IPL 2021 stats: Chennai Super Kings after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the IPL 2021 final, lifts their fourth IPL title.
IPL 2021 has been an interesting journey for the players and as well as for the fans. This edition started in India and then due to the COVID-19 crisis it had to be shifted to UAE.
Challenges were different, pitches were different, players were missing, team chemistry was missing but available was the same excitement in the fans to know the IPL 2021 champion.
Along with the champions we witness some young talent with extraordinary performance along the way. Here we will look at the statistics and top performances of IPL 2021.
Team Records:
Most Runs: (18622 runs scored in total in IPL 2021)
CSK – 2733 runs (16 matches)
KKR – 2559 runs (17 matches)
DC – 2487 runs (16 matches)
RCB – 2303 runs (15 matches)
RR – 2196 runs (14 matches)
PBKS – 2150 runs (14 matches)
MI – 2117 runs (14 matches)
SRH – 2077 runs (14 matches)
Mumbai Indians at the 7th spot summarises their season. While CSK’s first spot describes theirs.
Most Wickets: (716 wickets fell in IPL 2021 season)
KKR – 109 wickets
CSK – 103 wickets
DC – 102 wickets
RCB – 96 wickets
MI – 82 wickets
PBKS – 79 wickets
SRH – 76 wickets
RR – 69 wickets
IPL 2021: Batting Reocrds.
Most Runs: Orange Cap
Ruturaj Gaikwad – 635 runs
Faf du Plessis – 633 runs
KL Rahul – 626 runs
No doubt now why CSK won the title! Their openers were as consistent. Feels good that KL Rahul is on this list. This man is a gem for India.
Most Fours:
Ruturaj Gaikwad: 64 fours.
Shikhar Dhawan: 63 fours.
Faf du Plessis: 60 fours.
Just stop it Ruturaj, he is everywhere! I wonder how many times I have to write his name.
Most Sixes:
KL Rahul: 30 sixes
Faf du Plessis: 23 sixes
Ruturaj Gaikwad: 23 sixes
That is what I meant. Anyways, KL Rahul is effortless in sixes, no doubt he is in top.
Most fifties:
Faf du Plessis: 6
KL Rahul: 6
Glenn Maxwell: 6
Glenn Maxwell has to be respected. This was his season to perform and he did it style. RCB reaching the playoffs, Maxwell was the key.
Most Hundreds:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, and Jos Buttler all had the century moment in this edition. All of them feel special to their teams. Can’t pick one.
Fastest Fifties:
Ishan Kishan: 16 balls
Kieron Pollard: 17 balls
Prithvi Shaw: 18 balls
Here they come! Hard hitters as they are often called. Kishan showed his class but from MI’s perspective, it was a little too late. While Prithvi Shaw failed to show his magic in the latter part of the tournament when it was needed.
Fastest Hundred:
Devdutt Padikkal: 51 balls
Sanju Samson: 54 balls
Jos Buttler: 56 balls
Ruturaj Gaikwad: 60 balls
Remember the names, they will be there every time. What do you think?
Biggest six goes to Ruturaj Gaikwad – 108M, which helped him reach his hundred.
Bowling Records: IPL 2021
Most Wickets: Purple Cap
Harshal Patel: 32 wickets
Avesh khan: 24 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah: 21 wickets
This territory is not new for Jasprit Bumrah, but the other two were outstanding and deserved their place. Avesh khan in particular, took off in the latter part of the tournament. Harshal was the golden arm for RCB. Do you want wickets? get Harshal in.
Most Dot balls:
Avesh khan: 156 dot balls
Varun Chakravarthy: 149 dot balls
Mohammed Siraj: 147 dot balls
This is the stat I always look to access the bowlers. The more dot balls you can bowl the better the team performs. Avesh Khan and Mohammed Siraj were noticeable to this list. Varun Chakravarthy is also expected however, I feel for a spinner to get this many dot balls is commendable.
Best Bowling figures:
Andre Russell: 5-15 (2 overs)
Harshal Patel: 5-27 (4 overs)
Arshdepp Singh: 5-32 (4 overs)
Remembering the moments every spell seems special. However, KKR missed Andre Russell in the finals. Would Russell had played what do you think would have happened?
Fastest Balls:
Lockie Ferguson: 153.63 KMPH
Umran malik: 152.95 KMPH
Lockie Ferguson: 152.75 KMPH
Here comes “ROBOTS”, as I like to call them! Umran Malik was impressive in the matches he was given the opportunity. On the other end, Lockie is known for that type of stuff.
Player of the series, MVP: IPL 2021
Harshal Patel: 264.5 pts
Ravindra Jadeja: 263 pts
Faf du Plesis: 260.5 pts
Ruturaj Gaikwad: 255.5 pts
KL Rahul: 263.5 pts
This was the summary of the IPL 2021. Some surprises while some expected stats to be seen. Sourced from IPL’s Official site.
Hope the article helped you.
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