IPL 2011: Highest Totals by a Team

IPL 2011: Highest Totals by a Team

Team	Score	Opposition	Place
Kings XI Punjab	232/2	Royal Challengers	Dharamsala
Delhi Daredevils	231/4	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi
Royal Challengers	205/6	Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore
Kings XI Punjab	202/6	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi
Deccan Chargers	198/2	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala

IPL 2011 Photos - Match 70

Match 70: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians


Harbhajan Singh misses one during his cameo


James Franklin is congratulated after getting Yusuf Pathan


Gautam Gambhir gets a pat on the back for catching Sachin Tendulkar

Highest Averages in IPL 2011

Highest Averages in IPL 2011 

Player Name	Team	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg
C Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	9	9	511	85.16
W Saha	Chennai Super Kings	5	3	68	68.00
J Franklin	Mumbai Indians	6	3	62	62.00
S Badrinath	Chennai Super Kings	14	11	362	60.33
M Tiwary	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	13	355	59.16

 

IPL 2011: Preview - Match 68

Match 68: Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors

Pune Warriors

Pune will go into this match as favourites but will also be aware that the match-winners in the side have failed to deliver. Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and Yuvraj Singh have not as many runs as expected and it has hurt the team which boasts of having the most economical bowlers in the IPL.

Delhi Daredevils

The script is similar for Daredevils, who are last on the table with eight points but a vastly inferior net run rate than Pune’s. Delhi have also struggled to score runs and with Virender Sehwag also out with a shoulder injury, their troubles have compounded even further. The onus will be David Warner and Venugopal Rao to score the runs while Morne Morkel will lead the bowling attack that comprises mostly of discarded Indian players.

Best Bowling Performances in IPL

Best Bowling Performances in IPL (all seasons)

Bowler Name	Wickets	Team	Opposition	Place	Season
Sohail Tanvir	14/6	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	2008
A Kumble	5/5	Royal Challengers	Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	2009
I Sharma	12/5	Deccan Chargers	Kochi Tuskers	Kochi	2011
L Malinga	13/5	Mumbai Indians	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	2011
A Mishra	17/5	Delhi Daredevils	Deccan Chargers	Delhi	2008

Kolkata Knight Riders thrash Pune Warriors

A challenging wicket provides a fascinating contest. Not essentially between the teams but at least between the bat and ball. This was on display when Pune Warriors tried to ruin Kolkata Knight Riders' party at the DY Patil stadium on Thursday night. The 'contest' was largely limited to first innings only. And it meant Pune's objective to beat the Big Brother remained just a wish.

Kolkata Knight Riders hammered them by seven wickets with more than three overs to spare. Yusuf Pathan made use receiving promotion despite being clueless on many occasions. Batting at No. 4, he made 29 off 25. Surprisingly, the fours came behind point before a trademark six off Bhuvnesh Kumar over long-on.

Captain Gambhir (54, 46b, 7x4s) was his usual self: crafty yet quiet; effective but not belligerent. The target of 119 was a child's play for his team. Pune's sloppy fielding came as unwanted bonus and without enough runs on the board, leggie Rahul Sharma wasn't a big weapon. Ganguly took 19 balls before hitting his first boundary. He ran 12 singles of his own and ran his partners' 12 runs too.

IPL 2011 Photos - Match 65

Match 65: Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders


Manish Pandey was lbw for 16


Gautam Gambhir shapes up to drive


Sourav Ganguly pushes one into the off side

Sehwag comeback for England series

India's injured opener Virender Sehwag is confident of recovering in time for the high-profile tour of England starting in July, media reports said on Tuesday. Sehwag, captain of the Delhi Daredevils franchise in the Indian Premier League, underwent an operation on his shoulder in London last week and has already been ruled out of India's tour of West Indies beginning June 4.


"I think I will able to play the series in England," the prolific batsman was quoted as saying."That's the reason why I stopped playing the Indian Premier League for Delhi Daredevils and rushed to London to get my shoulder operated."India are set to play four Tests and five one-day internationals in England, with the first Test beginning at Lord's on July 21.


The flamboyant batsman, who has scored 7,694 Test runs and another 7,760 in one-dayers, said he was looking to regain full fitness inside eight weeks."I will return to London after six weeks for a check-up," Sehwag said. "I should be fit in six to eight weeks."Going by the rehabilitation programme designed for me I should be okay. I am already feeling the difference each day."

	Matches	Inns	Runs	Average	50	100	SR
In IPL 2011	11	11	424	38.54	2	1	176.66
TEST	87	150	7694	53.43	27	22	81.91
ODI	236	230	7760	35.11	37	14	104.07

IPL - Best Patnerships

IPL - Best Partnerships by Runs (including all four seasons)

Partners Name	Runs	Team	Opposition	Place	Date
Gilchrist, Marsh	206	Kings XI Punjab	Royal Challengers	Dharamsala	17 May 2011
Gilchrist, VVS Laxman	155*	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	27 Apr 2008
Kallis, Gambhir	152*	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	15 Apr 2011
Vijay, A Morkel	152	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	3 Apr 2010
Warner, Sehwag	146	Delhi Daredevils	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi	23 Apr 2011

IPL 2011 Photos - Match 64

Match 64: Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala


Wriddhiman Saha top-scored for Chennai with an unbeaten 46


Chennai's bowlers kept picking up wickets at regular intervals


Brendon McCullum was dismissed for 33

Viru's ton helps Daredevils beat Chargers

Sehwag - 119 (56b, 13x4, 6x6)

Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag who took the bull by its horns and in smashing a aggressive 119 not just added to the hosts' misery at the venue but also sounded the death knell for Chargers in this edition. Sehwag, though, must thank Chargers for dropping him twice, both times off Amit Mishra, which permitted him to win it for Delhi.

The teams started on an equal footing going into this game with six points apiece. The Chargers had only themselves to blame for thinking they had the match in the bag after praising out three Delhi wickets for a mere 25 runs. The rash of wickets only seemed to inspire Sehwag. He raced to his 50 in just 27 deliveries, Ishan Malhotra bearing the brunt, conceding 23 in his first over. Mishra went for 17 in his first apart from seeing substitute Ankit Sharma dropping a sitter that entirely changed the game.

Then on it was a Sehwag sizzler. The century came off a mere 48 deliveries but more importantly for Delhi he made the target seem so ridiculously easy. He had done enough -- contributed 56 -- in the fourth-wicket partnership of 61 runs with Travis Birt as Delhi needed 90 from the last 10.

Sehwag whittled it down to 27 from the last five -- 64 came in overs 10 to 15, illustrating well in the process what happens when he stays at the wicket for a mere 89 minutes. The sixth-wicket partnership of 67 runs (36b) between Sehwag and Irfan Pathan was terminated by Dale Steyn but Delhi completed the formalities of a four-wicket win an over to spare.