Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 15 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad. With this win, Sunrisers Hyderabad have 8 points from 7 matches and have moved into the top 4.
David Warner set the tone for the hosts with a fine 92 and with the backing of Kane Williamson’s 50 and some late blitz from Moises Henriques Sunrisers ended with 194 on the board. Chasing 195, the visitors were off to a disastrous star as they lost Virat Kohli early on in the innings.
KL Rahul’s 50 and AB de Villiers’ 47 kept them in the hunt but eventually Virat Kohli’s men managed just 179. Let us take a look at some of the stats from the match:
200- AB de Villiers played his 200th T20 match.
30- David Warner scored his 30th fifty in IPL, the most by any batsman. He surpassed Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, who have 29 fifties each.
2000- Kane Williamson scored his 2000th T20 run.
1- Kane Williamson scored his first fifty in IPL.
2- KL Rahul scored his second IPL fifty.
92- David Warner’s 92 is the highest individual total by any Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman in IPL. He surpassed his 91 against Kolkata Knight Riders last season.
3- Number of times David Warner has been dismissed in the nineties in IPL, the most by any player along with Glenn Maxwell.
4- David Warner has the most number of 90+ scores in IPL, the most by any batsman. Glenn Maxwell comes in next with three instances.
5- David Warner has the most number of 90+ scores in T20s. Only Chris Gayle is ahead of him with 9 instances.
120- David Warner scored his 120th six in IPL and surpassed Keiron Pollard’s 119 sixes. Only Chris Gayle (230) has more sixes than Warner in IPL.
9- Kane Richardson has conceded 9 sixes in this year’s IPL. Only Mitchell McClenaghan (10) has conceded more sixes than Richardson this season.
1000- Virat Kohli crosses 1000 T20 runs in 2016, the first player to do so in this calendar year.
2- Virat Kohli becomes the second Indian to score 1000 T20 runs in a calendar year. Suresh Raina was the first to do so when he scored 1042 runs in 2010.
18- Virat Kohli took just 18 innings to score 1000 T20 runs in a calendar year, the fastest by any batsman.
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