IPL 10, Match 53, Gujarat Lions v Sunrisers Hyderabad – Statistical Highlights

Sunrisers Hyderabad had the chance of sealing their playoffs’ spot in their hands by winning their final league game over the Gujarat Lions which they grabbed very comfortably to keep their hopes of defending the title alive. After being put into bat, Gujarat raced to 111/0 by 11th over with the help of the fifties from Ishan Kishan and Dwayne Smith.

But the SRH bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar pulled back by restricting the home side for just 154. Later in the chase, they lost a couple of early wickets but David Warner and Vijay Shankar’s fifties helped the defending champions through to the winning line.

2 – Number of times a team has been bowled out after a 100-run opening stand in the IPL including this game. Deccan Chargers were bowled out for 165 vs RCB in 2008 after a 101-run opening stand.

3 – Number of consecutive matches Gujarat Lions have played with only 3 foreigners in their XI. They are the first team in the IPL to play without 4 foreigners in their XI in 3 consecutive games. KKR played their first two games of 2011 IPL season without 4 foreigners in their XI.

5 – Number of matches Sunrisers Hyderabad have played against Gujarat Lions so far. They have won all the 5. They are the 4th team after CSK (vs KXIP), MI (vs KKR) and RCB (vs PWI) to win their first 5 games against an opposition in the IPL.

6 – Number of batsmen bowled in the Gujarat Lions’ innings, the joint 2nd most number of bowled wickets in an IPL innings. 7 KXIP batsmen were bowled vs RCB in 2015 while 6 RCB batsmen were bowled vs RR in 2012. Both those games were hosted by Bangalore.

18y 299d – Age at which Ishan Kishan scored his maiden IPL fifty, the 3rd youngest to score a fifty in the IPL. Sanju Samson scored a fifty at an age of 18y 169d while Rishabh Pant scored ageing 18y 212d.

43 – Runs scored by Gujarat Lions for losing their last 10 wickets, the worst 10-wicket collapse in the IPL history. RCB lost their last 10 wickets for 47 runs vs KKR at Kolkata earlier this season.

43 – Runs scored by Gujarat Lions after a century opening stand, the lowest 10-wicket collapse after a 100-run stand for the first wicket in Twenty20 history. Deccan Chargers managed to add only 64 runs vs RCB in 2008 after a 101-run opening stand.

133* – Partnership stand between David Warner and Vijay Shankar is the 4th highest for any wicket for the Sunrisers in the IPL and the highest for the 3rd wicket. Overall, this is the 13th century stand in the IPL for SRH with Warner being a part of 12.

158/2 – Sunrisers Hyderabad’s score of 158 is the highest total in the IPL without a six. RPS scored 152/7 against the KXIP at Mohali last year.

604 – Runs scored by David Warner in this IPL season. He scored 848 runs last season. He is the 3rd player after Gayle and Kohli to score 600+ runs in two different seasons and the 2nd player after Gayle to do it in successive editions.

2062 – Runs scored by David Warner as captain the IPL so far. He became only the 4th player to score 2000 runs as captain in the IPL and the fastest to reach the milestone (46 innings).

5006 – Runs scored by Shikhar Dhawan in Twenty20 cricket so far. He is the 31st player and the 7th from India to complete 5000 runs in Twenty20s.