IPL 2016 Stats: Tournament in numbers
Apr 7, 2016 at 4:39 PM
IPL (Indian Premier League) 2016 is knocking at the door. It is the ninth edition of IPL. Like the previous seasons, IPL 9 is also expected to produce many interesting matches.
Before the start of the tournament, let’s check out some important stats from the previous IPL in the following.
Champions and Runners-up of Previous IPL:
Season | Host | Champion | Runner-up |
2008 | India | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai Super Kings |
2009 | South Africa | Deccan Chargers | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
2010 | India | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai Indians |
2011 | India | Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
2012 | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai Super Kings |
2013 | India | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings |
2014 | India and UAE | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kings XI Punjab |
2015 | India | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings |
Orange Cap (The highest run-scorer in a season)
Season | Player | Team | Matches | Runs |
2008 | Shaun Marsh | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 616 |
2009 | Matthew Hayden | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 572 |
2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 618 |
2011 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 608 |
2012 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 733 |
2013 | Mike Hussey | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 733 |
2014 | Robin Uthappa | Kolkata Knight Riders | 16 | 660 |
2015 | David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 562 |
Purple Cap (The highest wicket taker in a season)
Season | Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
2008 | Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 22 |
2009 | R.P.Singh | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 23 |
2010 | Pragyan Ojha | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 21 |
2011 | Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 28 |
2012 | Morne Morkel | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 25 |
2013 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 18 | 32 |
2014 | Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 23 |
2015 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 24 |
Player of the Season:
Season | Player | Team |
2008 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals |
2009 | Adam Gilchrist | Deccan Chargers |
2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians |
2011 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
2012 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders |
2013 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals |
2014 | Glenn Maxwell | Kings XI Punjab |
2015 | Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders |
Team Records:
Highest Team Total – Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 263/5 in 20 overs against Pune Warriors at Bangalore on 23rd April 2013.
Lowest Team Total – Rajasthan Royals collapsed for just 58 runs (15.1 overs) against Royal Challenger Bangalore at Cape Town on 16th May 2009.
Highest Chased Total – Rajasthan Royals chased successfully 217/7 (19.5 overs) against Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad on 24th April 2008.
Highest Match Aggregate score – 469/10 in 40 overs between Chennai Super Kings (246/5 in 20 overs) and Rajasthan Royals (223/5 in 20 overs) at Chennai on 3rd April 2010.
Largest Victory Margins (by runs) – Kolkata Knight Riders (222/3 in 20 overs) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (82/10 in 15.1 overs) by 140 runs at Bangalore on 18th April 2008.
Most Consecutive Wins: Kolkata Knight Riders have won 10 consecutive matches (2014-2015)
Most Consecutive Defeats: Pune Warriors (2012-2013) and Delhi Daredevils (2014-2015) have lost 11 consecutive matches.
Individual Records:
Most Appearances: Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings) – 132 matches.
Most Appearances as Captain: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) – 129 matches.
Batting Records
Most Career Runs: Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings) has scored 3699 runs.
Most Runs in a Season: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored 733 runs during IPL 2012, while Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings) also scored 733 runs during IPL 2013.
Highest Individual Scores: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored 175* runs against Pune Warriors at Bangalore on 23rd April 2013.
Highest Partnership: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batsmen Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers put 215* runs partnership for the 2nd wicket against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai on 10th May 2015.
Bowling Records
Most Career Wickets: Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) has picked up 143 wickets.
Most Wickets in a Season: Dwayne Bravo picked up 32 wickets for Chennai Super Kings during 2013.
Best Bowling Figures: Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) bowled a great spell of 4-0-14-6 against Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur on 4th May 2008.