IPL 10, Match 26, Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Highlights

Kings XI Punjab finally bagged a win after losing 4 in a row as they defeated the Gujarat Lions by 26 runs at Rajkot. A fifty from Hashim Amla was supported by thirties from Marsh, Maxwell and Axar helped KXIP to post 188/7 in their 20 overs after being put into bat by the home side.

Gujarat Lions were tamed by the KXIP spinners in the middle overs by not allowing them to raise the run-rate as they were left to chase 41 runs in the last two overs despite Dinesh Karthik’s fight.

0 – Number of sixes Hashim Amla hit off Ravindra Jadeja in any format before this game. Amla faced 57 balls in ODIs and 208 balls in Tests off Jadeja but never hit a six.

3 – Number of times in the 9 IPL games at Rajkot the team batting first won. Kings XI Punjab have successfully defended their total twice at this venue.

3 – Hashim Amla now has 3 fifty-plus scores in this IPL so far. He is one of the three players to score three fifty-plus scores in this IPL. Nitish Rana and Moises Henriques are the other two.

17 – Glenn Maxwell’s batting average in Twenty20s against Ravindra Jadeja. Maxwell scored 51 runs in 36 balls off Jadeja and got out on three occasions including this game.

23y 93d – Age at which Axar Patel has completed 50 wickets in the IPL, he is the 3rd youngest player to complete 50 wickets in the IPL. Only Piyush Chawla (22y 140d) and Sandeep Sharma (22y 361d) completed 50 IPL wickets at younger than Axar.

51 – Wickets picked by Axar Patel in the IPL so far. Suresh Raina’s wicket was his 50th IPL wicket. All his wickets in IPL have come for Kings XI Punjab. He became the 3rd bowler after Piyush Chawla and Sandeep Sharma.

65 – Runs scored by Hashim Amla in this game, the 4th highest score by any player in the next innings after scoring a century in the IPL. Shane Watson scored 98* in 2013 in the game after he scored a century.

100 – Number of dismissals Dinesh Karthik has affected as wicketkeeper in the IPL so far. He became the first wicketkeeper to effect 100 dismissals in the IPL.

299 – Runs scored by Hashim Amla in this IPL so far, the most by any player in this season as of now. He went past David Warner’s tally of 282 runs.