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IPL 2021, Week 2: All the Hits & Misses

April 26, 2021 10:24 IST

Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the second week of IPL 2021.

IMAGE: Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore during match 16 against the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, April 22, 2021. Photograph: BCCI

All statistics are updated up to and including Match 16: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

Standings

Rank	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points	Net Run Rate
1 (1)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	4	0	8	1.009
2 (8)	Chennai Super Kings	4	3	1	6	1.142
3 (4)	Delhi Capitals	4	3	1	6	0.426
4 (2)	Mumbai Indians	4	2	2	4	0.187
5 (7)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	1	3	2	-0.228
6 (6)	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	1	3	2	-0.700
7 (3)	Punjab Kings	4	1	3	2	-0.824
8 (5)	Rajasthan Royals	4	1	3	2	-1.011

Note: The figures in bracket2 indicate the ranking after the first week

Total matches: 16

Won by side batting first: 8 (50%)

Won by side batting second: 8 (50%)

IMAGE: Shardul Thakur of the Chennai Super Kings celebrates after taking Kolkata Knight Riders's Prasidh Krishna's wicket, April 21, 2021. Photograph: BCCI

Teams' batting and bowling

Team	Mts	RS	WL	RPW	RPO	RC	WT	RPW	RPO
Chennai Super Kings	4	703	23	30.56	9.29	641	30	21.36	8.23
Delhi Capitals	4	673	19	35.42	8.83	670	27	24.81	8.41
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	697	31	22.48	8.80	753	22	34.22	9.41
Mumbai Indians	4	598	33	18.12	7.47	577	29	19.89	7.31
Punjab Kings	4	642	28	22.92	8.05	643	16	40.18	8.84
Rajasthan Royals	4	687	32	21.46	8.62	737	23	32.04	9.63
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	694	20	34.70	9.07	645	35	18.42	8.06
Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	578	25	23.12	7.37	606	29	20.89	7.60
Total	16	5272	211	24.98	8.43	5272	211	24.98	8.43

RS = Runs scored, WL = Wickets lost, RPW = Runs per Wicket, RPO = Runs per Over, RC = Runs conceded, WT = Wickets taken

Scoring pattern in each over

Over #	Balls	Runs	Wkts	RPW	RPO
1	192	180	3	60.00	5.62
2	192	235	8	29.37	7.34
3	192	225	11	20.45	7.03
4	192	288	8	36.00	9.00
5	192	294	7	42.00	9.18
6	192	247	7	35.28	7.71
7	192	218	8	27.25	6.81
8	192	288	5	57.60	9.00
9	192	279	8	34.87	8.71
10	192	244	4	61.00	7.62
11	192	327	6	54.50	10.21
12	192	266	8	33.25	8.31
13	192	248	12	20.66	7.75
14	192	266	10	26.60	8.31
15	192	256	14	18.28	8.00
16	190	290	11	26.36	9.15
17	183	264	17	15.52	8.65
18	180	288	16	18.00	9.60
19	172	318	16	19.87	11.09
20	146	251	32	7.84	10.31

Scoring pattern in different phases

Overs	Overs	Runs	Dismissals	Avg	RPO
1-6	192	1469	44	33.38	7.65
7-15	288	2392	75	31.89	8.30
16-20	145.1	1411	92	15.33	9.71
Total	625.1	5272	211	24.98	8.43

Break-up of sixes hit (207)

	For	Vs
Chennai Super Kings	34	27
Delhi Capitals	12	31
Punjab Kings	27	23
Kolkata Knight Riders	34	32
Mumbai Indians	19	16
Rajasthan Royals	31	32
Royal Challengers Bangalore	24	26
Sunrisers Hyderabad	26	20

IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings players greet each other after game 14 at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, April 21 2021. Photograph: BCCI

Highest totals

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
221-6	20	Punjab Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	12-04-2021
220-3	20	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai	21-04-2021
217-7	20	Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai	12-04-2021
204-4	20	R.Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	18-04-2021
202	19.1	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	21-04-2021
198-4	18.2	Delhi Capitals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai	18-04-2021
195-4	20	Punjab Kings	Delhi Kings	Mumbai	18-04-2021
190-3	18.4	Delhi Capitals	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	10-04-2021

Lowest totals

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
106-8	20	Punjab Kings	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	16-04-2021
120	19.4	Punjab Kings	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	21-04-2021
137	19.4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	17-04-2021
137-9	20	Mumbai Indians	Delhi Capitals	Chennai	20-04-2021
142-7	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	13-04-2021
143-9	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	R.Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	14-04-2021
143-9	20	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	19-04-2021
147-8	20	Delhi Capitals	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	15-04-2021
149-8	20	R. Challengers Bangalore	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	14-04-2021

IMAGE: Sanju Samson en route to his 119, his third IPL ton. Photograph: Sanju Samson/IPL/Twitter

Highest individual scores

Score	Balls	4s	6s	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Date
119	63	12	7	SV Samson	RR	PBKS	Mumbai	12-04-2021
101*	52	11	6	DB Padikkal	RCB	RR	Mumbai	22-04-2021
95*	60	9	4	F du Plessis	CSK	KKR	Mumbai	21-04-2021
92	49	13	2	S Dhawan	DC	PBKS	Mumbai	18-04-2021
91	50	7	5	KL Rahul	PBKS	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
85	54	10	2	S Dhawan	DC	CSK	Mumbai	10-04-2021
80	56	9	4	N Rana	KKR	SRH	Chennai	11-04-2021
78	49	9	3	GJ Maxwell	RCB	KKR	Chennai	18-04-2021
76*	34	9	3	AB de Villiers	RCB	KKR	Chennai	18-04-2021
72*	47	6	3	V Kohli	RCB	RR	Mumbai	22-04-2021
72	38	9	3	PP Shaw	DC	CSK	Mumbai	10-04-2021

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan sends the ball to the boundary. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Leading run-scorers

		Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100	50
S Dhawan	DC	4	231	92	57.75	148.07	0	2
GJ Maxwell	RCB	4	176	78	58.66	149.15	0	2
JM Bairstow	SRH	4	173	63*	57.66	132.06	0	2
F du Plessis	CSK	4	164	95*	82.00	145.13	0	1
N Rana	KKR	4	164	80	41.00	130.15	0	2
KL Rahul	PBKS	4	161	91	40.25	141.22	0	2
SV Samson	RR	4	145	119	36.25	162.92	1	0
V Kohli	RCB	4	143	72*	47.66	128.82	0	1
RG Sharma	MI	4	138	44	34.50	135.29	0	0
DB Padikkal	RCB	3	137	101*	68.50	147.31	1	0

IMAGE: AB de Villiers brought back memories of his hey day with a match-winning knock for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Highest Strike-rate (min.50 balls)

SR		For	M	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
189.39	AB de Villiers	RCB	4	125	76*	62.50	0	1
173.84	PP Shaw	DC	4	113	72	28.25	0	1
162.92	SV Samson	RR	4	145	119	36.25	1	0
162.68	DJ Hooda	PBKS	4	109	64	36.33	0	1
159.67	AD Russell	KKR	4	99	54	24.75	0	1
152.87	MM Ali	CSK	4	133	46	33.25	0	0
151.25	SA Yadav	MI	4	121	56	30.25	0	1
149.15	GJ Maxwell	RCB	4	176	78	58.66	0	2
148.07	S Dhawan	DC	4	231	92	57.75	0	2
147.31	DB Padikkal	RCB	3	137	101*	68.50	1	0

Fastest 50s

Balls	Player	Score	For	Vs	Venue	Date
20	DJ Hooda	64	PK	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
21	AD Russell	54	KKR	CSK	Mumbai	21-04-2021
23	PJ Cummins	66*	KKR	CSK	Mumbai	21-04-2021
25	MA Agarwal	69	PBKS	DC	Mumbai	18-04-2021

Slowest 50: 48 balls, JM Bairstow (63*), SRH v PBKS, Chennai, 21-04-2021

Most sixes

Player	For	6s	Balls	Balls / Six
JM Bairstow	SRH	10	131	13.10
AD Russell	KKR	8	62	7.75
DJ Hooda	PBKS	8	67	8.38
SV Samson	RR	8	89	11.13
GJ Maxwell	RCB	8	118	14.75
PJ Cummins	KKR	7	37	5.29
MM Ali	CSK	7	87	12.43
RG Sharma	MI	7	102	14.57
F du Plessis	CSK	7	113	16.14
KL Rahul	PBKS	7	114	16.29
N Rana	KKR	7	126	18.00

Best bowling in a match

Figures	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Date
5-15	AD Russell	KKR	MI	Chennai	13-04-2021
5-27	HV Patel	RCB	MI	Chennai	09-04-2021
4-13	DL Chahar	CSK	PBKS	Mumbai	16-04-2021
4-24	A Mishra	DC	MI	Chennai	20-04-2021
4-27	RD Chahar	MI	KKR	Chennai	13-04-2021
4-29	DL Chahar	CSK	KKR	Mumbai	21-04-2021
3-7	Shahbaz Ahmed	RCB	SRH	Chennai	14-04-2021
3-7	MM Ali	CSK	RR	Mumbai	19-04-2021
3-15	JD Unadkat	RR	DC	Mumbai	15-04-2021
3-19	RD Chahar	MI	SRH	Chennai	17-04-2021

IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel had a 5 wicket haul in his first IPL 2021 game. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Leading wicket-takers

		Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	RPO
HV Patel	RCB	4	16	116	12	5-27	9.66	7.25	1
Aavesh Khan	DC	4	14	103	8	3-32	12.87	7.35	0
DL Chahar	CSK	4	15	110	8	4-13	13.75	7.33	2
RD Chahar	MI	4	16	118	8	4-27	14.75	7.37	1
AD Russell	KKR	4	9	112	7	5-15	16.00	12.44	1
TA Boult	MI	4	15.4	114	6	3-28	19.00	7.27	0
KA Jamieson	RCB	4	14	126	6	3-41	21.00	9.00	0
C Sakariya	RR	4	16	135	6	3-31	22.50	8.43	0
Rashid Khan	SRH	4	16	81	5	2-18	16.20	5.06	0
CR Woakes	DC	3	11	82	5	2-18	16.40	7.45	0

Best economy (Min.8 overs)

RPO	Player	Team	Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best
5.06	Rashid Khan	SRH	4	16	81	5	2-18	16.20
5.62	KK Ahmed	SRH	2	8	45	4	3-21	11.25
6.06	M Siraj	RCB	4	15	91	5	3-27	18.20
6.25	JJ Bumrah	MI	4	16	100	4	2-26	25.00
6.33	MM Ali	CSK	4	9	57	4	3-7	14.25
6.53	KH Pandya	MI	4	13	85	3	1-13	28.33
6.85	RA Jadeja	CSK	4	14	96	2	2-28	48.00
6.87	JD Unadkat	RR	2	8	55	3	3-15	18.33

Bowlers conceding most sixes

Player	For	Six	Balls	Balls / Six
SM Curran	CSK	9	78	8.67
KA Jamieson	RCB	8	85	10.63
JA Richardson	PBKS	7	66	9.43
K Rabada	DC	7	66	9.43
R Ashwin	DC	7	90	12.86
PJ Cummins	KKR	7	96	13.71
R Tewatia	RR	6	60	10.00
YS Chahal	RCB	6	84	14.00

RAJNEESH GUPTA