IPL 9, Match 33: DD v RPS – Statistical Highlights

Rising Pune Supergiants managed to get their 3rd win in the season after they defeated Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla by 7 wickets. After putting DD into bat, RPS bowlers done a great job to restrict the opposition for just 162/7 in 20 overs. RPS had struggled during their chase but chased down by losing just 3 wickets and with 5 balls to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

3 – Number of matches Rising Pune Supergiants has won this season. All while chasing. They won 3 out of 4 matches while chasing but lost all the 5 games while batting first.

3 – Number of times Mohammad Shami conceded more than 40 runs in Twenty20 Cricket. All the 3 instances have come against a team which has MS Dhoni as captain. Last instance was vs CSK also on May 5th (2014) and also at Feroz Shah Kotla.

6.4 – Rajat Bhatia’s economy rate in this IPL season, the best for any player.

8 – Number of fifty plus scores Ajinkya Rahane has scored in successful runchases in IPL. Only 3 players have scored more than Rahane.

15 – Number of consecutive matches in IPL Delhi Daredevils has played without continuing their XI from the previous game. 8 in this season and last 7 games in previous season.

14 – Number of sixes Carlos Brathwaite has hit in Twenty20 Cricket in last 51 balls he faced. He hit 7 sixes in 23 balls in IPL and 7 sixes in 28 balls in WT20.

19 – Number of times Ajinkya Rahane has taken 37 or more balls for completing his fifty in IPL. Out of 23 fifty plus scores, only 4 times he took 36 or lesser balls for his fifty in IPL.

23 – Number of fifty plus scores Ajinkya Rahane has in IPL. Only 5 players have scored more fifty plus scores in IPL.

28 – Balls taken by JP Duminy for scoring his first boundary. He scored 34 off 32 balls with only 1 four.

50 – Runs conceded by Mohammad Shami in the game, the most he has conceded in a Twenty20. Previous most was 45 runs vs CSK for DD in 2014.

150 – Number of wickets Imran Tahir has picked up in Twenty20 Cricket. He is the first South African spinner to do so.

How did the match pan out? – IPL 9, Match 33 Review: Pune end their drought with a win over DD