IPL 2018: Match 42, Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Statistical Highlights

The result of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils match confirmed the fate of both the teams in the tournament as SRH became the first to qualify for the playoffs with their 6th consecutive win while DD became the first to be knocked out of the race. Rishabh Pant batted out through the DD innings to score an unbeaten 128 to help the home team finish with 187/5. The score proved to be too less against the inform SRH team as a record stand between Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson saw them through seamlessly with seven balls to spare.

Here we look at all the stats and numbers that were created during Sunrisers’ record run-chase:

20y 218d – At the age of 20 years and 218 days, Rishabh Pant became the 2nd youngest player to score a century in the IPL. The youngest player to score an IPL hundred is Manish Pandey who did that at the age of 19 years and 253 days in the 2009 edition.

20y 218d – Rishabh Pant became the youngest player to complete 1000 runs in the IPL. The youngest player before him was Sanju Samson at the age of 21 years and 183 days.

51 – Only the 2nd time Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 50+ runs in a Twenty20 match. He was taken for 55 runs by RCB in the 2016 edition where Sarfaraz Khan scored 22 runs in his last five balls.

68.45 – Percentage of DD’s total Rishabh Pant scored in the game. This is the 2nd highest % of team’s total scored by a player in a completed IPL inning. Brendon McCullum scored 71.17% of KKR’s total during his unbeaten 158-run knock.

128* – Rishabh Pant’s 128* is the highest individual score in a losing cause in the IPL. The previous highest was Andrew Symonds’ 117* for DC against RR in the first edition.

Pant’s 128* is the 5th highest individual score in the IPL and the highest for Delhi Daredevils surpassing Virender Sehwag’s 119 against DC in the 2011 edition.

128* – Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 128 is the highest individual score by an Indian in the Twenty20 format. He surpassed Murali Vijay’s 127 from IPL 2010 while playing for CSK against RR.

176* – The unbeaten 176-run stand between Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson is the highest partnership for any wicket for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Dhawan shared a 139-run stand with David Warner for the opening wicket in the 2017 edition against KKR which was their previous best partnership.

188 – Sunrisers’ chase of 188 in this match is their highest ever surpassing the 186-run chase against CSK in 2014. This is also the joint highest chase for any team against Daredevils in the IPL. CSK also successfully chased a 188-run target in the 2008 edition.