Since inagural day on April 8, every team has played two matches now till April 13. The 6 days have been silent, in terms of high scores, have provided many one-sided results and above all displayed that untested Indian players are more prepared for the tournament in the fourth edition of IPL 2011. Here is a summary of 10 matches played so far.
IPL 2011: Exceptional Performers after 2 Matches
IPL 2011: Where Does Teams Stand After 2 Games Each!!
* MOM: Man of the Match, MI = Mumbai Indians, CSK = Chennai Super Kings, RR = Rajasthan Royals, PWI = Pune Warriors India, RCB = ROyal Challengers Bangalore, KKR = Kolkata Knight Riders, DD = Delhi Daredevils, DC = Deccan Chargers, KXIP = Kings XI Punjab, KTK: Kochi TUskers Kerala
Team Performances
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All Winners: MI, RR, PWI (Each Won both Matches)
All Losers: DD, DC, KTK (Each lost both Matches)
Equal Performers: RCB, CSK, KKR, KXIP (one loss, one win)
Highest Score: 193/4 KXIP (vs CSK)
Lowest Score: 95 DD (vs MI)
Biggest Win by Wickets: 9 MI def RCB
Biggest Win by Balls remaining: 41 PWI def KXIP
Narrowest Wins by runs: 2 runs CSK def KKR
100 plus partnerships: 2 (CSK and MI)
Highest Partnership: 124 3rd wkt Vijay and Badrinath (CSK vs KXIP)
Bowlers MOM: 4
Batsmen MOM: 6
Captains MOM: 2
Allrounders MOM: None
Individual Performances
Batsmen
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Highest Scorer: Valthaty (126 runs)
Highest Score: 120* (Valthaty KXIP)
100: Valthaty (KXIP)
Max 50s: 2 (Kallis)
Max 6s: 6 (AB de Villiers RCB)
Max 4s: 20 (Valthaty KXIP)
Best Avg.: Botha – 106* (RR) & Tendulkar 101* (MI) – yet to be out
Bowlers
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Most Wickets: Malinga – 7 wkts (MI)
Best Bowling: 5/13 Malinga (vs DD)
Most econmoic (6 ov min): 4.37 (Vettori RCB)
First Ball Wicket: 4 (Praveen Kumar twice, Malinga and Thomas 1 each)
Fielders
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Max Catches: 4 Botha (RR) and Kallis (KKR)
Most Dismissals: 5 (Uthappa PWI)
IPL Records
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Max 4s (19) by a player – Valthaty
120* by Valthaty is the 2nd highest individual score in IPL.
5/13 by Malinga is 3rd best bowling figure in IPL.
Team Scores
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CSK 153/4 (KKR), 188/4 (KXIP)
KKR 151/7 (CSK), 163/4 (DC)
KTK 161/5 (RCB), 148/8 (PWI)
KXIP 112/8 (PWI), 193/4 (CSK)
RCB 162/4 (KTK), 140/4 (MI)
RR 141/2 (DC), 152/4 (DD)
DC 137/8 (RR), 154/8 (KKR)
PWI 113/3 (KXIP), 151/6 (KTK)
DD 95 (MI), 151/6 (RR)
MI 99/2 (DD), 143/1 (RCB)
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