IPL 9, Match 29: RPS v MI – Statistical Highlights

Mumbai Indians registered a hat-trick of wins after defeating Rising Pune Supergiants by 8 wickets at the MCA Stadium, Pune. After being put into bat, RPS managed to score just 159/5 after getting off to a great start. Yet again, Rohit Sharma led his side from the front in the run chase as he played through the end to ensure his side an 8-wicket win with 9 balls to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

3 – Number of times MI played against Pune franchise in IPL at Pune. They won in all the 3 games.

5 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in this IPL season while chasing, the most by any player in a chase in an IPL season.

7 – Number of times Rohit Sharma has scored more than 75 in an IPL innings.

9 – For the 9th consecutive IPL season, Rohit Sharma has scored more than 360 runs. He is the only player to have scored more than 350 runs in all the 9 seasons so far.

11 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has scored while chasing in IPL. He is only behind Gautam Gambhir (16) and David Warner (16).

13 – Number of times Rohit Sharma has been unbeaten in successful run chases in IPL, the 2nd most by any player.

13 – Number of Man of the match awards Rohit Sharma has received in IPL. Only Chris Gayle (17) and Yusuf Pathan (14) have more match awards than him in IPL.

30 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has scored in IPL, the joint most by any player.

42 – Number of fifties Rohit Sharma has in Twenty20 cricket, the joint most by any Indian. Besides 42 fifties, Rohit has 3 centuries in this format.

122 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma against Scott Boland across all formats including this game. He faced 102 balls and never got out to him.

364 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in this IPL season while chasing. Only 4 players have scored more runs while chasing in an IPL season.

6031 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in Twenty20 cricket.  He is the 7th player and 2nd Indian to score 6000 runs in this format.

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