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Stats: Anderson proves his worth

May 26, 2014 10:05 IST

Image: Corey Anderson of the Mumbai Indians and Sachin Tendulkar mentor of Mumbai Indians celebrate
Photographs: BCCI

New Zealand’s power-hitter Corey Anderson conjured up an astonishing 95-run knock under tremendous pressure to single-handedly power Mumbai Indians to the play-offs of the Indian Premier League on Sunday night.

A look at key statistics from the match.

# Corey Anderson's match-winning unbeaten 95 off 44 balls is his first fifty for Mumbai in Twenty20.

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# Anderson received his first Man of the Match award in the IPL.

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Nair records his third fifty this season

Image: Karun Nair hits one to the fence
Photographs: BCCI

# Karun Nair (50 off 27 balls) registered his fourth fifty in Twenty20

# Nair recorded his third fifty in the IPL 2014 – his highest is an unbeaten 73 vs Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi on May 3, 2014.

# Nair and Sanju Samson shared a stand of 100 - Rajasthan's highest for the second wicket vs Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

# Five players registered strike rates of 200 or more in Mumbai's total of 195 for five - the most in a team score in the IPL.

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Tare's sensational record

Image: Aditya Tare celebrates after hitting the winning runs
Photographs: BCCI

# Aditya Tare recorded a six off James Faulkner and became just the fourth player to register a six off the only ball faced in an IPL innings. Dwayne Bravo, Vinay Kumar and Rajat Bhatia had achieved the feat previously.

# James Faulkner has conceded 21 sixes in the present competition – the most by a bowler in the present tournament along with Amit Mishra and Karn Sharma.

# Rohit Sharma (370), Ambati Rayudu (359) and Lendl Simmons (327) are the top run-scorers for Mumbai in the IPL 2014.

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Sanju Samson's career-best score

Image: Sanju Samson hits a six
Photographs: BCCI

# Sanju Samson (74 off 47 balls) has recorded his career-best score in the Twenty20. He has completed his 1,000 runs in Twenty20 - his tally is 1016 (ave.24.78), including seven fifties in 48 matches.

# Mumbai Indians have won nine and lost five out of 14 played vs Rajasthan Royals in the IPL - success rate 64.28 per cent.

# Mumbai Indians (195/5) have registered their highest successful chase in the IPL, eclipsing the 184 for three off 19.3 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 13, 2013.

# Mumbai's score is their highest in the IPL 2014, surpassing the 187 for five vs Bangalore at Mumbai on May 6.

# Mumbai's run-rate of 13.29 is the best by a team chasing 150 or more in an IPL innings, obliterating the 12.91 by Deccan Chargers during their score of 155/0 against Mumbai Indians (154/7) at Mumbai on April 27, 2008.

# Mumbai had raced to 50 in just 3.5 overs – their highest in the IPL, outstripping their previous best in 4.1 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders during their total of 68 for two off 5.3 overs at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 16, 2008.

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Brad Hodge crosses 6000 runs

Image: Brad Hodge
Photographs: BCCI

# Brad Hodge took his tally to 6,085 runs (ave.36.65) in 221 matches. Only Chris Gayle has amassed more runs than him in Twenty20 - 6188 (ave.41.81) in 173.

# In the 18th over of Rajasthan's innings, Harbhajan Singh has conceded 18 runs - his most expensive over in the present competition.