Stats Analysis

Mohammed Siraj two maidens, RCB four maidens - a new IPL record

KKR played out 72 dots in all, which is the second-most in an IPL innings

Bharath Seervi
21-Oct-2020
Mohammed Siraj is congratulated for a superb opening over  •  BCCI

Mohammed Siraj is congratulated for a superb opening over  •  BCCI

2 - Mohammed Siraj became the first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in an IPL match. He bowled his first two overs without conceding a run and picked up three wickets - Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, and Tom Banton - in that period.
4 - Four maidens were bowled by the RCB bowlers - two by Siraj and one each by Chris Morris and Washington Sundar - a first in IPL history. Not more than two maidens were bowled in the same innings before this.
72 - The number of dot balls played out by the KKR batsmen in this innings, which is the second-most in an IPL innings. The highest is 75 dots, also by KKR against CSK in Chennai last year. The previous most dots by a team in a game this year was also KKR - 57 dots against the Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi.
84 - KKR's total is the lowest non-all-out total for a team batting first in the IPL. The previous lowest in a full 20-over innings was the Mumbai Indians' 94 for 8 against the Rajasthan Royals in 2011.
3-8 - Siraj's figures in this innings - the most economical figures of IPL 2020 (minimum 12 balls in the spell). Incidentally, before this match, Siraj's IPL career economy rate was 9.29, the worst among 92 bowlers who had delivered 100-plus overs.
2 - Runs scored by KKR's top-three batsmen, which is the joint second-lowest for a team in the IPL. The lowest is three ducks by the Deccan Charges' top-three against CSK in 2009.
4 - Wickets picked up by RCB in the first four overs of the innings. Only once before had they achieved this - against the Mumbai Indians in 2017.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo @SeerviBharath