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IPL 9 was not just about unfancied Sunrisers Hyderabad's triumph, Virat Kohli's run spree or Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman's economy rate.
There was much more.
Check out Rajneesh Gupta's fascinating figures from IPL 9.
18,862 Runs scored in the tournament. Out of which 17,962 came off the bat and 900 were extras. The extras' break-up: 538 wides, 262 leg-byes, 53 no-balls and 47 byes.
1,812 Runs scored by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in boundaries (240 fours and 142 sixes) -- most by any side in a single IPL. Kings XI Punjab scored 1,810 runs in boundaries in the 2014 edition.
1,633 Number of fours in the tournament. Gujarat Lions hit the most (242), while RCB conceded the most (242, again)
973 Runs scored by Virat Kohli -- the most by a batsman in a single IPL season. David Warner, with 848 runs, was the second highest scorer. The record of most runs in a single IPL before this was 733, shared by Chris Gayle and Michael Hussey.
665 Number of wickets that fell in the tournament. The break-up: 323 caught in the field, 111 bowled, 77 caught behind, 74 run-out, 41 lbw, 22 stumped, 14 caught and bowled and 3 hit wicket.
638 Number of sixes hit in the tournament. RCB batsmen hit the most. They also conceded the most.
191.13 Krunal Pandya's strike-rate in the tournament (237 runs off 124 balls) -- the highest for any batsman facing at least 100 balls in this IPL.
169 Number of dot balls bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the tournament -- the most by any bowler.
142 Number of sixes hit by RCB -- the most by any side in a single IPL. Kings XI Punjab had hit 127 sixes in the 2014 edition.
137 Sunrisers Hyderabad's total that was enough to beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 4 runs -- the lowest total successfully defended in the tournament in a full game.
87.66 Chris Gayle's boundary percentage against the Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore -- the highest for any batsman in an innings of 50 or more in the tournament. 64 of his 73 runs were in boundaries (4 fours and 8 sixes).
86.82 A B de Villiers's boundary percentage against Gujarat Lions at Bangalore. 112 of his 129* runs were in boundaries (10 fours and 12 sixes).
81.08 Virat Kohli's batting average in the tournament -- the highest for any batsman scoring 500 runs in a single IPL. Kings XI Punjab's Shaun Marsh had an average of 68.44 in 2008 (while scoring 616).
72 Runs scored by the Gujarat Lions in the Powerplay against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiants -- the most by a side in the Powerplay. They also had two other instances of 70-plus runs in the Powerplay. No other side managed 70 runs in the Powerplay even once.
68.33 Percent of the matches in this edition were won by the chasing sides (41 out of 60).
61 Runs conceded by Shane Watson against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final -- the most by any bowler in a match in the tournament. It was also the most expensive bowling by any bowler in an IPL final.
56 Number of ducks recorded in the tournament. Kings XI Punjab recorded the most -- 13, while Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils recorded the least -- 4 each.
43 Number of balls taken by A B de Villiers to reach his century against the Gujarat Lions -- the fastest century this IPL.
34 Number of singles Virat Kohli ran during his innings of 80 against Rising Pune Supergiants -- the most by any batsman in this edition.
30 Runs conceded by Gujarat Lions' Dwayne Bravo and Shivil Kaushik in one over -- the most by any bowler. Both these performances came in the same game and consecutive overs! Virat Kohli made 13, AB de Villiers 16 and one no-ball constituted Bravo's over. In Kaushik's over, Virat did all the scoring.
23 Wickets taken by Bhuvneshwar Kumar -- the most in the tournament.
22 Number of dot balls Murali Vijay played during his innings of 53 against Rising Pune Supergiants -- the most by any batsman in an innings in the tournament.
20 Number of singles Krunal Pandya conceded off his bowling against the Delhi Daredevils at Delhi -- the most by any bowler in an innings in the tournament.
19 Number of maiden overs bowled in the tournament. Dhawal Kulkarni bowled the most (4).
19 Number of catches taken by A B de Villiers in the field -- the most by any player in a single IPL.
18 Number of dot balls Dwayne Smith delivered against Kolkata Knight Riders at Kanpur -- the most by any bowler in an innings in the tournament. Of the remaining six balls he conceded 5 singles and a double (plus one wide).
18 Number of sixes conceded by Shane Watson in the tournament -- the most for any bowler.
17 Number of balls Delhi Daredevils' Chris Morris took to reach his 50 against the Gujarat Lions. The very next day Mumbai Indians' Kieron Pollard also scored his 50 off 17 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
15 Number of boundary fours Quinton de Kock hit during his innings of 108 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore -- the most by any batsman in an innings in the tournament.
14 Number of dot balls Mumbai Indians' Shreyas Gopal played out of 16 balls he faced in the first match of the season against Rising Pune Supergiants. Of the remaining two he scored two and got out off the 16th ball.
12 Number of sixes A B de Villiers hit during his innings of 129* against the Gujarat Lions at Bangalore -- the most by any batsman in an innings in the tournament.
11 Number of twos Dinesh Karthik ran during his innings of 50 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore -- the most by any batsman in an innings in the tournament.
11 Number of fifty-plus scores made by Virat Kohli in the tournament (four centuries and seven fifties) -- the most by any batsman in a single edition. David Warner had nine such scores.
8.5 Number of overs taken by the Royal Challengers Bangalore to reach their team hundred against the Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore -- the fastest in IPL 9.
8 Number of innings Virat Kohli took to reach the 500-run mark -- the fastest in IPL history.
8 Runs conceded by the Gujarat Lions' Dwayne Smith against the Kolkata Knight Riders -- fewest by any bowler in a four-over spell in the tournament.
7 Number of sixes K C Cariappa conceded off his bowling against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore -- the most by any bowler in an innings in the tournament.
7 Number of centuries scored in the tournament.
6.90 Mustafizur Rahman's economy in the tournament -- the best for any bowler bowling 20 overs or more in IPL 9.
6/19 Adam Zampa's bowling figures for Rising Pune Supergiants against the Sunrisers Hyderabad -- the best in the tournament. His figures were also the second best in all IPL behind only Sohail Tanvir's 6/14 in the inaugural IPL.
5 Number of times Andre Russell dismissed a batsman on a duck -- the most for a bowler.
5 Number of times Deepak Hooda was run out -- the most such dismissals for a batsman in a single edition.
5 Number of Player of the Match awards won by Virat Kohli.
4 Number of centuries scored by Virat Kohli -- the most by any batsman in a single IPL. All other batsmen could only score three centuries.
4 Number of times a side chased down a target off the last ball of the match.
3 Number of batsmen who got out hit wicket in this IPL -- all from Sunrisers Hyderabad! Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda and David Warner.
3 Number of ducks recorded by Glenn Maxwell and Shreyas Iyer in the tournament.
2 Number of times side winning the toss opted to bat first and won the match. On both the occasions it was Sunrisers Hyderabad which did so.
2 Number of threes run in a match by KKR's Robin Uthappa during his innings of 36 vs the Mumbai Indians; Mumbai Indians' Martin Guptill during his innings of 48 vs the Delhi Daredevils; Sunrisers Hyderabad's Shikhar Dhawan during his innings of 53 vs the Gujarat Lions.
1 Number of byes conceded by the Sunrisers Hyderabad's Naman Ojha in 17 matches in the tournament. Kolkata Knight Riders' Robin Uthappa conceded 13 byes in 15 matches.
1 Sunrisers Hyderabad became the first team to win the IPL despite not ending among top two teams in the league stage.
0 Number of times RCB have won the title despite reaching the final thrice.