Patidar’s feat
49
The number of balls taken by RCB’S Rajat Patidar
to reach his maiden century in T20 cricket. He did so against Lucknow Super Giants in Kolkata on May 25, 2022. This is now the quickest hundred by an uncapped player in IPL history. Patidar became the 15th batter to register an IPL century in less than 50 balls. Chris Gayle has done it on three occasions, while A. B. de Villiers has done it twice.
3
The number of opening pairs
of a side aggregating 500-plus runs in an IPL season. LSG’S K. L. Rahul and Quinton de Kock became the latest pair to join this exclusive list this season.
27
The number of wickets claimed by Yuzvendra Chahal this IPL season.
This now makes him the seventh bowler in IPL history to claim as many or more wickets in a single IPL season. However, Chahal became the first spinner to claim these many wickets in a single IPL season, thus bettering the previous tally of 26 wickets by CSK’S Imran Tahir in 2019. Late Shane Warne captured 19 wickets for RR in the inaugural season of 2008, then the most by a spinner. Over the years, the record has changed hands and now it belongs to another RR leggie.
3889
The number of runs aggregated by K. L. Rahul
after batting in his 100th innings in IPL cricket. This is by far the highest run-aggregate for an IPL batter after playing 100 innings. The previous record was held by Chris Gayle who managed 3626 runs in 2017. Rahul appeared in his 100th innings against RCB while playing for LSG in the eliminator in Kolkata on May 25, 2022.