High Lights of IPL Season I
As we near the IPL season II, lets look back at some glorious performances of season I. To put a perspective to upcoming performances and analyze any emerging trends.
• Rajasthan Royals’ Shane Watson was the Man of the Series for all round performance — 472 runs and 17 wickets from 15 matches.
• Kings XI Punjab’s Shaun Marsh was Batman of the Series for his run aggregate of 616 runs from 11 matches. He scored 5 half centuries and one hundred. Five half centuries – a record for most fifties in the tournament. Earned the Man of the Match award on five occasions – another record.
• Rajasthan Royals’ Sohail Tanvir was named the Bowler of the Series for his 22 wickets aggregate from 11 games which included the best bowling figures of the tournament - 6 for 14
• The Fairplay award went to Chennai Super Kings, while the most successful India under-19 player award was bagged by Bangalore Royal Challengers’ Srivats Goswami.
• Marsh {616}, Delhi Daredevils’ Gautam Gambhir {534} and Mumbai Indians’ Sanath Jayasuriya {514} were the three batsmen who aggregated 500 plus runs in the tournament.
• Gambhir with 68 fours holds the record for hitting the most fours in the tournament. Marsh {59}, Jayasuriya {57}, Rajasthan Royal’s Graeme Smith {54} and Deccan Chargers’ Adam Gilchrist {51} are the others at the top of the chart.an
• Marsh {six scors of 50-plus} and Gambhir {five 50s} are the only batsmen who made five or more half-centuries in the tournament. Marsh’s six fifties included a hundred.
• Tanvir captured the most wickets – 22 – in the tournament and was the only bowler to capture more than 20 wickets.
• Chennai Super Kings’ Suresh Raina took the most catches – 10 from 16 matches. He is the only fielder (excluding wicket-keepers) to take 10 or more catches.
• Mumbai Indians’ Sachin Tendulkar held the most catches in an innings. He took four catches against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on May 16.
• Among the wicket-keepers, Mumbai Indias’ YV Takawale had the most dismissals – 11.He took 10 catches and made one stumping in seven matches. He also holds the record for most dismissals in a match – four (three catches and a stumping against Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai on May 7). Rajasthan Royals’ Kamran Akmal made the most stumpings in the tournament – four.
• Chennai Super Kings’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rajasthan Royals’ Shane Warne held the records for the most runs and the most wickets respectively as captains. Dhoni aggregated 414 runs from 16 matches and Warne had a tally of 19 wickets from 15 matches.
- High Lights of IPL Season I
- Daredevils keep semi-final hope alive
- Mumbai Indians and the Tendulkar curse
- Gambhir finally gets the orange cap
- Rahul Dravid scales another peak
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