IPL 2018: Top 10 lesser-known facts in last 10 years
10 Lesser-known facts about the IPL
The cricket carnival of India is set to start from April 7 with a glitzy and glamorous opening ceremony at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
The cricket carnival of India is set to start from April 7 with a glitzy and glamorous opening ceremony at Wankhede, Mumbai and the first match is scheduled to take place at same venue between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. CSK is marking an exciting return after a two-year ban for its involvement in an illegal betting scandal.
As the mega tournament is closing in, here are ten lesser-known facts about the Indian Premier League.
386 - The number of overs Piyush Chawla took to bowl his first no-ball
88 - The most number of catches in IPL held by Dinesh Karthik
153km/h - The fastest delivery in IPL bowled by Pat Cummins
1075 - The highest number of dot balls bowled by Praveen Kumar
13 - The highest number of ducks scored in IPL history by Harbhajan Singh
263/5 - The highest score put up by royal challengers against Pune Warriors
49 - The record of the lowest score by any team in IPL history held by RCB against KKR
Zaheer Khan is the only player to feature in the 1st and 500th IPL game
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, only Indians to win the most valuable player award
