5 IPL records you might not know about
The Indian Premier League is no doubt the most popular T20 league in world cricket. It has fetched incredible interest right from the first season because of the popularity of the T20 format as well as the presence of all the big names from the world of cricket and the exciting young talent coming through from India.
Cricket fans from all over the world keep an eye on the contests and the records which are created and broken every day and most of us are well aware of those significant records.
However, there are some records which go unnoticed and are forgotten in due course of time.
In this article, we will have a look at the few unknown and interesting records from the Indian Premier League.
#5 A fifty and three-wicket haul in a single match
In T20, if an all-rounder can bowl his quota of four overs without giving away too many runs and score some valuable runs with the bat, he has done the job for his team.
Scoring a fifty as well as taking four wickets in a match is a rare feat and has only been accomplished 12 times in the past 11 years of IPL.
Yuvraj Singh has done it three times. He did it for the first time while playing for the Kings XI Punjab in 2009. With the ball, he took 3/22 and scored 50 runs from 34 balls. He achieved the feat again while playing for Pune Warriors in 2011.
While batting, he scored a brilliant 66* from 32 balls and then took 4/22 with the ball. He achieved the feat a remarkable third time for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014. While batting, he blasted a 38-ball 83 run knock and took 4/33 with the ball.