Indian Premier League- Some interesting facts

S. Pervez Qaiser   Three left-handed batsmen have scored centuries while two right-handed batsmen made hundreds in first 47 matches in the Indian Premier League matches. Sohail Tanvir, the left arm medium fast bowler recorded the best bowling in this tournament as well as in the Twenty-20 cricket by taking six for 14 for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur on May 4, 2008. Following are some of the interesting facts of Indian Premier League after abandoned match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi on Thursday. Most runs by left-handed batsmen Batsman M I N.O Runs AVG H.S S/R 100 50 Gautam Gambir (Delhi) 12 12 1 504 45.81 86 141.97 - 5 Shaun Marsh (Punjab) 7 7 2 378 75.60 84* 135.97 - 4 Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai) 11 11 2 356 39.55 114* 184.45 1 - Adam Gilchrist (Deccan) 11 11 1 335 33.50 109* 145.02 1 2 Graeme Smith (Rajasthan) 9 9 2 325 46.42 75* 112.06 - 2 Most runs by right-handed batsmen Batsman M I N.O Runs AVG H.S S/R 100 50 Virender Sehwag (Delhi) 12 12 2 385 38.50 94* 183.33 - 3 Shaun Watson (Rajasthan) 11 11 5 352 58.66 76* 156.44 - 3 Rohit Sharma (Deccan) 11 10 1 337 37.44 76* 146.52 - 3 Mahindra S.Dhoni (Chennai) 12 11 3 336 42.00 65 129.23 - 2 Rahul Dravid (Banglaore) 12 12 1 329 29.90 75* 126.05 - 2 Most wickets by right arm pace bowlers Bowler M Overs Runs Wkts AVG R/O 4WI Best S. Sreesanth (Punjab) 11 39.1 329 15 21.93 8.40 - 3-29 Manpreet Gony (Chennai) 12 45 346 13 26.61 7.68 - 3-34 Shane Watson (Rajasthan) 11 40.1 274 12 22.83 6.82 - 2-20 Glenn McGrath (Delhi) 12 46 280 12 23.33 6.08 1 4-29 Dhawal Kulkarni (Mumbai) 8 23.3 176 11 16.00 7.48 - 3-33 Most wickets by left arm pace bowlers Bowler M Overs Runs Wkts AVG R/O 4WI Best Rudra Pratap Singh (Deccan) 11 40.5 358 15 23.86 8.76 - 3-35 Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan) 7 27.1 163 14 11.64 6.00 - 6-14 Irfan Pathan (Punjab) 11 41.2 280 13 21.53 6.77 - 2-18 Zaheer Khan (Bangalore) 11 42 357 13 27.46 8.50 - 3-38 Ashish Nehra (Kolkata) 11 35 279 10 27.90 7.97 - 3-13 Most wickets by leg-spinners Bowler M Overs Runs Wkts AVG R/O 4WI Best Shane Warne (Rajasthan) 11 36 284 14 20.28 7.88 - 3-19 Piyush Chawla (Punjab) 11 32 264 12 22.00 8.25 - 3-25 Shahid Afridi (Deccan) 9 27 206 9 22.88 7.62 - 3-28 Amit Mishra (Delhi) 4 12. 78 8 9.75 6.50 - 5-17 Anil Kumble (Bangalore) 8 30.2 226 6 37.66 7.45 - 3-14 Most wickets by off-spinners Bowler M Overs Runs Wkts AVG R/O 4WI Best M.Muralitharan (Chennai) 11 42 293 7 41.85 6.97 - 2-40 Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai) 3 10 82 5 16.40 8.20 - 3-32 Yousuf Pathan (Rajasthan) 11 16.1 144 4 36.00 8.90 - 2-20 Virender Sehwag (Delhi) 12 11 133 3 44.33 12.09 - 1-2 Ramesh Power (Punjab) 1 2 22 2 11.00 11.00 - 2-22 Shoiab Malik (Delhi) 7 8.3 85 2 42.50 10.00 - 1-6 Venugopal Rao (Deccan) 8 11 96 2 48.00 8.72 - 2-25 David Hussey (Kolkata) 12 9 94 2 47.00 10.44 - 1=23 M.Hafeez (Kolkata) 8 10 68 2 34.00 6.80 - 1-8 Most wickets by left-arm spinners Bowler M Overs Runs Wkts AVG R/O 4WI Best Pragyan Ojha (Deccan) 11 29 226 8 28.25 7.79 - 2-18 Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai) 11 15 116 4 29.00 7.73 - 3-14 Yuvraj Singh (Punjab) 11 7 45 3 15.00 6.42 - 2-12 Murali Kartik (Kolkata) 6 14.4 127 3 42.33 8.65 - 3-17 Daniel Vettori (Delhi) 2 8 54 2 27.00 6.75 - 1-19 -Faisel Features

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