IPL 12 statistical round-up – April 15, 2019: Russell looms large but Rabada emerges

While his Sunrisers Hyderabad opening partner Jonny Bairstow has slipped to fifth spot, David Warner has still held on to the Orange Cap in IPL 2019 – though the likes of KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, and Andre Russell are threatening to catch up.

As for the Purple Cap, Kagiso Rabada rose up the ranks at lightning speed, and is now 4 wickets clear of anyone else. That will take some time to catch up.

Russell, however, continued to dominate the IPL 2019 MVP chart despite not taking a lot of wickets. He now has 207 points. To provide perspective, the next four are cooped between 148.5 and 152.

Players	Teams	Points
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	207.0
Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals	152.0
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	150.5
Jonny Bairstow	Sunrisers Hyderabad	148.5
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	148.5

Russell’s strike rate fell from 268 this week, but even at 213, he is 29 clear of anyone else in the tournament. Interestingly, there is no specialist batsman in the top five.

Players	Teams	SR
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	213.29
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	183.95
Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	177.88
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	164.81
Rishabh Pant	Delhi Capitals	161.18

Gayle has broken away from the next cluster and is threatening to catch up with Russell in the sixes department, but really, that has to do with their batting positions. Gayle has hit a six every 9 balls compared to Russell’s 5.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	30	146	4.9
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	23	205	8.9
Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	17	104	6.1
Nitish Rana	Kolkata Knight Riders	13	139	10.7
AB de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	148	11.4

Bairstow continues to lead the fours chart, though Buttler has almost caught up. Gayle features here along with the sixes chart, which indicates how reliant he is on boundaries.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Jonny Bairstow	Sunrisers Hyderabad	38	194	5.1
Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals	37	188	5.1
David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	34	285	8.4
Shikhar Dhawan	Delhi Capitals	30	202	6.7
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	28	205	7.3
Shreyas Iyer	Delhi Capitals	28	221	7.9

There has been no addition to the list of 100-metre sixes this week. Hardik’s remains the biggest.

Players	Teams	Dist
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	104
Chris Lynn	Kolkata Knight Riders	102
Umesh Yadav	Royal Challengers Bangalore	101
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	101

Rahul joined the hundreds club. This was also the first hundred of the tournament outside Hyderabad.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Jonny Bairstow	114	Hyderabad	Blore	Hyderabad	Mar 31
Sanju Samson	102*	Rajasthan	Hyd	Hyderabad	Mar 29
David Warner	100*	Hyderabad	Blore	Hyderabad	Mar 31
KL Rahul	100*	Punjab	Mumbai	Mumbai	Apr 10

Chahar has regained his position at the top of the list of most dot balls. In fact, he bowled a staggering 41 of them this week out of a total of 66.

Players	Teams	Dots	Balls	B/D
Deepak Chahar	Chennai Super Kings	94	186	1.98
Navdeep Saini	Royal Challengers Bangalore	78	144	1.85
Prasidh Krishna	Kolkata Knight Riders	77	180	2.34
Jasprit Bumrah	Mumbai Indians	76	160	2.11
Rashid Khan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	76	168	2.21

Harbhajan is the most economical bowler at this stage. Nabi, Tahir, and Rashid – spinners all, from Chennai and Hyderabad – are the only others who have gone for under 6.

Players	Teams	Econ.
Harbhajan Singh	Chennai Super Kings	5.12
Mohammad Nabi	Sunrisers Hyderabad	5.49
Imran Tahir	Chennai Super Kings	5.76
Rashid Khan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	5.78
Shreyas Gopal	Rajasthan Royals	6.41

Joseph’s 6/12 – the best figures in IPL history – remains the only five-wicket haul in the tournament. However, Rabada has taken two 4-fors, against Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Players	Figures	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Alzarri Joseph	6/12	Mumbai	Hyd	Hyd	Apr 6
Mohammad Nabi	4/11	Hyderabad	Blore	Hyd	Mar 31
Sam Curran	4/11	Punjab	Delhi	Mohali	Apr 1
Kagiso Rabada	4/21	Delhi	Blore	Blore	Apr 7
Kagiso Rabada	4/22	Delhi	Hyd	Hyd	Apr 14
Imran Tahir	4/27	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	Apr 14
Yuzvendra Chahal	4/38	Bangalore	Mumbai	Blore	Mar 28

Rabada has now bowled three of the five fastest balls of the tournament.

Players	Teams	Speed
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	153.91
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	152.48
Navdeep Saini	Royal Challengers Bangalore	151.98
Lockie Ferguson	Kolkata Knight Riders	151.69
Kagiso Rabada	Kolkata Knight Riders	151.66

There has been no new hat-trick this week, either.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Sam Curran	Harshal Rabada Lamichhane	Punjab	Delhi	Mohali	Apr 1