IPL 2016, Stats: Dhoni milestone not enough to prevent Pune's first IPL loss against Gujarat Lions
Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni who played in the same Indian Premier League (IPL) side for the last eight seasons faced off against each other for the first time ever in IPL history as their respective sides, Gujarat Lions and the Rising Pune Supergiants met at Rajkot.
A brilliant start from the opening pair of Ajinkya Rahane and Faf du Plessis helped the Supergiants set a strong foundation. However, the Lions fought back to restrict Pune to a score of 163, thanks to some late onslaught from captain, MS Dhoni.
In reply, the opening pair of the Lions, Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum got their team off to a blazing start and set the tone for what ended up as an easy chase for the Lions.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – Ishant Sharma dismissed Brendon McCullum in T20s for the first time.
3 – Ravindra Jadeja conceded only 3 runs in the last 12 balls of his spell. This is the least by any bowler in the last 12 balls during the death overs (16-20).
5 – Aaron Finch has scored five fifties in the last 7 T20 innings while chasing. He has scored 369 runs at an average of 52.71 and a strike rate of 146.42.
5 – Ravindra Jadeja has dismissed Steven Smith for five times in the last 39 balls in T20s.
5 – There have been five 50-plus run partnerships for the second wicket in the IPL so far.
9 – The number of runs scored by the Pune Supergiants from overs 17 to 19. This is the third-lowest for any team batting first in the IPL.
16 – Dwayne Bravo conceded 16 runs in the first over of this match. In the previous match, Bravo had conceded only 22 runs in the four overs.
20 – Dwayne Bravo conceded 20 runs in the last over of the first innings. This was his second-most expensive over of his IPL.
32 – Rajkot has now become the 32nd venue that has hosted an IPL match.
62 – Gujarat Lions scored 62 runs in the powerplay of this match. This is the highest scored by any team in the IPL so far.
69 – Faf du Plessis’ knock of 69 is his seventh fifty and his third highest score in the IPL.
353 – MS Dhoni has scored 353 runs in 155 balls that he faced in the 20th over in the IPL. He has scored this at a strike rate of 227.74.
1035 – Aaron Finch reached a milestone of scoring 1000 runs in the IPL.
2014 – Ajinkya Rahane became the seventh person to reach a milestone of 2000-plus runs in the IPL while opening the batting. Rahane scored this at an average of 38.73 and at a strike rate of 121.54.
3008 – MS Dhoni reached a milestone of reaching 3000 runs in the IPL in his knock of 22 in this match. Dhoni became the 7th player to reach the milestone.