Halfway trends - Numbers that have defined each IPL team

Sunrisers Hyderabad - A two-man team
Sunrisers batsmen have made six fifties this season. However, only two batsmen have scored fifties for them: four by David Warner and two by Shikhar Dhawan. Only two batsmen have scored 200-plus runs for them this season: Warner (317) and Dhawan (201). Warner and Dhawan have cumulatively scored 518 runs, which is almost 50% of the runs scored by Sunrisers (1042). All of Sunrisers' other batsmen combined average 20.96 at a strike rate of 115.16.

Mumbai Indians - Best in the slog overs, worst otherwise
Mumbai Indians have a run-rate of 12.19 during the last six overs of an innings this IPL, by far the best for any team, with the next-best being 10.83 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, their run-rate of 6.94 in the first 14 overs of the innings is the worst for any team. Every other team has scored at more than seven runs per over. Mumbai Indians are responsible for the four highest scores in the last six overs this IPL, and also for the two lowest scores in the first 14.

Rajasthan Royals - Best start to a season
Rajasthan Royals started the season with five consecutive wins. This is the best start to an IPL season for any team. Kings XI Punjab started the 2014 IPL with five consecutive wins as well, and eventually finished runners-up in that edition. Royals' currently have 12 points, the joint-most with Super Kings, and are therefore still reaping the rewards of those wins at the start of season despite not achieving a win in their next four games, two of which were washed out.

Chennai Super Kings - Stable playing XI
Super Kings have used only 11 players in the 2015 IPL so far, which means they have played the first seven league matches with an unchanged XI. Interestingly, Super Kings also played the last seven league matches of the 2014 IPL with an unchanged eleven. On the other end of the spectrum are Mumbai Indians, who have already used 19 players this season. Super Kings have been known for their stable squads, having used only 57 players over eight IPL seasons, the fewest for any team that has played in every edition. Royal Challengers Bangalore have used 90 players.

Kings XI Punjab - Misfiring top three
Kings XI Punjab have already tried six different players in their top three this IPL. Only one of those six batsmen have scored 100-plus runs over their seven games this season - M Vijay, and even he averages only 22.57, at a strike-rate of 106.04. In five of the seven matches this season, the first wicket has fallen for ten runs or less. In fact, their opening batsman Virender Sehwag holds the IPL record for being dismissed in the Powerplay most often: 56 times. Kings XI's top three average only 19.14, easily the worst for any team this IPL, at a strike-rate of 119.64, the second-worst.

Royal Challengers Bangalore - World Cup stars to the rescue
Chris Gayle became the first double centurion in a World Cup, AB de Villiers scored three fifties and hundred at an average of 96.40, Virat Kohli averaged more than 50 and scored a century against Pakistan, while Mitchell Starc was the Man of the Tournament. Each of the Royal Challengers' three wins in the 2015 IPL have come with significant contributions from these players - Gayle scoring fifties in two of those games and Kohli in the other, while Starc picked up a three-for. De Villiers is their top run-scorer this IPL with 233 runs, at an average of 46.6 and a strike-rate of 165.24. Starc has twice bowled the 20th over of the innings and conceded only three runs per over.

Delhi Daredevils - Lots of losing streaks
Delhi Daredevils have made some unwanted records their own this season. They lost their first two games of the 2015 IPL, which meant they had lost 11 consecutive IPL games, the longest-ever losing streak in IPL history. They won the next two games, before having to return to their home venue in Delhi, where they lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders. It was their ninth straight loss at the Kotla, the longest ever home-losing streak in IPL history. Just as they thought their 'streaks' were ending, Daredevils lost their seventh match of the season to Royal Challengers Bangalore, their eighth consecutive loss against the Bangalore team!

Kolkata Knight Riders - Middle-order prowess
Kolkata Knight Riders' middle order batsmen (Nos 3 to 7) average 30.58 in the 2015 IPL, the highest for any team. Their strike-rate of 142.46 is only marginally second to Royal Challengers' (143.32), whose batsmen benefit from playing in the relatively small Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Knight Riders are the only team who have four middle-order batsmen each scoring 100 runs or more this IPL: Andre Russell (130), Manish Pandey (123), Suryakumar Yadav (122) and Yusuf Pathan (104).