In Stats: Records Set by Warner, Gayle and Kohli in IPL Final

The Quint takes a look at the records set by David Warner, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli in the IPL final on Sunday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 208/7 (David Warner 69; Chris Jordan 3/45) beat RCB: 200/7 in 20 overs (Chris Gayle 76; Ben Cutting 2/35) by 8 runs in the IPL final at Bengaluru on Sunday.

1st

Chris Gayle became the first batsman in T20 history to score 9000 runs, to hit 700 fours and 650 sixes and also the first batsman to hit 250 sixes in the history of IPL.

2nd

David Warner became the second batsman after Virat Kohli to score 1000 runs in T20s this year and 800 runs in IPL this year.

7

The number of fifty plus scores scored by David Warner against RCB, the second most by any player against any opposition in IPL. Chris Gayle is at the top in the list with eight fifty plus scores against Kings XI Punjab.

88

The number of fours hit by David Warner in this year in T20s, the most by any player in a T20 tournament. James Vince is at the second spot in the list with 87 fours which he hit in Natwest T20 Blast 2015.

208

The number of runs scored by Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL-9 final, the most by any team in an IPL final match. Previous highest was 205 in 2011 scored by Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

61

The number of runs conceded by Shane Watson in IPL-9 final against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the most by any bowler in an innings of an IPL final and in a final of any T20 tournament.

69

The number of runs scored by David Warner against RCB in IPL-9 final, the most by any captain in an IPL final. The previous highest was of 63* runs which scored by MS Dhoni against Mumbai Indians in 2013.

50

The number of fifty plus scores recorded by Virat Kohli in T20s, the third most by any player after Chris Gayle (74) and David Warner (59).

24

The number of balls taken by David Warner to reach his fifty in IPL-9 final, the joint fastest (in terms of balls) by any batsman in an IPL final. The other fastest fifty registered in an IPL final in 24 balls was scored by Suresh Raina against Mumbai Indians in 2010.

4th

David Warner became the fourth overseas player to play 100 IPL matches after Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and AB de Villiers. The final of IPL-9 was Warner’s 100th IPL match.

76

The number of runs scored by Chris Gayle in IPL-9 final, the most by any overseas player in an IPL final. However, he went past David Warner who scored 69 runs in the same match as an overseas player.

2nd

Ben Cutting became the second overseas player to receive the man of the match award in an IPL final. The other player was Kieron Pollard who got the man of the match award for his performance in the IPL final in 2013.