With the league phase of the IPL coming to an end, here's a look at a few key numbers:
1 - Number of wickets that have fallen on the first ball of an innings. No first-ball sixes, but nine fours have been hit.
3 - Three-in-threes, or hat-tricks. L Balaji, Amit Mishra and Makhaya Ntini were the three to achieve the feat, two of which came in the final over of a match, and two for the Chennai Super Kings. Chennai also performed a team hat-trick in their final league game against Deccan Chargers.
6 - The number of hundreds in the tournament, but none scored by an Indian batsman. Four have been by left-handers - Michael Hussey, Adam Gilchrist, Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Marsh - while Brendon McCullum and Andrew Symonds have saved some face for the righties. Also, four Australians.
8.02 - The Rajasthan Royals have been the best bowling unit, conceding 8.02 runs per over. Kolkata Knight Riders are next with 8.05, while the Deccan Chargers have been the most profligate, conceding 8.70 runs per over, marginally more the Chennai's 8.65.
9.05 - Kings XI Punjab's run-rate in the tournament, the best among all teams. Rajashtan are second with a run-rate of 8.72, fractions ahead of Delhi Daredevils' 8.69. Bangalore Royal Challengers are the worst with 7.43.
10 - Sohail Tanvir has toyed around with opposition batsmen during the tournament, taking a wicket every ten deliveries, and his 21 wickets has cost just ten runs each. Tanvir now has the best bowling figures in Twenty20 matches [6 for 14], and the best average, economy-rate [5.97] and strike-rate in the IPL [among bowlers to have delivered at least ten overs].
Add 0.12 to the 10, and you arrive at Shahid Afridi's batting average in the IPL. While fellow Pakistani Tanvir may be the toast of this tournament, the Player of the Tournament at the World Twenty20 last year has had one to forget.
11 - Tanvir has taken two hauls of four or more wickets in an innings, out of the 11 in the tournament. Nine other bowlers managed one, while Tanvir, and hat-trick heroes Balaji and Mishra are the only bowlers with five-fors.
16- The numbers of maidens bowled in the tournament. Also, the number of wickets that have fallen on the final ball of an innings.
19 - Partnerships of a hundred or more, of which Delhi have five, Rajasthan four, three each for Punjab and Deccan, Kolkata two, one apiece for Chennai and Mumbai Indians, and none for Bangalore.
20 - The number of sixes conceded by Piyush Chawla, while four other bowlers, including fellow legspinner Shane Warne, have given away 16. However, with 17 wickets each, the two find themselves among the top five wicket-takers.
31 - He's nearly 39, but Sanath Jayasuriya's wrists and shoulders were still strong enough to clear the boundaries 31 times, the highest for any batsman so far. Inverse 31, and you get the most sixes hit in an innings, 13 by Brendon McCullum in his epic 158.
33.88 - Left is right. Left-hand batsmen average a good 11 more runs than their right-hand counterparts, who manage just 22.69. However, that stat is obviously influenced by the fact that quite a few tailenders are right-handers.
36.28 - The percentage of dot-balls bowled. Rajasthan have bowled the most number of dot-balls - 647 - while Delhi have played out the least - 451.
46.56 - The average score at the end of a Powerplay, given the average run-rate of 7.76. With Shaun Marsh dominating at the top, Punjab have scored 8.79 per over in that period [averaging nearly 50 runs per wicket], marginally ahead of the 8.76 Delhi's dominant top order have managed and way higher than Bangalore's 6.50. Mumbai have given away just 7.09 per over in the Powerplay, while Chennai's 8.25 in the most expensive.
47 - The number of free-hits, but batsmen have managed only 93 runs off them. Only four have been hit for six, while eight have been carted for four. Yo Mahesh leads the pack having bowled five free-hits, conceding 17.
50 - The runs teams have scored, on an average, in the last five overs. Kolkata have done marginally better, scoring 54, while Delhi manage approximately 46. Deccan have conceded nearly 57 on an average, while the rest of the teams hover near or below 50.
74.12 - The average for Shaun Marsh, who tops the batting charts with 593 runs. Among batsmen with over 400 runs, Graeme Smith comes next, averaging 52. Marsh has six fifty-plus scores from ten innings; Gautam Gambhir has five from 13.
204.34 - Brendon McCullum's strike rate in the IPL. He is the only batsman in the tournament [among those with at least 50 runs] to have scored at more than two runs per ball.
258 - The number of sixes hit in the V between mid-on and mid-off, compared to 323 fours - a good indication that batsmen have been able to clear the boundaries with ease.
447 - The highest match aggregate, scored by Chennai and Punjab in the second game of the tournament.
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