IPL 9, Match 3: KXIP v GL – Statistical Highlights

Gujarat Lions started off their IPL campaign with a win against the home team Kings XI Punjab at PCA Stadium, Mohali with a 5-wicket win. After been put into bat, Punjab got off to a flyer with openers Vohra and Vijay putting on a big stand in real quick time. However, after the openers’ departure, Bravo sent back Miller and Maxwell in the same over. KXIP’s scoring rate went down and they could manage only 161 for 6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 162, Gujarat Lions lost McCullum for a duck. However, Aaron Finch carried the GL’s innings with a fine knock. He got supports from captain Raina and Dinesh Karthik. After scoring 74, Finch was stumped off debutant Sahu. Jadeja and Ishan followed Finch without making an impact. However, Karthik made sure his side crossed the line safely. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Suresh Raina made his debut for CSK and for Gujarat Lions in IPL against Kings XI Punjab. Both were at PCA Stadium, Mohali. Interestingly, he hit six on the 2nd ball in both the games.

5 – Runs scored by David Miller as captain in T20s before this game. His scores in the 3 T20s he has played before are: 5 (6), 0 (1) and 0 (1). He got out for 15 in this game.

5.33 – Batting average of Glenn Maxwell in IPL at PCA Stadium, Mohali. He has 32 runs in 6 innings at this venue.

6 – Number of teams Aaron Finch has represented in IPL. Parthiv Patel featured for 6 IPL teams as well.

7 – Number of times KXIP lost in their opening game of an IPL season. Only in 2013 and 2014, they won their first game of an IPL season.

7 – Gujarat Lions became the 7th IPL team to win in their debut game of IPL.

8 – Number of 4-wicket hauls Dwayne Bravo has picked up in Twenty20s, the joint 5th most in this format.

28 – Number of consecutive innings in Twenty20s where Suresh Raina hasn’t scored a fifty plus. In this period he has been unbeaten in 40s on 3 occasions.

74 – Aaron Finch’s innings of 74 is the 2nd highest innings without a six in IPL. Mandeep Singh’s 77* in 2013 for KXIP was the highest individual score without a six in IPL.

78 – The 78-run partnership stand between Murali Vijay and Manan Vohra was the first 50+ partnership stand for the 1st wicket for KXIP at PCA Stadium, Mohali since April, 2011.

133 – Matches played by Suresh Raina in IPL, the most by any player. He played all the 132 matches CSK has played in the history of league.

302 – Wickets taken by Dwayne Bravo in Twenty20 format. He became the first bowler to take 300 wickets in this format. Lasith Malinga has 299 wickets in Twenty20s.

2011 – Last time Pardeep Sahu had played a professional cricket match was way back in 2011. His last wicket was Rahul Dravid in 2010 in a List A game.

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