Blog Posts by HR Gopala Krishna

JH Kallis scored 54 in this game which represents his 12th fifty in IPL. He holds the record for most fifties in IPL.

JH Kallis's 54 in this game represent his 19th fifty in T20 games. He became the fourth batsman to score 19 or more fifties in T20 games. Others are – BJ Hodge {25}: HH Gibbs {19} and DJ Hussey {19}.

JH Kallis’s 54 in this game represent his 19th half century in T20 games. He became the second batsman to score 19 or more fifties in T20 games.  BJ Hodge is the other batsman to score 23 half centuries.

JH Kallis pouched four catches in this game providing the 24th occasion of a fieldman taking four or more catches in T20 games.  His effort makes him the third fieldsman to take four catches in IPL. Others are – SR Tendulkar of Mumbai vs Kolkata at Mumbai on 16.05.08 and DA Warner of Delhi vs Jaipur at Delhi on 31.03.10.

With two wickets in this game, A Mishra took his aggregate of wickets to 76 in this game. He became the 31st bowler to capture 75 plus wickets in T20

AC Gilchrist became the first captain-cum-wicket keeper who has also opened the batting in fifty T20 games. This game was his 50th in this capacity.

AC Thomas took his T20 aggregate wickets to 114 with his two wickets in this game. He now stands second in the list of most wicket takers in T20 games. DP Nannes with his 133 wickets occupies the first position. The complete list of bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets in T20 games read thus – DP Nannes {133} : AC Thomas {114} : JA Morkel {113} : Yasir Arafat {112} and AJ Hall {101}.

GC Smith was dismissed by the first ball in this game providing the 31st occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL.

AC Gilchrist became the first wicket keeper in T20 games to pouch 50 catches. His two catches in this game gave this distinction.

AC Gilchrist's aggregate of IPL dismissals stands at 40 with his two catches in this game and he became the first wicket keeper to effect 40 plus dismissals in IPL.

RV Uthappa with his

SL Malinga captured five for 13 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in IPL. The other occasions are – 6 for 14 by Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur vs Chennai at Jaipur on 04.05.08: 5 for 24 by L Balaji of Chennai vs Punjab at Chennai on 10.05.08:  5 for 15 by A Mishra of Delhi vs Hyderabad at Delhi on 15.05.08 and 5 for 05 by A Kumble of Bangalore vs Jaipur at Cape Town on 18.04.09.

SL Malinga registered his IPL career best with his 5 for 13 in this game. His previous best was 4 for 22 for Mumbai vs Punjab at Mum-BS on 30.03.10.

SL Malinga became the fifth bowler in IPL to capture four or more wickets on two or more occasions. Others are – A Kumble of Bangalore {03}: L Balaji of Chennai {02}: SB Jakati of Chennai {02} and Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur {02}.

SL Malinga's 5 for 13 in this game provide the 30th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL. At the end of this game SL Malinga’s T20 wicket aggregate stood at 89 and IPL wicket

BB McCullum became the eighth cricketer to play 100 T20 games. Others are – JA Morkel {140}: DJ Hussey {137}: BJ Hodge {114}: HH Gibbs {113}: SB Styris {110}:  LRPL Taylor {104} and DP Nannes {101}.

DPMD Jayawardene was playing his 90th T20 game when he made appearance in this game. He became the 18th cricketer to play 90 plus T20 games.

 
DP Nannes took his T20 wicket aggregate to 133 with his lone wicket in this game – the most wickets in T20 games.

Zaheer Khan took his IPL wickets to 35 with his lone wicket in this game. He became the   bowler to capture 35 plus wickets in IPL. Others are – RP Singh {51}: PP Ojha {50}: IK Pathan {47}: SK Warne {46}: A Kumble {45}: A Mishra {42}: PP Chawla {41}: JA Morkel {41}: M Muralitharan {40} and A Nehra {37}.

 
RV Gomez collected his first ball duck in this game providing the first occasion of a batsman suffering such ignominy in IPL 2011.

AB de Villiers hit five sixes in his innings of 54 not out providing the 50th occasion of a batsman scoring

KC Sangakkara scored duck in this game providing the first occasion of a captain scoring a duck in IPL 2011. His duck came in his captaincy debut for Deccan Chargers. His duck in this game provide the 33rd occasion of a captain scoring a duck in IPL.

LRPL Taylor took his aggregate number of boundary sixes to 159 in T20 games with his two boundary sixes in this game. Other batsmen who have scored 100 plus sixes in T20 games are – DJ Hussey {149} : KA Pollard {124} : JA Morkel {119} : BB McCullum {116} : SB Styris {105} : DA Warner {103} : CL White {102} : OA Shan {102} and ST Jayasuriya {100}.

KC Sangakkara took his aggregate of IPL dismissals to 24 with a lone catch in this game. Other wicket keepers to effect 20 plus dismissals in IPL are – AC Gilchist {38} : KD Karthik {37} and MS Dhoni {24}.

KC Sangakakara took his aggregate of T20 dismissals to 65 with a lone catch in this game. The complete list of wicket keepers who have effected 60 plus dismissals in T20 games are – Kamran Akmal

Bangladesh inserted the opposition in this game providing the 51st occasion of Bangladesh doing so in one day games. It is for the second occasion that Bangladesh inserted Australia after winning the toss, the first occasion was at Darwin on 30.08.08.

Bangladesh lost this game after inserting the opposition provides the 30th occasion of Bangladesh losing a game after it had inserted the opposition. It is its second loss against Australia. The first occasion was at Darwin on 30.08.08 when it lost the game by 180 runs.

MJ Clarke scored 101 in this game providing the 158th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His hundred provides the third hundred by an Australian batsman against Bangladesh. Other two are – 101 by RT Ponting at Darwin on 06.08.03 and 103* by A Symonds at Fatullah on 26.04.06.

MJ Clarke's 101 in this game provide the 162nd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in one day games. His hundred represents the 35th occasion of an Australian

- SK Raina became the most capped IPL Cricketer when he appeared in this game. It was his 47th IPL appearance. He went past AC Gilchrist who has appeared in 46 games.

- At the end of this game, SK Raina's IPL aggregate stood at 1408. He became the first batsman to total 1400 plus runs in IPL.

- MS Dhoni became the 31st cricketer to appear in 80 plus T20 games. He is the second Indian cricketer to appear in 80 plus T20 games. He shares the record with RG Sharma who has also played 80 T20 games.

- JH Kallis completed 2000 runs in T20 games when he was on 22 during his knock of 54 in this game. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 2032. He became the 18th batsman to score 2000 plus T20 runs.

- JH Kallis became the sixth batsman in the annals of T20 game to aggregate 2000 plus runs without a hundred. Others are - OA Shah {2453}: JP Duminy {2210}: KC Sangakkara {2182}: JA Morkel {2121} and IJL Trott {2081}.

- M Bisla became the 20th stumping victim of MS Dhoni when he

- There was a second toss in this game as the first toss went in vain due to confusion as to who called correctly. On the second toss, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.

- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first provides the second occasion of Sri Lanka doing so in the finals of the World Cup. The other occasion was against Australia at Lahore on 17.03.96.

- Sri Lanka became the third team to win the toss and electing to bat first in the finals of he World Cup on two or more occasions. Australia (three occasions} and Pakistan {two occasions} are the other two teams.

- Zaheer Khan captured his 20th wicket in this edition of the World Cup when he claimed the wicket of WU Tharanga caught by V Sehwag for 2 in this game. He became the eleventh bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a single edition of the World Cup. Others are - GD McGrath in 2006-07 {26} : WPJUC Vaas in 2002-03 {23} : M Muralitharan in 2006-07 {23} : SW Tait in 2006-07 {23} : B Lee in 2002-03 {22}