IPL 2019: Three records that are most likely to be broken this season

The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League is underway and it has lived up to all its expectations. From swashbuckling centuries to bowling figures as good as 6/12 and from super overs to last ball finishes, this season of the league has been one of the best so far.

IPL has been a platform where numerous records have been created that have not been broken across any league. Chris Gayle's 175 is a perfect example of that kind of a record and there are many more like that. However, there are a few records exclusive to the league and with increasingly better performances every year, there is hardly any record that doesn't get broken these days.

IPL 2019 has not seen a lot of records being broken. Gayle became the first player to cross 300 sixes but apart from that, there hasn't been many records broken this season. However, with few players performing exceptionally well this season, we can expect some records being shattered. Here are such records that are most likely to be surpassed this season.

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#3 Most sixes by a player in one season: Chris Gayle (59)

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There have been quite some questions raised this season as to whether this player is human or not and the way he has been playing this season, it would be quite safe to say that he isn't from this planet.

Even after 9 games, his strike rate is above 220 and his average is more than 75. He has been in tremendous form but what has separated him from other players is his 6 hitting capacity. He has parked almost every ball into the stands and the way he plays is beyond belief.

Andre Russell has already hit 39 sixes this season and is already past the 2018 number for most sixes by a single player. The current record for most sixes hit in a single season by a player is held by Chris Gayle when he hit a tremendous 59 sixes in 2012.

However, that record does not look safe anymore with the way Russell is playing. He has hit almost 5 sixes every match and he still has 5 innings to go even if KKR don't make it to the playoffs. Moreover, he is likely to be promoted up the order after the previous match which means that he will get to face more balls.

Russell just needs 21 more sixes to break the record and the way he has been performing, it might be no surprise if he breaks it with a match or more left.

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#2 Most centuries in one season: 2016 (7)

Virat Kohli hit 4 centuries out of the 7 that season

This year's IPL stands out in one particular aspect- Batsmen have cracked the code for hitting centuries. Get off a slow start, get yourself into the game and accelerate at the end of the innings. Barring Jonny Bairstow's century this season, all the other centuries had this one similar feature. All the batsmen had started slow and accelerated right at the end of the innings hitting upto 30 runs in an over.

With such a technique found to hit the big scores, batsmen especially openers will back themselves to hit centuries. The previous record for most centuries in a season was 7 centuries on 2016 when Virat Kohli himself had hit 4 centuries. That was a splendid season for him as he went on to score 976 runs that season.

However, this year unlike 2016, all the centuries have been scored by different batsmen. The only common thing amongst these players is that all of them have been openers for their teams, barring Sanju Samson. With two and a half weeks of the league left, players will be more than ready to break this record.

Also, there have been quite some missed centuries, for example when Chris Gayle remained not out on 99, or when Shikhar Dhawan went not out on 97. Even Prithvi Shaw missed out extremely closely as he got out on 99. Had these opportunities been converted the record would have been broken already.

However, with the huge number of matches left, there is a very good chance that this record will be broken this season.

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#1 Most wickets by a player in one season: Dwayne Bravo (32)

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Andrew Tye - 2018's Purple Cap holder had 24 wickets in the whole season. To put it context, Kagiso Rabada already has 21 and he has at least 4 matches left this season and with Delhi looking good in the points table, he will probably play a match or two extra.

Rabada has been in tremendous form this season. He already has two 4-wicket hauls this season and he has taken at least 2 wickets in seven of the matches that he has played. With such consistency, we can quite safely assume that he quite capable of breaking this record.

He has picked up big wickets too and his bowling in the death has been superb. Delhi Capitals are left with 4 matches and they are most likely going to make it to the play offs which gives Rabada at least five matches. He just needs 12 wickets to break the record and a five-for for in any match will make it very easy for him.

With such skill and talent involved in the game, we can see these records being broken quite soon in this season.