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Stats: RP Singh becomes top wicket taker in IPL

April 28, 2011 10:39 IST

Statistical highlights from the Indian Premier League [ Images ] match between Deccan Chargers [ Images ] and Kochi Tuskers Kerala [ Images ] played in Kochi on Wednesday.

# Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] (65 off 47 balls) has registered his ninth fifty in the IPL.

# Sangakkara and Cameron White [ Images ] put on a stand of 90 for the fourth wicket -- the highest for this wicket against Kochi Tuskers Kerala by any team in the IPL.

# Six ducks in Kochi Tuskers' innings is the first instance in the IPL. For the fourth in the history of Twenty20 [ Images ], six batsmen were dismissed without scoring.

# Kumar Sangakkara has effected eleven dismissals in the fourth edition of the IPL -- the most by a wicketkeeper.

# Sangakkara has taken 27 catches in the IPL overall, emulating Adam Gilchrist's [ Images ] tally.

# Ishant Sharma [ Images ] became the seventh bowler to capture five wickets in an innings in the IPL, joining Sohail Tanvir [ Images ] (six), Anil Kumble [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Amit Mishra [ Images ], Lasith Malinga [ Images ] and Lakshmipathy Balaji.

# Ishant's magnificent figures of 5 for 12 are the third best in the IPL history -- the two best being Sohail Tanvir's 6 for 14 for Rajasthan Royals [ Images ] against Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] at Jaipur [ Images ] on May 4, 2008 and Anil Kumble's 5 for 5 for Royal Challengers [ Images ] Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals at Cape Town on April 18, 2009.

# Kochi Tuskers became the fourth side to lose four matches in the IPL 4, joining Deccan, Delhi [ Images ] and Pune.

# Kochi Tuskers (74) have recorded their lowest total in the IPL, outstripping the 109 against Rajasthan at Jaipur on April 24, 2011.

# Kochi's 74 off 16.3 overs is the third lowest total in the IPL -- the two lowest being Rajasthan's 58 against Bangalore at Cape Town on April 18, 2009 and Kolkata's [ Images ] 67 against Mumbai [ Images ] at Mumbai on May 16, 2008.

# Rudra Pratap Singh has taken his wickets' tally to 56 at an average of 24.71 in 49 games -- the most by a bowler in the IPL.

# Vinay Kumar (3/25) has produced his best bowling performance in the IPL 4.

# Raiphi Gomez has registered an unwanted feat in the IPL 4. He is the first batsman to record three ducks.

# Deccan Chargers' 55-run win is the biggest by runs margin in the IPL 4, surpassing the 48-run victory by Punjab [ Images ] against Rajasthan at Mohali on April 21.

# Deccan's win is their biggest by runs margin in the IPL, eclipsing their 53-run victory against Rajasthan at Kimberley on May 11, 2009.

# Sangakkara became the first wicketkeeper to record the double of fifty + 3 dismissals in an IPL game twice. He had first accomplished the double for Punjab against Mumbai at Mohali on April 9, 2010.

# Parthiv Patel [ Images ] and Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] have achieved the aforesaid double once each in the IPL.

# Ishant Sharma (5/12) has posted his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20.

# Ishant became the first Deccan bowler to register a five-wicket haul in the IPL, bettering Rohit Sharma's [ Images ] 4 for 6 against Mumbai at Centurion on May 6, 2009.

# Ishant has received his first MOM award in the IPL.

# Deccan Chargers have recorded 37 for the loss of three wickets in the first ten overs -- the least runs scored by any team in the first ten overs in the IPL 4.

# Cameron White has completed his 2,000 runs in Twenty20, amassing 2023 at an average of 31.60 in 91 matches.

# Sangakkara, with his first fifty in the IPL 4, has made 235 at an average of 33.57 in seven matches -- the most for Deccan Chargers.

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