IPL 12 statistical round-up – April 29, 2019: Russell maintains lead over Hardik in MVP battle

IPL 12 statistical round-up – April 29, 2019: Russell maintains lead over Hardik in MVP battle

IPL 2019 12 Andre Russell Hardik Pandya Kolkata Knight Riders KKR Mumbai Indians MI

Andre Russell continued to top the IPL 2019 MVP table, this time with a 51.5-point lead over Hardik Pandya, a marginal improvement on last week’s 47-point lead. One must remember that both men have picked up wickets at crucial junctures.

The next cluster – led by Purple Cap holder Kagiso Rabada – is some distance behind. David Warner, owner of the Orange Cap in the edition by some distance, does not feature in the top five.

PlayersTeamsPoints
Andre RussellKolkata Knight Riders342.5
Hardik PandyaMumbai Indians291.0
Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals219.0
Chris GayleKings XI Punjab212.0
Jonny BairstowSunrisers Hyderabad210.5

After a few weeks of insane hitting, Russell’s strike rate seems to have settled between 200 and 220. Hardik, however, has leapt to 198.

PlayersTeamsSR
Andre RussellKolkata Knight Riders207.69
Hardik PandyaMumbai Indians198.32
Sunil NarineKolkata Knight Riders166.27
Moeen AliRoyal Challengers Bangalore165.41
Chris GayleKings XI Punjab162.04

Russell became the first player to hit 50 sixes in the tournament. Chris Gayle is 18 behind, while Hardik is 5 behind Gayle.

PlayersTeams6sBFB/6
Andre RussellKolkata Knight Riders502344.7
Chris GayleKings XI Punjab322748.6
Hardik PandyaMumbai Indians271796.6
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bangalore2628110.8
David WarnerSunrisers Hyderabad1942522.4

Shikhar Dhawan went past the Hyderabad duo of Warner and Jonny Bairstow in the fours list. Both Dhawan and Warner hit their 50th fours over the course of the week.

PlayersTeams4sBFB/4
Shikhar DhawanDelhi Capitals553296.0
David WarnerSunrisers Hyderabad504258.5
Jonny BairstowSunrisers Hyderabad482835.9
Parthiv PatelRoyal Challengers Bangalore472605.5
Ajinkya RahaneRajasthan Royals452816.2

The number of 100-metre sixes remained at six.

PlayersTeamsDist
MS DhoniChennai Super Kings111
Hardik PandyaMumbai Indians104
Chris LynnKolkata Knight Riders102
Umesh YadavRoyal Challengers Bangalore101
Chris GayleKings XI Punjab101
Chris GayleKings XI Punjab101

Ajinkya Rahane hit the only hundred of the week. His is also the second-highest score of the tournament.

PlayersScoresTeamsVsVenueDate
Jonny Bairstow114SRHRCBHyderabadMar 31
Ajinkya Rahane105*RRDCJaipurApr 22
Sanju Samson102*RRSRHHyderabadMar 29
David Warner100*SRHRCBHyderabadMar 31
KL Rahul100*KXIPMIMumbaiApr 10
Virat Kohli100RCBKKRKolkataApr 19

Deepak Chahar continues to lead the dot balls tally, while Navdeep Saini is the only one in the top five with over 50% dot balls.

PlayersTeamsDotsBallsB/D
Deepak ChaharChennai Super Kings1332762.08
Navdeep SainiRoyal Challengers Bangalore1302581.98
Jasprit BumrahMumbai Indians1292742.12
Bhuvneshwar KumarSunrisers Hyderabad1222582.11
Jofra ArcherRajasthan Royals1212582.13

Harbhajan Singh’s economy rate slipped to 6 an over, behind Mohammad Nabi’s 5.49.

PlayersTeamsEcon
Mohammad NabiSunrisers Hyderabad5.49
Harbhajan SinghChennai Super Kings6.00
Rashid KhanSunrisers Hyderabad6.27
Imran TahirChennai Super Kings6.50
Jasprit BumrahMumbai Indians6.61

Alzarri Joseph’s 6/12 remained the only five-for of the tournament. Lasith Malinga added another four-wicket haul to his tally – the only one of the week.

PlayersFiguresTeamsVsVenueDate
Alzarri Joseph6/12MISRHHyderabadApr 6
Mohammad Nabi4/11SRHRCBHyderabadMar 31
Sam Curran4/11KXIPDCMohaliApr 1
Kagiso Rabada4/21DCRCBBengaluruApr 7
Kagiso Rabada4/22DCSRHHyderabad Apr 14
Imran Tahir4/27CSKKKRKolkataApr 14
Lasith Malinga4/31MIRCBMohaliApr 15
Lasith Malinga4/37MICSKChennaiApr 26
Yuzvendra Chahal4/38RCBMIBengaluruMar 28

Kagiso Rabada improved on the fastest ball of the tournament. He now holds the top four positions.

PlayersTeamsSpeed
Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals154.23
Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals153.91
Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals153.50
Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals153.45
Jofra ArcherRajasthan Royals152.60

Sam Curran’s hat-trick remains the only one of the tournament.

PlayersBatsmenTeamsVsVenueDate
Sam CurranHarshal Patel
Kagiso Rabada
Sandeep Lamichhane
Kings
XI
Punjab
Delhi
Capitals
MohaliApr 1