
David Warner	Delhi Daredevils	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi	March 31, 2010	Won
Jacques Kallis	Kolkata Knight Riders	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	April 11, 2011	Won
Rahul Tewatia	Delhi Capitals	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai (Wankhede)	March 24, 2019	Won
David Miller	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 10, 2019	Lost
Faf du Plessis	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	April 14, 2019	Won
Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 19, 2021	Won

5,049

The number of runs aggregated by Shikhar Dhawan in his IPL career while opening the innings. He became the first batsman in the history of the tournament to aggregate more than 5,000 runs as an opener during Delhi Capitals’ match against Mumbai Indians in Chennai on April 20.

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Shikhar Dhawan’s IPL career as an opener

Batting position	Innings	Runs	Not outs	Average	Strike rate	Hundreds	Fifties	Highest score
1	31	977	1	32.57	135.88		10	95*
2	130	4,072	17	36.04	127.21	2	29	106*
Total	161	5,049	18	35.31	128.80	2	39	106*

 

Most runs in the IPL while opening the innings

Runs	Batsman	Innings	Not outs	Average	Strike rate	Hundreds	Fifties	Highest score
5,049	Shikhar Dhawan	161	18	35.31	128.80	2	39	106*
4,735	David Warner	126	12	41.54	142.11	4	43	126
4,480	Chris Gayle	122	15	41.87	151.40	6	28	175*
3,597	Gautam Gambhir	123	11	32.12	124.85		34	93
3,462	Ajinkya Rahane	112	14	35.33	123.29	2	24	105*

66

Pat Cummins’ unbeaten knock for Kolkata Knight Riders against Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai on April 21 is now the highest individual score by a batsman coming in at No. 8 or lower in an IPL match.

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Highest individual scores by batsmen at No. 8 or lower in an IPL match

Score (Balls)	Batsman	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result	Batting position
66* (34)	Pat Cummins	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 21, 2021	Lost	8
64 (24)	Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai Indians	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 12, 2015	Lost	8
52* (41)	Chris Morris	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 22, 2017	Lost	8
49* (18)	Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai Indians	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai (DY Patil)	March 28, 2010	Won	9
45* (30)	Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai Indians	Rising Pune Supergiant	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 9, 2016	Lost	8

6,029

The number of runs aggregated by Virat Kohli in his IPL career. He became the first batsman in the history of the tournament to aggregate more than 6,000 runs during the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore – the only team the India skipper has played for in the IPL – and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai on April 22. Suresh Raina with 5,472 runs is next on the list.

First to reach run landmarks in the IPL

Runs	Batsman	Team+	Matches	Innings	Achieved on	No. of batsmen to reach the milestone
1,000	Adam Gilchrist	Deccan Chargers	32	32	March 14, 2010	76
2,000	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	72	69	April 30, 2012	39
3,000	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	107	103	May 7, 2014	17
4,000	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	136	128	May 18, 2016	10
5,000	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	177	173	March 23, 2019	5
6,000	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	196	188	April 22, 2021	1

+Team the batsman was playing for at that time.

20

Devdutt Padikkal’s age when he scored his maiden century for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 22. At 20 years and 289 days, he became the third-youngest batsman to register a century in IPL history. Padikkal is also the second-youngest to register a three-figure score as an opener in the IPL after Manish Pandey.

Youngest batsmen to score IPL centuries

Age	Batsman	Score	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
19 years, 253 days	Manish Pandey	114*	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Deccan Chargers	Centurion	May 21, 2009	Won
20 years, 218 days	Rishabh Pant	128*	Delhi Daredevils	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Delhi	May 10, 2018	Lost
20 years, 289 days	Devdutt Padikkal	101*	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai (Wankhede)	April 22, 2021	Won
22 years, 151 days	Sanju Samson	102	Delhi Daredevils	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	April 11, 2017	Won
23 years, 122 days	Quinton de Kock	108	Delhi Daredevils	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	April 17, 2016	Won

ALL ABOUT SIXES IN IPL 2021

Sixes hit so far

247

Average number of balls taken to his a six

19

Sixes hit by each team

Sixes	Team
45	Chennai Super Kings
39	Kolkata Knight Riders
33	Rajasthan Royals
33	Punjab Kings
31	Sunrisers Hyderabad
28	Royal Challengers Bangalore
23	Mumbai Indians
15	Delhi Capitals

 

Sixes conceded by each team

Sixes	Team
37	Royal Challengers Bangalore
37	Rajasthan Royals
36	Delhi Capitals
34	Kolkata Knight Riders
31	Chennai Super Kings
27	Punjab Kings
23	Sunrisers Hyderabad
22	Mumbai Indians

 

Sixes hit by teams batting first

127

Sixes hit by teams batting second

120

Sixes hit by winning sides

120

Sixes hit by losing sides

119

Sixes hit in the tied game

8

Most sixes by a batsman in a match

Sixes	Batsman
7	Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
6	Deepak Hooda (Punjab Kings), Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders), Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

 

Most sixes hit by a team in a match

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

 

Most sixes hit by both teams in a match

Sixes	Teams
26	Chennai Super Kings (12) and Kolkata Knight Riders (14) in Mumbai
24	Punjab Kings (13) and Rajasthan Royals (11) in Mumbai

 

Most sixes hit at a ground

Sixes	Ground
146	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (average of 16 balls per six)
101	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (average of 24 balls per six)

 

Note: At the end of 20 matches.

All records are updated as of April 25, 2021.