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IPL 2021, Week 1: All the Hits & Misses

April 17, 2021 14:26 IST

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

IMAGE: Team Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: Kind courtesy IPL/Twitter

Standings

Rank	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points	Net Run Rate
1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	2	0	4	0.175
2	Mumbai Indians	2	1	1	2	0.225
2	Punjab Kings	1	1	0	2	0.200
3	Delhi Capitals	2	1	1	2	0.195
4	Rajasthan Royals	2	1	1	2	0.052
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	2	0.000
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	0	2	0	-0.400
8	Chennai Super Kings	1	0	1	0	-0.779

Total matches: 7
Won by side batting first: 4 (57%)
Won by side batting second: 3 (43%)

Teams' batting and bowling

Team	Games	RS	WL	RPW	RPO	RC	WT	RPW	RPO
Chennai Super Kings	1	188	7	26.85	9.40	190	3	63.33	10.17
Delhi Capitals	2	337	11	30.63	8.71	338	14	24.14	8.52
Kolkata Knight Riders	2	329	13	25.30	8.22	329	15	21.93	8.22
Mumbai Indians	2	311	19	16.36	7.77	302	15	20.13	7.55
Punjab Kings	1	221	6	36.83	11.05	217	7	31.00	10.85
Rajasthan Royals	2	367	14	26.21	9.25	368	14	26.28	9.20
Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	309	16	19.31	7.72	302	18	16.77	7.55
Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	320	14	22.85	8.00	336	14	24.00	8.40
Total	7	2382	100	23.82	8.55	2382	100	23.82	8.55

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	84	77	1	77.00	5.50
2	84	85	4	21.25	6.07
3	84	90	7	12.85	6.42
4	84	134	4	33.50	9.57
5	84	132	1	132.00	9.42
6	84	103	2	51.50	7.35
7	84	92	3	30.66	6.57
8	84	143	2	71.50	10.21
9	84	121	2	60.50	8.64
10	84	109	2	54.50	7.78
11	84	156	3	52.00	11.14
12	84	113	1	113.00	8.07
13	84	128	7	18.28	9.14
14	84	130	4	32.50	9.28
15	84	126	5	25.20	9.00
16	84	122	9	13.55	8.71
17	84	112	9	12.44	8.00
18	84	121	9	13.44	8.64
19	82	169	6	28.16	12.36
20	76	119	19	6.26	9.39

Scoring pattern in different phases

Overs	Overs	Runs	Dismissals	Average	Runs Per Over
1-6	84	621	19	32.68	7.39
7-15	126	1118	29	38.55	8.87
16-20	68.2	643	52	12.36	9.40
Total	278.2	2382	100	23.82	8.55

Break-up of sixes hit (88)

	For	Vs
Chennai Super Kings	10	5
Delhi Capitals	5	17
Punjab Kings	13	11
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	13
Mumbai Indians	9	7
Rajasthan Royals	18	13
Royal Challengers Bangalore	8	10
Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	12

Highest totals

IMAGE: K L Rahul, left, and Deepak Hooda during Punjab Kings's game against the Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai, April 12, 2021. Photograph: Arjun Singh/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
221-6	20	Punjab Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	12-04-2021
217-7	20	Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai	12-04-2021
190-3	18.4	Delhi Capitals	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	10-04-2021
188-7	20	Chennai Super Kings	Delhi Capitals	Mumbai	10-04-2021
187-6	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	11-04-2021
177-5	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	11-04-2021

Lowest totals

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
142-7	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	13-04-2021
143-9	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	R.Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	14-04-2021
147-8	20	Delhi Capitals	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	15-04-2021
149-8	20	R. Challengers Bangalore	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	14-04-2021
152	20	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	13-04-2021
159-9	20	Mumbai Indians	R.Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	09-04-2021

Highest individual scores

Sanju Samson

IMAGE: Sanju Samson en route to his 119, his third IPL ton, April 12, 2021. Photograph: Sanju Samson/IPL/Twitter

Score	Balls	4s	6s	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Date
119	63	12	7	SV Samson	RR	PBKS	Mumbai	12-04-2021
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
72	38	9	3	PP Shaw	DC	CSK	Mumbai	10-04-2021
64	28	4	6	DJ Hooda	PBKS	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
62	43	7	2	DA Miller	RR	DC	Mumbai	15-04-2021
61*	44	2	3	MK Pandey	SRH	KKR	Chennai	11-04-2021
59	41	5	3	GJ Maxwell	RCB	SRH	Chennai	14-04-2021
57	47	6	2	N Rana	KKR	MI	Chennai	13-04-2021

Leading run-scorers

		Games	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
N Rana	KKR	2	137	80	68.50	133.00	0	2
SV Samson	RR	2	123	119	61.50	186.36	1	0
MK Pandey	SRH	2	99	61*	99.00	119.27	0	1
GJ Maxwell	RCB	2	98	59	49.00	142.02	0	1
S Dhawan	DC	2	94	85	47.00	144.61	0	1
KL Rahul	PBKS	1	91	91	91.00	182.00	0	1
SA Yadav	MI	2	87	56	43.50	147.45	0	1

Fastest 50s

Balls	Player	Score	For	Vs	Venue	Date
20	DJ Hooda	64	PK	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
27	PP Shaw	72	DC	CSK	Mumbai	10-04-2021
28	RA Tripathi	53	KKR	SRH	Chennai	11-04-2021

Slowest 50: 40 balls, Nitish Rana (KKR v MI) ajnd David Miller (RR v DC)

Most sixes

Player	For	6s	Balls	Balls / Six
SV Samson	RR	7	66	9.43
DJ Hooda	PK	6	28	4.67
N Rana	KKR	6	103	17.17
KL Rahul	PK	5	50	10.00
GJ Maxwell	RCB	5	69	13.80
MK Pandey	SRH	5	82	16.40
CH Morris	RR	4	22	5.50
SK Raina	CSK	4	36	9.00

Best bowling in a match

IMAGE: Andre Russell celebrates taking a Mumbai Indians wicket in IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI

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
4-27	RD Chahar	MI	KKR	Chennai	13-04-2021
3-7	Shahbaz Ahmed	RCB	SRH	Chennai	14-04-2021
3-15	JD Unadkat	RR	DC	Mumbai	15-04-2021
3-30	JO Holder	SRH	RCB	Chennai	14-04-2021
3-31	C Sakariya	RR	PBKS	Mumbai	12-04-2021
3-32	Aavesh Khan	DC	RR	Mumbai	15-04-2021
3-35	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021

Leading wicket-takers

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

		Games	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Best	Average	RPO
HV Patel	RCB	2	8	52	7	5-27	7.42	6.50
AD Russell	KKR	2	5	47	6	5-15	7.83	9.40
Aavesh Khan	DC	2	8	55	5	3-32	11.00	6.87
CR Woakes	DC	2	7	40	4	2-18	10.00	5.71
Rashid Khan	SRH	2	8	42	4	2-18	10.50	5.25
RD Chahar	MI	2	8	70	4	4-27	17.50	8.75

Best economy (Minimum 4 overs)

Runs Per Over	Player	Team	Games	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Best	Average
3.75	JD Unadkat	RR	1	4	0	15	3	3-15	5.00
4.75	KH Pandya	MI	2	8	0	38	2	1-13	19.00
5.25	Rashid Khan	SRH	2	8	0	42	4	2-18	10.50
5.71	CR Woakes	DC	2	7	0	40	4	2-18	10.00
5.87	M Siraj	RCB	2	8	1	47	2	2-25	23.50
6.50	HV Patel	RCB	2	8	0	52	7	5-27	7.42

Bowlers conceding most sixes

Player	For	Six	Balls	Balls / Six
R Ashwin	DC	4	42	10.50
TK Curran	DC	4	46	11.50

All statistics are updated up to and including match # 7 – Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals

Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com

RAJNEESH GUPTA