Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors here.
Published: Apr 15, 2012, 10:13 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 15, 2012, 10:13 AM (IST)
Pune Warriors India have climbed to the top of the points table after their win against Chennai Super Kings on saturday © AFP
Pune: Apr 15, 2012
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors here.
# Pune Warriors have registered their first victory against Chennai in three matches in the IPL – winning % 33.33.
# Pune Warriors are at the top of the points table with six points in four games in the present tournament. Mumbai Indians are second with three victories out of four.
# Francois du Plessis, with 171 runs at an average of 34.20 in five matches, is the leading run-scorer in the IPL.
# Francois du Plessis became the first batsman to post 10 sixes in the IPL 2012.
# With seven wickets at 11.28 runs apiece in four matches, Ashok Dinda is the top wicket-taker for Pune Warriors.
# Smith and Ryder put on a match-winning unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 66 – the highest for any wicket for Pune against Chennai.
# The aforesaid partnership is the first fifty-plus stand for Pune against Chennai.
# Steven Smith’s magnificent unbeaten 44 off 22 balls is his highest for Pune Warriors in the IPL.
# Jesse Ryder (73 not out off 56 balls) has posted his highest innings in the IPL, obliterating the 60 against Delhi at Mumbai on April 17,2011.
# Ryder has been named the Man of the Match for the first time in the IPL.
# Ryder’s match-winning knock is the highest individual innings for Pune Warriors in the IPL, eclipsing Yuvraj Singh’s unbeaten 66 against Delhi Daredevils at Mumbai on April 17, 2011.
# Ryder has posted one half-century each against Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi.
# The top wicket-taker for Chennai Super Kings this year so far is Ravindra Jadeja – seven wickets at 9.85 runs apiece in five matches.
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (89 runs at 17.80 in five matches) is yet to click in this competition.
# Dhoni has completed his 1500 runs in the IPL – 1514 at an average of 36.92 in 64 matches.
# Pune Warriors, with a seven-wicket triumph, have emulated a record for their largest win in terms of wickets.
Against Punjab at Mumbai on April 10, 2011, they had recorded their first win by seven wickets.
# The first team to have lost three matches in the IPL 5 is Chennai Super Kings.
# Chennai Super Kings (155 for five) have recorded their highest total against Pune Warriors in the IPL, eclipsing the 145 for two at Dr D Y Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai on April 27, 2011.
# Pune Warriors (156/3) have registered their highest total against Chennai Super Kings.
# Ravichandran Ashwin could bag only one wicket at 118.00 runs apiece in the IPL 5 – his strike rate is 110.00. (PTI)
