Some telling numbers that defined this edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza
Virat Kohli
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The number of times a team has finished outside the top two in the points table and gone on to win the IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the first team to do so.
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2.15
The win-loss ratio for teams chasing in IPL-9 (41 wins against 19 losses) — the highest across all IPL editions. The previous best was 1.68 in the 2014 edition
10
The number of times skipper David Warner was the top scorer for SRH out of 17 innings. Shikhar Dhawan was their top scorer five times
20
The number of close matches in this edition — matches that were either won by 10 or fewer runs or chased down in the last over. That's one in every three games
23.86
The average runs scored per wicket in this tournament — the highest across all editions of the IPL. The second highest average (28.18) was at the 2014 edition
169
The total number of dot balls bowled by SRH's Bhuvneshwar Kumar in this IPL edition — the most by any bowler. His teammate Mustafizur Rahman is second with 143 dot balls
408
The total number of runs scored by SRH & RCB in the IPL-9 final is the highest in a final across all nine editions of the tournament
69
David Warner's score in the IPL-9 final is the highest by any player in the tournament's finale. MS Dhoni had made 63 not out in the 2013 final
11
The number of 50-plus scores by Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli in this tournament — the most by any batsman in a single IPL edition
4
The number of centuries by Virat Kohli in this tournament — the most by any batsman in a single IPL edition. Kohli scored four centuries and seven fifties
32.64
The percentage of runs contributed by Virat Kohli towards RCB's total number of runs in IPL-9 — the most by any batsman. SRH skipper David Warner is a close second at 31.72%
4110
The total number of runs scored by Virat Kohli across all editions of the IPL — the most by any player. Kohli went ahead of Suresh Raina's tally of 4098 runs
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