The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is less than a week away. After the tournament was postponed, after many hindrances and altercations, the 13th edition of the IPL will begin on September 19 in UAE.
IPL has been an iconic tournament over the course of the last 12 years. Young, inexperienced, yet talented cricketers get a chance to showcase their skills against some of the world’s greatest. They get to learn from the best of the best and perform under crunch situation in packed stadiums.
Therefore, despite India already having a robust domestic circuit like Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, etc, IPL acts a factory churning out world-class talent for the Indian team.
Today, we take a brief journey down the memory lane. We name all the important records of the tournament over the course of the last 12 years.
The records are as follows:
Most runs by a player: Virat Kohli (5412 runs)
Most wickets by a player: Lasith Malinga (170)
Most sixes by a player: Chris Gayle (326)
Most fours by a player: Shikhar Dhawan (524)
Most catches by a player: Suresh Raina (102)
Most Man of the Match awards by a player: Chris Gayle (21)
Most wins by a team: Mumbai Indians (107)
Most expensive player ever: Yuvraj Singh (16 crores in 2015)
Most runs by a team: Mumbai Indians (31082)
Most sixes by a team: Mumbai Indians (1241)
Most fours by a team: Mumbai Indians (2850)
Most fifties by a team: Mumbai Indians (158)
Most thirties by a team: Mumbai Indians (234)
Most not outs by a team: Mumbai Indians (381)
Most wickets by a team: Mumbai Indians (1146)
Most catches by a team: Mumbai Indians (796)
Most IPL trophies by a team: Mumbai Indians (4)
Most consecutive appearances for a team – Suresh Raina (134)
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