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Stats: Pollard has struck most sixes for Mumbai

April 07, 2013 15:28 IST
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Statistical highlights from the IPL match played between Mumbai Indians [ Images ] and Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] in Chennai on Saturday.

# Kieron Pollard's superb unbeaten 57 was his second highest innings in the IPL, next only to the 64 against Rajasthan Royals [ Images ] at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 11, 2012. His first half-century against Chennai Super Kings was his third in the IPL.

# Pollard's sixes' tally of 42 in 40 innings was the most by a Mumbai batsman in the IPL. Pollard got his fifth Man of the Match award in the IPL.

Keiron Pollard# Ravichandran Ashwin was the second Chennai bowler after Albie Morkel [ Images ] (69 at 27.52 runs) to complete 50 wickets (ave.22.91) or more at the IPL.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] (51 off 26 balls) posted his tenth fifty in the IPL. He took 24 balls to reach his fifty. His fastest in this competition was a 20-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians at Bangalore on May 23, 2012.

# Mumbai Indians won seven and lost five of the twelve matches played against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL -- success % 58.33. No other team has won seven matches against Chennai.

# Munaf Patel's [ Images ] wicket-aggregate of 73 in 59 matches at an average of 21.54 bettered only by three bowlers at the IPL -- Lasith Malinga [ Images ] (83), Amit Mishra [ Images ] (77) and RP Singh [ Images ] (74).

# Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] posted his fourth duck in the IPL, his second first-ball duck. Mumbai Indians won all four matches in which he registered ducks.

# Pollard and Harbhajan were associated in a partnership of 65 (unbroken) -- Mumbai Indians' highest seventh-wicket stand in the IPL.

Photograph: BCCI

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