INDIAN PREMIERE LEAGUE (IPL) TOP-15 interesting facts

 

Top 15 Most Interesting Facts About Indian Premier League (IPL) that a true IPL fan should know.

#1 Chris Gayle is the only player who has the most man of the match award in IPL history.

                    

#2 Mumbai Indians holds the record of most wins (107) in 12 seasons of IPL. 

           

#3 Delhi Capitals ( Delhi Daredevils)  is a team that has lost the  most matches (97) in IPL.

                                  

#4 Kings XI Punjab is the only team that has changed its captain 11 times in IPL History.

                     

                                    

#5 Virat Kohli the one and only player to remain with same IPL team for 11 years.        

#6 Chennai Super Kings(CSK) is the only team in IPL history that has never changed its captain (MS Dhoni).

#7 Kolkata Knight Riders holds the record of the longest winning streak with 10 consecutive wins (9 IN 2014, 1 IN 2015)

               

                        

 

#8 Virat Kohli holds the record of most runs (973 in 2016) in one IPL Season. He has made 5412 runs in IPL History.

#9  Piyush Chawla went 386 overs without bowling a no-ball

#10 Gautam Ghambir has both, most number of the fifties and most ducks in IPL (11 Ducks and 26 Fifties).

#11 Broadcasting rights of IPL 2018 are sold for a whopping ₹16347.5 crore to Star India Network. It means 1 ball costs around 21 Lakh Rupees.

#12 Praveen Kumar had bowled the highest number of dot balls in the history of IPL. He has bowled 1075 dot balls in 119 Matches. Interestingly, Praveen Kumar is also the bowler who has bowled the first-ever over in IPL.

#13 In every IPL Season, RCB promotes “Go Green” initiative by wearing green jersey for a match.

#14 CSK is the only team that has qualified for the playoffs in every season of the IPL (except for 2 years due to ban).      Interestingly Chennai Super Kings also loses 4 times in IPL final, most by any team in IPL.

#15 RCB holds the record for making the highest and the lowest score in an IPL match.

Highest Score – 263/5 against Pune Warriors in 2013.

Lowest Score – 49 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017.

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