The Indian Premier League (IPL) will continue to provide nail-biting entertainment to the fans worldwide in its fourteenth edition in 2022. The IPL stats are a good set to measure the entertainment it provided as some cricketing stars dazzled the competition with their performances.
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The record for most IPL runs belongs to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star Virat Kohli who has scored 6283 runs in 204 matches and is 499 runs ahead of the Punjab Kings batter Shikhar Dhawan.
The best individual score in IPL history is also the highest individual score in T20 cricket. Chris Gayle scored 175 not out against Pune Warriors India in 2013.
Morne van Vyk has the best batting average of 55.67 in the IPL. He played 5 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and scored 167 runs. For batters with minimum 1000 runs or 50 matches, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul has the best batting average of 47.43 scoring 3,273 runs in 85 innings.
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Kolkata Knight Riders’ all-rounder Andre Russell has a batting strike rate of 178.57, the best in the IPL. He has scored 1700 runs at that rate in 70 innings. He will be ready to rack up IPL 2022 stats when he returns in the fifteenth edition of the tournament.
Former Punjab Kings (PBKS) opener Chris Gayle has scored 6 centuries in the IPL also including his stint at RCB.
David Warner has 50 half-centuries in the IPL in 150 matches, 6 more than the second-best.
Former PBKS batter Chris Gayle is way ahead of all other batsmen in the IPL with 355 sixes, 105 more than the second-best.
Punjab Kings opener Shikhar Dhawan has hit 654 fours in 192 matches at a rate of 3.41 boundaries per game.
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IPL legend Lasith Malinga has picked 170 wickets for the Mumbai Indians team in 122 matches. He leads the IPL Stats when it comes to the bowling department.
Jaydev Unadkat (one for Rising Pune Supergiant and one for RCB) and James Faulkner (both for Rajasthan Royals) have taken two five-wicket hauls each.
The IPL statistics for best economies is held by the bowling all-rounder of Gujarat Titans, Rashid Khan, with an economy of 6.33 which is better than any other bowler in the history of IPL.