One step closer to playoffs, Kohli Force wins over the Orange Army- SRH v RCB Statistical Review

One step closer to playoffs, Kohli Force wins over the Orange Army- SRH v RCB Statistical Review: The Match 52 of the Indian Premier League was perhaps one of the most dramatic matches of the tournament. Rain played a spoilsport in the initial phase of the match which was followed by a butchering partnership between Warner and Henriques for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. To add to the discomfort of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, their fielding was way below the par line with a number of dropped chances and mis-fieldings.

Finally, in the rain intervened match, SRH scored a total of a mammoth 135 runs in their 11 overs (reduced). After which, rain intruded again and ultimately things went down to 6 overs with a target of 81 runs for RCB. It was a daunting task but not in front of a gigantic Jamaican named Chris Gayle. He gave RCB a flying start and scored a swaggering 35 runs off just 10 deliveries to set the pace in the chase.

SRH, however bounced back, courtesy of Moises Henriques, who picked up the wickets of Gayle and de Villiers in successive deliveries.

Yet, with 13 runs required off the last over, it was the RCB captain who once again proved his class and won the game for RCB with a ball to spare.

After today’s victory by 6 wickets, RCB inched closer for a position in the play offs.

The match in Numbers:

• Number of fours hit by SRH/RCB: 11/7
• Number of sixes hit by SRH/RCB: 6/5
• Number of dot balls bowled by SRH/RCB: 9/13
• Number of Wide deliveries bowled by SRH/RCB: 1/2
• Number of No balls bowled by SRH/RCB: 0/2
• Highest Run scorer of the Match: Moises Henriques (57 off 22 deliveries)
• Highest Wicket taker of the match: Moises Henriques (1-0-3-2)
• Net run rate: +0.50 in favour of RCB and -0.50 in favour of SRH

Other Statistical Facts of the Match:

• Chris Gayle has the most number of runs by an overseas player in IPL with 3099 runs. He is followed by David Warner with 2519 runs.
• Moises Henriques’ strike rate in today’s game was 259. This is the highest by any SRH player with more than 50 runs in that particular innings in the history of IPL.
• Henriques scored the third fastest fifty in this IPL today. He scored 50 off 20 balls. The list is topped by Andre Russell and Harbhajan Singh with both scoring their half centuries off 19 deliveries.
• Mitchell Starc conceded his first six in this year’s IPL in today’s match by Eoin Morgan. He has bowled 205 deliveries before conceding his first six.
• The blistering partnership between Warner and Henriques contributed 103 runs off 43 balls with a strike rate of 240. This is the second highest strike rate for a partnership over 50 in IPL.
• SRH reached to 100 runs in just 48 balls. This is the second best as far the records go. The chart is led by CSK who scored their first 100 runs in 41 balls in an IPL match.
• This was RCB’s fourth rain affected match of the season.
• 17 runs came off in the first over of the RCB innings. This is the second most expensive first over of an innings in this season. The most expensive one was bowled by Pat Cummins against Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens.
• Today’s win marked Virat Kohli’s 26^th victory as a captain with a win percentage of 52.94%.