1. Rajasthan hasn't hit a single boundary in the first 7 overs, against Royal challenger, first by any team.
2. RR scored 58, which is the second-lowest score in Twenty20 cricket, and the lowest in the IPL, score included only 1 four and two sixes.
3. After Amit Mishra and L. Balaji, Anil Kumble became the third Indian to take 5 wickets in IPL, other two bowler have anyway also taken hattrick. Best figure is by Sohail Tanvir (6 for 14) for RR v CSK
4. Anil Kumble's 5-wicket has another record, it is so far the most economical (1.57) 3.1 1 5 5 1.57
5. Worst Strike rate, and the credit goes to Dada, who made 1 run of 12 balls, SR of 8.33, against DC on 19-april.
6. Lowest score in the first 10 over is 31 for 3, by karbo na. Larbo na. Jeetbo na DC on 19-april.
7. Moises Henriques of KKR is a Portugal-born, thus the only one to be from that country in the IPL ( don't know about the world cricket).
8. Most economical spell ( complete 4 over) is by Edward against KKR, 4.0 1 6 1.50, second best is from Anil kumble, 1.57.
9. Delhi have three left-arm seamers, and one left-serm spinner in their attack: Sangwan, Nannes, Nehra and Vettori.
10. Yuvi hit the 100th six of the tournament against RCB, on 24-04-09.
11. 150th six was hit by Gayle against Bravo, on 27-04-09
12. In the battle-of-losers match ( KKR and RCB), on 29-04-09, five players come up and share an award for the most sixes
13. Least boundary hit by a team (whose inning has lasted for entire 20 over) is KXP, against MI, they got four 4s and 2 sixes, on 29-04-09
14. Charl Langeveldt struck with his first ball of the IPL
15. 295 is the number of runs for Ravindra Jadeja, the highest for Rajasthan Royals. It's also the highest for a batsman not having a single 50+ score in the tournament.
16. 101 is the lowest score made in the first innings, jointly shared by Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders (against Deccan Chargers)
17. 14 is the number of sixes hit off Shane Warne, the highest off a bowler.
18. 2 is the number of hat-tricks taken by Yuvraj Singh in the tournament, the only one to achieve this feat.
19. 28 is the runs conceded by Harmeet Singh and RP Singh in the most expensive over of the tournament, both in the same match.
20. 58 is the number of runs conceded by Mashrafe, the most expensive spell in the competition
21. Over the first two seasons in the Indian Premier League seasons, the Deccan Chargers have won fewer regular-season games than any other team: only 9 victories from 28.
will keep on updating as the tournament progress..
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