In a league built for big hitting, the hardest trick in the book is winning with a small total on the board. Punjab Kings have made a habit of it. No IPL team has defended more totals below 150 than the Punjab Kings, who have pulled it off five times in full length matches, including…
Virat Kohli holds the record for the most sixes at a single venue in IPL history. He has smashed 148 sixes at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the home ground of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. For many years this record belonged to Chris Gayle, who hit 127 sixes at the same ground. Kohli went past…
Sunil Narine holds the record for most wickets against a single opponent in IPL history. The Kolkata Knight Riders spinner has taken 36 wickets against Punjab Kings, the highest tally any bowler has managed against one team in the league. Bowling to the same side season after season is a test of planning and patience….
Some batters in the IPL save their best for one team. Year after year, they walk out against the same bowling attack and pile on the runs. The list of batters with most runs against a single opponent in the IPL is a special club. It rewards long careers, steady form, and a clear liking…
Chris Gayle owns the powerplay in IPL history like no other batter. The West Indies giant cleared the ropes 138 times in the first six overs of IPL matches across his career. That is the highest total for any player, and it has stood untouched for years. David Warner is next with 105 powerplay sixes,…
Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets in the IPL middle overs. The leg spinner has taken 138 wickets between overs 7 and 15 in IPL matches, more than any other bowler in league history. He moved past Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla and Amit Mishra during IPL 2026 to reach the top of…
MS Dhoni stands far ahead of every other batter in the list of batters with most sixes in death overs IPL history. The former Chennai Super Kings captain has cleared the ropes 186 times in the last four overs of an innings, a full 59 sixes more than second placed Kieron Pollard. No other finisher…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was 14 years and 32 days old when he walked out to open the batting for Rajasthan Royals against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur on 28 April 2025. What followed stunned world cricket. He smashed 101 runs off just 38 balls and became the youngest batter to score a century in IPL history, breaking…
The highest individual score while chasing in IPL history is 141, scored by Abhishek Sharma for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Punjab Kings on 12 April 2025. Chasing a huge target of 246 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Abhishek smashed 141 off just 55 balls and carried his team to an 8 wicket win…
MS Dhoni has scored 2936 runs in the death overs of the IPL. That is the most by any batter in this phase of the game. The death overs, overs 17 to 20, are the hardest part of a T20 innings. Bowlers bowl yorkers and slower balls. Fielders guard the boundary. Dhoni made this phase…
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