IPL Records

Indian Premier League not only changed the way cricket is played, but it also changed the record books to a greater extent. In IPL 2008, Shaun Marsh topped the batting charts with 616 runs at a whopping average of 68.44. Gautam Gambhir topped the half centuries charts with a total of 5 half centuries to his name. Shaun Marsh, Adam Gilchrist, Brendon McCullum, Sanath Jaysuriya, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds are the cricketers who can boast of scoring centuries in the inaugural edition. Sohail Tanveer took the most number of wickets and has also a 5 wicket haul to his name. L Balaji, Makhaya Ntini and Amit Mishra were the bowlers who took hat-tricks. And how can one forget that match of India vs England which witnessed 6 sixes from Yuvraj Singh’s bat in a single over of Stuart Broad.

In the second edition of IPL, which took place in South Africa, Matthew Hayden was the top scorer with 572 runs in his kitty; whereas R P Singh was the leading wicket taker with 23 wickets. Adam Gilchrist topped the number of sixes list with 29 sixes. This year only 2 centuries were hit, one by AB De Villiers and the other by Manish Pandey. With this Manish Pandey became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. Adam Gilchrist had most number of dismissals to his name. This year three hattricks were taken. The bowlers who did this were Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj Singh has the credit of taking two hat-tricks.