After being roped in as a replacement for Shaun Marsh, Hashim Amla had failed to impress in his first few games. However, in today's game, Amla came up with a superlative knock to help Punjab put 179 on the board.
In addition to the disappointment of missing out on his maiden T20 hundred, Punjab ended up on the losing side as Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down the total brilliantly to inch closer to a confirmed place in the playoffs.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – This IPL season is the first one that had at least three players scoring six or more half-centuries. Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and David Warner are the three players who have achieved the feat.
1 – Murali Vijay became the first captain to open both the batting and the bowling in the same match. He is the 11th player to do so.
2 – SRH made their second highest chase in the IPL as they reached the target of 180.
3 – David Warner has scored six or more 50-plus scores for the third consecutive season.
3 – There have been three hit-wicket dismissals this IPL and all three were SRH batsmen.
5 – In five of the last six IPL matches, one of the Kings XI Punjab openers has scored a fifty-plus score.
14 – David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have the second highest number of fifty-plus run partnerships.
17 – David Warner has the highest number of 50-plus scores while chasing in the IPL.
31 – David Warner has 31 50-plus scores in the IPL. This is the highest for any batsman in IPL history.
50 – Mustafizur Rahman reached the milestone of picking up 50 wickets in T20s. He reached this milestone in 35 matches.
96 – Hashim Amla's knock was the second highest score for Punjab that was made in a losing cause. This was also Amla's second highest knock in T20s.
100 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar reached the milestone of picking up 100 wickets in T20s.
179 – Kings XI Punjab's total was the second highest score made against Sunrisers this IPL.
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