IPL 10, Match 9, RPS v DD – Statistical Highlights

After losing out to Royal Challengers Bangalore from nowhere, Delhi Daredevils bounced back strongly with a record win over the home side Rising Pune Supergiant. A century from Sanju Samson, the first of the 2017 season and a late blitz from Chris Morris helped Daredevils post a total of 205 which was easily defended by their bowlers with a collective effort by bundling out RPS for just 108 runs. Here we look at all the records and stats created during the game.

1 – All 10 Rising Pune Supergiant batsmen getting out ‘caught’ was the first occasion in IPL where all 10 wickets were caught out in an innings. This is the 10th such instance in Twenty20 cricket.

6 – Number of players including Sanju Samson scored an IPL century for Delhi Daredevils so far. Kings XI Punjab had 7 players scoring centuries in IPL for them, the most number of players for any team in IPL.

22y 151d – An IPL century at an age of 22 years and 151 days made Sanju Samson the 2nd youngest player to score a century in the IPL history. Youngest: Manish Pandey at an age of 19 years and 253 days in 2009.

62 – Runs scored by Delhi Daredevils in the powerplay overs of this game are the most for them since their 64 runs effort in 2012 IPL against Deccan Chargers.

62 – Balls taken by Sanju Samson for scoring his century in this game, the 6th slowest century in IPL. The slowest century in IPL is in 67 balls by Manish Pandey in 2009.

82 – Runs scored by Delhi Daredevils in the last 5 overs of this game are the most for them in any IPL game from 16-20 overs. They never scored more than 70 runs in the last 5 overs of an IPL game previously.

97 – Margin of victory for Delhi Daredevils in this game, the joint 8th biggest win in terms of runs in IPL and DD’s biggest win. The previous biggest win in terms of runs in IPL for DD was the 67-run vs RR in 2010.

97 – Number of IPL games Ajinkya Rahane has played before leading a team for the first time in this league, the most number of matches for a player before his first match as a captain among the players who have led a team at least once so far. Murali Vijay held the record by leading his team in the 93rd game he has featured in IPL.

205/4 – Delhi Daredevils’ total of 205/4 in this game is their 3rd highest total in IPL so far. Their highest is 231/4 vs KXIP in 2011.

422.22 – Chris Morris’ strike-rate of 422.22 in this game is the 3rd highest strike-rate in a Twenty20 innings for any player. (Min: 30 runs) Highest is 442.85 by Mark Ealham who scored an unbeaten 31 in 7 balls.

422.22 – Chris Morris’ 422.22 strike-rate in this game is the first instance of a player having 400+ strike-rate is an innings in IPL. (Min: 30 runs) Previous best: 387.5 by AB de Villiers during his 31 off 8 balls in 2013 vs PWI.

2012 – Last time before this game, Delhi Daredevils posted a 200+ total in IPL was way back in 2012. This was only their 3rd total of 200+ in IPL so far.