IPL 2021, Week 3: All the Hits & Misses

Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the third week of IPL 2021.

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings' Sam Curran celebrates Mumbai Indian Krunal Pandya's wicket during match 27 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, May 1, 2021. Photograph: Saikat Das/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

All statistics are updated up to and including Match 27: Mumbai Indians versus Chennai Super Kings

Standings

Rank	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points	Net Run Rate
1 (2)	Chennai Super Kings	7	5	2	10	1.263
2 (3)	Delhi Capitals	7	5	2	10	0.466
3 (1)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	7	5	2	10	-0.171
4 (4)	Mumbai Indians	7	4	3	8	0.062
5 (7)	Punjab Kings	7	3	4	6	-0.264
6 (6)	Kolkata Knight Riders	7	2	5	4	-0.494
7 (8)	Rajasthan Royals	6	2	4	4	-0.690
8 (5)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	6	1	5	2	-0.264

Note: The figures in brackets indicate the ranking after the second week of IPL 2021:

Total matches: 27

Won by side batting first: 11 (41%)

Won by side batting second: 15 (56%)

Super-Over: 1 (3%)

IMAGE: Lalith Yadav of the Delhi Capitals in action during match 25 against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, April 29, 2021. Photograph: Rahul Gulati/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Teams' batting and bowling

Team	Games	RS	WL	RPW	RPO	RC	WT	RPW	RPO
Chennai Super Kings	7	1285	34	37.79	9.57	1153	48	24.02	8.36
Delhi Capitals	7	1158	30	38.60	8.72	1154	45	25.64	8.26
Kolkata Knight Riders	7	1110	51	21.76	8.17	1166	38	30.68	8.61
Mumbai Indians	7	1120	48	23.33	8.08	1098	38	28.89	8.04
Punjab Kings	7	1076	43	25.02	7.83	1045	35	29.85	8.07
Rajasthan Royals	6	992	40	24.80	8.37	1042	35	29.77	9.06
Royal Challengers Bangalore	7	1132	42	26.95	8.29	1185	48	24.68	8.46
Sunrisers Hyderabad	6	908	35	25.94	7.67	938	36	26.05	7.93
Total	27	8781	323	27.18	8.34	8781	323	27.18	8.34

RS = Runs scored, WL = Wickets lost, RPW = Runs per Wicket, RPO = Runs per Over, RC = Runs conceded, WT = Wickets taken

Scoring pattern in each over

Over #	Balls	Runs	Wkts	RPW	RPO
1	324	311	5	5.75	62.20
2	324	426	10	7.88	42.60
3	324	408	14	7.55	29.14
4	324	453	16	8.38	28.31
5	324	449	10	8.31	44.90
6	324	433	11	8.01	39.36
7	324	389	11	7.20	35.36
8	324	447	10	8.27	44.70
9	324	449	12	8.31	37.41
10	324	401	11	7.42	36.45
11	324	459	17	8.50	27.00
12	324	426	15	7.88	28.40
13	324	429	16	7.94	26.81
14	324	428	17	7.92	25.17
15	324	453	22	8.38	20.59
16	322	491	17	9.14	28.88
17	310	415	23	8.03	18.04
18	298	518	25	10.42	20.72
19	279	505	24	10.86	21.04
20	242	491	37	12.17	13.27

Scoring pattern in different phases

Overs	Overs	Runs	Dismissals	Average	Runs Per Over
1-6	324	2480	66	37.57	7.65
7-15	486	3881	131	29.62	7.98
16-20	241.5	2420	126	19.20	10.00
Total	1051.5	8781	323	27.18	8.34

Break-up of sixes hit (346)

	For	Vs
Chennai Super Kings	62	50
Delhi Capitals	24	52
Punjab Kings	50	35
Kolkata Knight Riders	48	47
Mumbai Indians	43	45
Rajasthan Royals	40	43
Royal Challengers Bangalore	43	50
Sunrisers Hyderabad	36	24

IMAGE: Chris Gayle of the Punjab Kings plays a shot during match 26 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, April 30, 2021. Photograph: Rahul Gulati/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Highest totals

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
221-6	20	Punjab Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	12-04-2021
220-3	20	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai	21-04-2021
219-6	20	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings	Delhi	01-05-2021
218-4	20	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai Indians	Delhi	01-05-2021
217-7	20	Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai	12-04-2021
204-4	20	R.Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	18-04-2021
202	19.1	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	21-04-2021
198-4	18.2	Delhi Capitals	Punjab Kings	Mumbai	18-04-2021
195-4	20	Punjab Kings	Delhi Kings	Mumbai	18-04-2021
191-4	20	Chennai Super Kings	R.Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai	25-04-2021
190-3	18.4	Delhi Capitals	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	10-04-2021

Lowest totals

Score	Overs	For	Vs	Venue	Date
106-8	20	Punjab Kings	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	16-04-2021
120	19.4	Punjab Kings	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	21-04-2021
122-9	20	R.Challengers Bangalore	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	25-04-2021
123-9	20	Punjab Kings	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ahmedabad	26-04-2021
131-6	20	Mumbai Indians	Punjab Kings	Chennai	23-04-2021
133-9	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	24-04-2021
137	19.4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	17-04-2021
137-9	20	Mumbai Indians	Delhi Capitals	Chennai	20-04-2021

IMAGE: Rajasthan Royals Captain Sanju Samson during match 24 against the Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, April 29, 2021. Photograph: Ron Gaunt/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

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Highest individual scores

Score	Balls	4s	6s	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Date
119	63	12	7	SV Samson	RR	PBKS	Mumbai	12-04-2021
101*	52	11	6	DB Padikkal	RCB	RR	Mumbai	22-04-2021
95*	60	9	4	F du Plessis	CSK	KKR	Mumbai	21-04-2021
92	49	13	2	S Dhawan	DC	PBKS	Mumbai	18-04-2021
91*	57	7	5	KL Rahul	PBKS	RCB	Ahmedabad	30-04-2021
91	50	7	5	KL Rahul	PBKS	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
87*	34	6	8	KA Pollard	MI	CSK	Delhi	01-05-2021
85	54	10	2	S Dhawan	DC	CSK	Mumbai	10-04-2021
82	41	11	3	PP Shaw	DC	KKR	Ahmedabad	29-04-2021
80	56	9	4	N Rana	KKR	SRH	Chennai	11-04-2021

IMAGE: Punjab Kings Captain K L Rahul -- who is currently recovering from surgery to remove an inflamed appendicitis -- during match 26 against RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium IN Ahmedabad, April 30, 2021. Photograph: Deepak Malik/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Leading run-scorers

		Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100	50
KL Rahul	PBKS	7	331	91*	66.20	136.21	0	4
F du Plessis	CSK	7	320	95*	64.00	145.45	0	4
S Dhawan	DC	7	311	92	44.42	131.77	0	2
PP Shaw	DC	7	269	82	38.42	165.03	0	3
RG Sharma	MI	7	250	63	35.71	128.20	0	1
SV Samson	RR	6	229	119	45.80	145.85	1	0
GJ Maxwell	RCB	7	223	78	37.16	144.80	0	2
JM Bairstow	SRH	6	218	63*	43.60	141.55	0	2
AB de Villiers	RCB	7	207	76*	51.75	164.28	0	2
MM Ali	CSK	6	206	58	34.33	157.25	0	1
N Rana	KKR	7	201	80	28.71	122.56	0	2

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings's Ambati Rayudu plays a shot during match 27 against the Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, May 1, 2021. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Highest Strike-rate (min.50 balls)

SR		For	M	Runs	Hs	Avg	50
200.00	AT Rayudu	CSK	7	136	72*	34.00	1
171.42	KA Pollard	MI	7	168	87*	56.00	1
166.07	PJ Cummins	KKR	7	93	66*	31.00	1
161.72	RA Jadeja	CSK	7	131	62*	131.00	1
155.23	AD Russell	KKR	7	163	54	27.16	1
144.16	SA Yadav	MI	7	173	56	24.71	1
143.75	DJ Hooda	PBKS	7	115	64	23.00	1
138.20	KD Karthik	KKR	7	123	40	30.75	0
135.00	KS Williamson	SRH	3	108	66*		1
133.06	CH Gayle	PBKS	7	165	46	27.50	0
131.57	KH Pandya	MI	7	100	39	16.66	0

IMAGE: Kieron Pollard of the Mumbai Indians celebrates the win against the Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, May 1, 2021. Photograph: Ron Gaunt/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Fastest 50s

Balls	Player	Score	For	Vs	Venue	Date
17	KA Pollard	87*	MI	CSK	Delhi	01-05-2021
18	PP Shaw	82	DC	KKR	Ahmedabad	29-04-2021
20	DJ Hooda	64	PBKS	RR	Mumbai	12-04-2021
20	AT Rayudu	72*	CSK	MI	Delhi	01-05-2021
21	AD Russell	54	KKR	CSK	Mumbai	21-04-2021
23	PJ Cummins	66*	KKR	CSK	Mumbai	21-04-2021
23	SO Hetmyer	53*	DC	RCB	Ahmedabad	27-04-2021

Slowest 50: 50 balls, K L Rahul (60*), PBKS v MI, Chennai, 23-04-2021 & D A Warner (57), SRH v CSK, Delhi, 28-04-2021

Most sixes

Player	For	6s	Balls	Balls / Six
KL Rahul	PBKS	16	243	15.19
JM Bairstow	SRH	14	154	11.00
AT Rayudu	CSK	13	68	5.23
KA Pollard	MI	13	98	7.54
AD Russell	KKR	13	105	8.08
F du Plessis	CSK	13	220	16.92
MM Ali	CSK	12	131	10.92
RG Sharma	MI	11	195	17.73
AB de Villiers	RCB	10	126	12.60
GJ Maxwell	RCB	10	154	15.40

Note: DC's Lalit Yadav has faced 55 balls without hitting a six in the tournament so far.

IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders's Andre Russell during match 18 against the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, April 24, 2021. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Best bowling in a match

Figures	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Date
5-15	AD Russell	KKR	MI	Chennai	13-04-2021
5-27	HV Patel	RCB	MI	Chennai	09-04-2021
4-13	DL Chahar	CSK	PBKS	Mumbai	16-04-2021
4-23	CH Morris	RR	KKR	Mumbai	24-04-2021
4-24	A Mishra	DC	MI	Chennai	20-04-2021
4-27	RD Chahar	MI	KKR	Chennai	13-04-2021
4-29	DL Chahar	CSK	KKR	Mumbai	21-04-2021
3-7	Shahbaz Ahmed	RCB	SRH	Chennai	14-04-2021
3-7	MM Ali	CSK	RR	Mumbai	19-04-2021
3-13	RA Jadeja	CSK	RCB	Mumbai	25-04-2021
3-15	JD Unadkat	RR	DC	Mumbai	15-04-2021

IMAGE: RCB's Harshal Patel celebrates Delhi Capitals' Marcus Stoinis's wicket during match 22 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, April 27, 2021. Photograph: Deepak Malik/Sportzpics for IPL/BCCI

Leading wicket-takers

		Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	RPO
HV Patel	RCB	7	28	257	17	5-27	15.11	9.17	1
Aavesh Khan	DC	7	26	192	13	3-32	14.76	7.38	0
CH Morris	RR	6	22	195	11	4-23	17.72	8.86	1
RD Chahar	MI	7	28	202	11	4-27	18.36	7.21	1
Rashid Khan	SRH	6	24	148	9	3-36	16.44	6.16	0
SM Curran	CSK	7	25	217	9	3-34	24.11	8.68	0
KA Jamieson	RCB	7	24	221	9	3-41	24.55	9.20	0
PJ Cummins	KKR	7	26.5	237	9	3-24	26.33	8.83	0
DL Chahar	CSK	7	24	193	8	4-13	24.12	8.04	2
Mohammed Shami	PBKS	7	25.4	197	8	2-21	24.62	7.67	0

Best economy (Minimum 8 overs)

RPO	Player	Team	Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best
4.75	R Bishnoi	PBKS	3	12	57	4	2-17	14.25
5.12	L Yadav	DC	4	8	41	3	2-13	13.66
6.16	MM Ali	CSK	6	12	74	5	3-7	14.80
6.16	Rashid Khan	SRH	6	24	148	9	3-36	16.44
6.33	SP Mavi	KKR	3	9	57	2	1-13	28.50
6.70	RA Jadeja	CSK	7	24	161	6	3-13	26.83
7.00	SP Narine	KKR	4	16	112	3	2-22	37.33
4.75	R Bishnoi	PBKS	3	12	57	4	2-17	14.25

Bowlers conceding most sixes

Player	For	Six	Balls	Balls / Six
SM Curran	CSK	14	150	10.71
KA Jamieson	RCB	13	145	11.15
PJ Cummins	KKR	12	161	13.42
K Rabada	DC	11	132	12.00
YS Chahal	RCB	11	138	12.55
HV Patel	RCB	11	172	15.64
CH Morris	RR	10	132	13.20
RD Chahar	MI	10	168	16.80