IPL 2018: Match 50, Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Highlights

Defending champions Mumbai Indians kept their playoff hopes alive with a thrilling 3-run win over Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday. Batting first, Mumbai scored 186 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs. Comeback man Kieron Pollard top-scored for the hosts, scoring 50 off 23. Andrew Tye starred with the ball for Kings XI, finishing the game with figures of 4 for 16.

In reply, Punjab were looking well set to chase down the total after being comfortably placed at 127 for 1 after the 15th over. However, the game turned on its head after Jasprit Bumrah ended the 111-run stand between Rahul and Aaron Finch in the 17th over. In the 19th over, Bumrah dismissed Rahul for a 60-ball 94. Mumbai went on to win the must-win tie by 3 runs.

With the game now done and dusted, here is a look at some interesting numbers and stats:

1. Andrew Tye picked up his third 4-wicket haul of the season. With it, he became the first player to take three 4-wicket hauls in a single edition of the IPL.

2. Tye has now four 4-wicket hauls in the IPL which is the joint 3rd most for any player. Only Sunil Narine (7) and Lasith Malinga (5) have more 4-fers in the IPL than Tye.

3. The 3-run loss is Kings XI’s second narrowest defeat in the IPL in terms of runs. Royal Challengers Bangalore had beaten them by 1 run in 2016.

4. Jasprit Bumrah picked up only his second Man of the Match award in the IPL for finishing with figures of 3 for 15. His previous award came last year when he recorded figures of 3 for 24 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

5. Rahul‘s 94 is one of the eight 90+ individual scores coming during unsuccessful IPL chases. He had earlier scored an unbeaten 95 in the defeat against Rajasthan Royals which makes him the first player to score two 90s in unsuccessful IPL chases.

6. Rahul has now scored 482 runs while chasing in this season. These are the moost for any player in a single IPL edition. He surpassed David Warner’s tally of 468 runs during the 2016 season. Rahul this season and Warner in 2016 are the only players to score six fifty-plus scores in an IPL season while chasing.

7. Rahul has scored 652 runs in this IPL season thus far. These are the most by a Kings XI Punjab player in an IPL surpassing Shaun Marsh’s 616 runs from 2008.