10 Facts About IPL That Would Leave Every Cricket Fan Surprised

It’s that time of the year when the Cricket Nation comes to life- yes, I am talking about THE great IPL 2017. The Indian Premier League is at its HEIGHTS. The fun , The masti, the crazy environment it creates can’t be seen in other forms of cricket. Now is the time for #IPL17 and it is already started.
Lets have a look on 10 mind blowing lesser known facts about IPL

1. Gautam Ghambir has both, most number of fifties and most ducks in IPL. 11 Ducks and 31 Fifties(till 2016)

   

2. Praveen Kumar Holds the record of Most Number of Maiden Overs. 14 Maiden overs in his 128 over.

   

3. Adam Gilchrist has the best bowling figures in IPL. In his last IPL match he bowled just one ball and took the wicket of Harbhajan Singh.

   

4. Suresh Raina is the only player to play all the matches played by a single franchise. He is also a leading scorer in IPL history till date.

   

5. Delhi Daredevils is only team that has never played an IPL final.

   

6. Yusuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma are the only two players who have won the IPL Trophy three times- the most by any player in the league.

   

7. In 2013 Dale Steyn bowled 212 dot balls, highest by any bowler. In total he bowled 407 balls in that season, more than 50% dot balls.

   

8. More than 10 Indians have managed to score 2000+ runs in IPL, yet The Maestro is the only Indian player to win the Player Of The Series Award.

9. Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa both have played for 4 different IPL Teams but they both have been in the same team for all 8 seasons.

   2008 – MI

   2009 & 2010 – RCB

   2011 to 2013 – PWI

   2014 to 2016 -KKR

   

10. Parthiv Patel has played for 6 Different franchises. The most by any player.