Suresh Raina made 98 against Rajasthan Royals at Centurion and returned to the dug-out believing that he had completed his hundred.
There were six centuries in the first edition.ġ Only one batsman became a victim of the nervous 90s. Gilchrist's tally of 18 dismissals was also the highest by a keeper in the tournament.ħ Number of batsmen who got out without facing a single ball (Piyush Chawla suffered that fate twice).Ħ Number of times a batsman ended a match on winning note with a six.Ħ Lasith Malinga and Dirk Nannes shared the record of inflicting most ducks in the tournament with six each.ģ Hat-tricks seen in the tournament, Yuvraj Singh (twice) and Rohit Sharma were the bowlers involved.Ģ Number of centuries scored in the tournament AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils) and Manish Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore) made the centuries. Lasith Malinga was the only bowler to bowl two maidens.ġ4 Sixes hit off the bowling of Praveen Kumar and Shane Warne - the most conceded by a bowler in the tournament.ĩ Lasith Malinga's victims who were bowled out of a total of 18 wickets that he claimed.Ĩ Number of stumping dismissals effected by Adam Gilchrist in the tournament - the most by any keeper. Before the match, he was tied with Sohail Tanvir who had taken 22 wickets in 2008 edition.Ģ0 Number of maidens bowled in the tournament. Harmeet Singh had to complete the over and he conceded 20 runs off his five deliveries.Ģ3 RP Singh ended up with 23 wickets in the tournament - the most by any bowler in a single IPL tournament. By that time RP had conceded eight runs off just one legal delivery. RP Singh started the over and had to be removed as he bowled two waist-high no-balls. Herschelle Gibbs topped the tally with four ducks.Ħ7.06 Manish Pandey’s unbeaten 114 against Deccan Chargers in the last league match constituted 67.06 per cent of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s total - the highest by any batsman in a match.Ĥ2 Golden ducks recorded in the tournament, Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Rajat Bhatia (Delhi Daredevils) and Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai Indians) did so twice each.Ģ9.68 Percent of runs scored by Chennai Super Kings came from only Matthew Hayden's bat – the highest contribution by any batsman in his teams' runs.Ģ9 Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist topped the list of six-hitting batsmen with 29 sixes in the tournament.Ģ8 RP Singh and Harmeet Singh bowled the most expensive overs of the tournament in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. As many as 622 sixes were hit in 2008.ġ64 Runs scored by Royal Challengers Bangalore's Manish Pandey before getting out for the first time in the tournament.ĩ3 Number of ducks recorded in the tournament. In the 2008, 689 wickets fell.ĥ72 Chennai Super Kings Matthew Hayden ended the tournament as the most successful batsman with 572 runs at an average of 52.00 in 12 matches.ĥ06 Number of sixes hit in the tournament. In the last edition, 1702 fours were hit.Ħ97 Number of wickets that fell in the tournament. The first edition had seen 17937 runs being scored.ġ317 Number of fours hit in the tournament. It has been an amazing journey and let us re-live that one more time.ġ6320 Runs scored in the tournament. MUMBAI: And finally, we can sit down to have a look at some amazing numbers that summarise the wonderful DLF Indian Premier League 2009 season in South Africa.