Stats: Captains and wicketkeepers scoring fifties in an innings in IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir and wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa entered the records books when they scored fifties against the Delhi Daredevils recently. They became the only captain-keeper pair to score fifties in an innings in the IPL on three occasions. In all, as on April 29 2017, there have been 8 such instances when the captain and the keeper have scored fifties in an innings in the IPL.

The first instance of this happening was in the 2014 edition of the tournament. The then Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Watson and wicketkeeper Sanju Samson were the first pair to do so against the Kings XI Punjab at Sharjah. The 2016 edition of the tournament saw 5 such instances happening. AB de Villiers scored a brilliant 82 and Virat Kohli plundered 75 runs in the match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at Bangalore.

Kohli was then involved in other instances but with a different wicket-keepers. Kohli and KL Rahul achieved this feat twice in the previous edition of the tournament. Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa hold the distinction of doing the rare double on 3 occasions with their first coming in the previous edition against the Kings XI Punjab.

This year, they have already done this twice and in two consecutive matches. They hammered runs at will in the fixture against the Rising Pune Supergiant in the match that preceded their clash against the Delhi Daredevils. They repeated their heroics against the Daredevils.

The only other Indian pair to be in the list is Murali Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha. They achieved the distinction while playing for the Kings XI Punjab last year against the Mumbai Indians at Vizag.

Here is the list of instances of captain and wicket keeper scoring fifties in an innings in IPL:

Stats Courtesy: H R Gopalakrishna ( Hrgcricstats.com )