IPL 2018: Match 56, Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians - Statistical Highlights
Delhi Daredevils (DD), on Sunday, beat Mumbai Indians by 11 runs in a thrilling encounter to dump the defending champions out of the competition. Batting first, the Shreyas Iyer-led side rode on an in-form Rishabh Pant’s fifty. The hosts posted a challenging 174 for four in the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Mumbai made a heavy weather of the chase, losing wickets at regular intervals. They were eventually all out for 163.
With the game now done and dusted, here is a look at some interesting numbers and stats:
1. This was only the fourth time, Mumbai Indians could not make it to the playoffs in the eleven season of the IPL.
Prior to this season, the three-time IPL winners failed to make it to the last four in 2008, 2009 and 2016 respectively.
2. This was Indians’ eleventh loss against Daredevils in the IPL – the second most they lost to an opponent in the IPL. They have lost 12 times against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
3. Glenn Maxwell finished the season with a poor batting average of 14.08.
The Australian’s average is the lowest for a batsman in IPL 2018 (min 100 runs and five innings played).
4. Rishabh Pant finished the season with 684 runs to his name. The southpaw’s run-tally is the seventh most by a player in a single edition of IPL.
The record of most runs in a season is held by Virat Kohli, who had scored a staggering 973 runs in 2016.
Most runs in a single edition of IPL –
973 – Virat Kohli (2016)
848 – David Warner (2016)
733 – Chris Gayle (2012)
733 – Michael Hussey (2013)
708 – Chris Gayle (2013)
687 – AB de Villiers (2016)
684 – Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils – 2018)
5. The game was Hardik Pandya’s 50th IPL game. The all-rounder has scored 666 runs at an average of 23.78 and has taken 28 wickets at an average of 32.96.
6. Rohit Sharma finished the season with 286 runs which is his lowest batting return in a single season of IPL.
The previous lowest was 333 runs he had scored last year (2017).
