Also, Nicholas Pooran passes 600 sixes in T20 cricket
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210 – The highest target that Delhi Capitals (DC) have successfully chased down in all these years of playing in the IPL. They have chased a 200-plus target down only once before – 209 against Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017.This is also the highest chase for any team against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), with 197 by Rajasthan Royals (RR) last year the previous highest.1.56 – Win probability for DC at the end of the 13th over, according to ESPNcricinfo’s forecaster. DC were six down at that point and needed 94 runs off the last seven overs. The programme had given them a 30.68 % chance at the beginning of the chase.ESPNcricinfo Ltd5 – Number of wins by a margin of one wicket in the IPL, including DC’s victory against LSG on Monday. DC needed 18 runs at the fall of the ninth wicket, the most in those five instances.2 – DC’s 210-run chase is the second-highest successful chase having lost nine wickets in T20 cricket. The highest is 213 by LSG against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in IPL 2023.7 for 3 – DC’s total at the fall of their third wicket on Monday. Only three teams have recovered from a poorer start to win a match in the IPL. The lowest is 3 for 3 by RR against Deccan Chargers in 2009.Only one team had successfully chased a 200-plus target in all T20s from a poorer start – 5 for 3 by Papua New Guinea when they chased down 204 against Singapore in 2022.
145 – Runs DC needed at the fall of their fifth wicket, making it the most any team has scored from that point in the IPL. The previous highest was 130 by RCB against Gujarat Lions in 2016, when they were 29 for 5 in a 159 chase.This is also the joint-fourth-highest in a successful chase in all men’s T20s.4 – Scored higher than Ashutosh Sharma’s unbeaten 66 in the IPL while batting at No. 7 or lower. Only one was in a successful chase – 68 by Dwayne Bravo for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2018.22.97 – Percentage of LSG’s total score in their last seven overs. LSG were 161 for 2 at the end of the 13th over but added only 48 further runs in the next seven. It is the lowest percentage for a completed IPL innings after scoring 100-plus runs for the loss of two or fewer wickets in the first 13 overs.The predicted score for LSG after 13 overs was 246, according to ESPNcricinfo’s forecaster, but LSG finished with 37 fewer runs.
606 – Number of sixes by Nicholas Pooran in T20s. He is the fourth batter to hit 600-plus sixes in this format, a milestone he completed on Monday with the first of his seven sixes. Chris Gayle (1056), Kieron Pollard (908) and Andre Russell (733) are all ahead of Pooran.5 – Number of times Pooran has hit three sixes in an over in the IPL since 2023. Andre Russell, Will Jacks, Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad and Jake Fraser-McGurk have done it thrice.
