Who faced the first ball in IPL? Who took the first hat trick in IPL? Who bowled the first Maiden in IPL? Who faced the first free hit in IPL? Who bagged the first Golden Duck in IPL? Bharath Seervi takes a look at all the firsts of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Here is everything of that occurred very first in IPL History!
(Note: Those which were achieved in the very first match are not mentioned with match numbers, others have the match number. And those which were not achieved in the first edition are mentioned with the year)
First Run: Sourav Ganguly off the first ball in IPL — a Leg Bye
First Run by a Batsman: a four by Brendon McCullum in the eighth delivery of the match (before the first legal run, three extras were scored: two leg-byes and a wide)
FirstFour: McCullum, see above
FirstSix: McCullum, tenth ball by Zaheer Khan
First Batsman Dismissed: Ganguly, 32nd ball by Zaheer Khan, caught by Jacques Kallis
First Duck: Balachandra Akhil, 50th ball of RCB innings by Ajit Agarkar, caught by Ricky Ponting
FirstGolden Duck: Chaminda Vaas, Deccan Chargers (DC) vs KKR, off Agarkar, caught by Ganguly
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