IPL 12 statistical round-up – May 6, 2019: Hardik favourite for MVP after Russell bows out

Hardik Pandya scored 39 points this week to Andre Russell‘s 26.5, which helped him bring down the difference between them to 39 in the race for the IPL 2019 MVP. But more importantly, Hardik will get at least two more matches in the tournament, while Russell will get none.

David Warner and Kagiso Rabada, Orange and Purple Cap holders, will not take part in this edition. A week’s inactivity has also knocked them out of the top five.

Players	Teams	Points
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	369.0
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	330.0
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	231.5
KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	227.5
Rashid Khan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	224.5

Russell still has the highest strike rate, but Hardik has brought the difference down to below 6.

Players	Teams	SR
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	204.81
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	198.95
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	166.27
Moeen Ali	Royal Challengers Bangalore	165.41
Rishabh Pant	Delhi Capitals	157.87

Russell hit only 2 sixes this week, but even then he finished 18 ahead of anyone else and 23 ahead of all who will feature in the Playoffs.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	52	249	4.8
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	34	319	9.4
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	29	191	6.6
AB de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	26	287	11.0
KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	25	438	17.5

Dhawan now has 58 fours, one more than Warner. Rohit became the third to hit 50 in the tournament.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Shikhar Dhawan	Delhi Capitals	58	354	6.1
David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	57	481	8.4
Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	50	299	6.0
KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	49	438	8.9
Parthiv Patel	Royal Challengers Bangalore	48	268	5.6
Jonny Bairstow	Sunrisers Hyderabad	48	283	5.9

There has been no addition to the list of 100-metre-six hitters.

Players	Teams	Distance (m)
MS Dhoni	Chennai Super Kings	111
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	104
Chris Lynn	Kolkata Knight Riders	102
Umesh Yadav	Royal Challengers Bangalore	101
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	101
Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	101

There has been no hundred this week. Bairstow still holds the highest score.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Jonny Bairstow	114	SRH	RCB	Hyderabad	Mar 31
Ajinkya Rahane	105*	RR	DC	Jaipur	Apr 22
Sanju Samson	102*	RR	SRH	Hyderabad	Mar 29
David Warner	100*	SRH	RCB	Hyderabad	Mar 31
KL Rahul	100*	KXIP	MI	Mumbai	Apr 10
Virat Kohli	100	RCB	KKR	Kolkata	Apr 19

With 34 dot balls this week, Bhuvneshwar moved ahead of Deepak Chahar. Bumrah and Rashid are the only others with 150 dots.

Players	Teams	Dots	Balls	B/D
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	156	330	2.12
Deepak Chahar	Chennai Super Kings	153	318	2.08
Jasprit Bumrah	Mumbai Indians	150	322	2.15
Rashid Khan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	150	339	2.26
Navdeep Saini	Royal Challengers Bangalore	141	288	2.04

Nabi’s ordinary week saw his economy rate drop to third place, at 6.55. The top five spots are shared by Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers.

Players	Teams	Econ
Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	6.44
Imran Tahir	Chennai Super Kings	6.50
Mohammad Nabi	Sunrisers Hyderabad	6.55
Rashid Khan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	6.56
Mitchell Santner	Chennai Super Kings	6.71

Tahir took the only four-wicket haul of the week, against Deccan Chargers.

Players	Figures	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Alzarri Joseph	6/12	MI	SRH	Hyderabad	Apr 6
Mohammad Nabi	4/11	SRH	RCB	Hyderabad	Mar 31
Sam Curran	4/11	KXIP	DC	Mohali	Apr 1
Imran Tahir	4/12	CSK	DC	Chennai	May 1
Kagiso Rabada	4/21	DC	RCB	Bengaluru	Apr 7
Kagiso Rabada	4/22	DC	SRH	Hyderabad	Apr 14
Imran Tahir	4/27	CSK	KKR	Kolkata	Apr 14
Lasith Malinga	4/31	MI	RCB	Mohali	Apr 15
Lasith Malinga	4/37	MI	CSK	Chennai	Apr 26
Yuzvendra Chahal	4/38	RCB	MI	Bengaluru	Mar 28

Rabada has bowled the four fastest balls of the tournament, though Saini replaced Archer in the top five.

Players	Teams	Speed (kmph)
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	154.23
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	153.91
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	153.50
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	153.45
Navdeep Saini	Royal Challengers Bangalore	152.85

The second hat-trick came almost a month after the first, in a match that lasted only 50 balls. It was an excellent assortment of batsmen.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Sam Curran	Harshal Patel Kagiso Rabada Sandeep Lamichhane	KXIP	DC	Mohali	Apr 1
Shreyas Gopal	Virat Kohli AB de Villiers Marcus Stoinis	RR	RCB	Bengaluru	Apr 30