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David Miller's sensational 38-ball 101 innings helped him rewrite a few IPL records.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on Monday.
# David Miller (101 not out off 38 balls) registered his highest score in Twenty20.
# The 23-year-old South African's knock is the fifth hundred for Kings XI Punjab at the IPL; he joins Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Mahela Jayawardene and Adam Gilchrist in the list.
# Miller is the second Punjab batsman after Adam Gilchrist to register a hundred against Bangalore at the IPL.
# Miller and Sathish added an unbroken stand of 130 -- Punjab's highest fifth-wicket partnership -- equalling a record at the IPL.
# Miller's 38-ball century is the third fastest at the IPL, behind the 30-ball hundred by Chris Gayle and the 37-ball hundred by Yusuf Pathan.
# Miller, in the course of his maiden hundred, completed his 2000 runs in Twenty20, totalling 2075 at an average of 39.90 in 86 matches.
# Miller is the second number five batsman to post a century at the IPL. Yusuf Pathan had scored 100 for Rajasthan against Mumbai at Brabourne stadium, Mumbai ,on March 13, 2010.
# Miller got his second Man of the Match award at the IPL
# He is the first player to register two fifties in 25 balls or less at IPL 6.
# His is also the fifth player to post four innings of fifty or more at IPL 2013, joining David Warner, Chris Gayle, Michael Hussey and Rohit Sharma.
Highest successful chase
Image: David Miller celebrates with teammatesPhotographs: BCCI
# Kings XI Punjab have won six and lost five out of 11 matches against Bangalore at the IPL.
# Punjab's 194 for four is the highest successful chase by any team at IPL 2013.
# In Punjab's innings, the last five overs recorded 99 runs -- the most in five consecutive overs in any IPL match.
Chennai had posted 99 between 12th and 16th overs against Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk on April 3, 2010.
# Michael Neser (4-0-62-0) is the first bowler to concede 60 runs or more in an innings on debut at the IPL.
Pujara records first fifty at the IPL
Image: Cheteshwar PujaraPhotographs: BCCI
# Cheteshwar Pujara (51 off 48 balls) recorded his first fifty at the IPL.
# Pujara and Gayle have registered the second instance when both the openers posted fifties for Bangalore at the IPL -- the first occasion being Gayle (57) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (53) against Pune Warriors.
# Chris Gayle (566 at an average of 70.75 in 12 matches) is the leading run-getter in the present tournament.
# Gayle and Cheteshwar Pujara shared a partnership of 102 -- Bangalore's highest opening stand against Punjab at the IPL.
# Virat Kohli has become the fourth player to make 400 runs or more at the IPL -- 405 (ave.36.81) in 12 matches. He joined Chris Gayle (566), Michael Hussey (507) and Rohit Sharma (414).
# Vinay Kumar has captured 19 wickets (ave.20.42) in 12 matches -- the second highest tally at the IPL 6, behind the 20 (ave.17.05) in 12 matches by Dwayne Bravo.
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