Most wickets by a Delhi bowler in a single IPL season

IPL 2020, Qualifier 2, Delhi Capitals vs Sun Risers Hyderabad - Delhi Capitals won by 17 runs

Sunday, Nov 08, 2020, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Delhi Capitals comfortably defeated Sun Risers Hyderabad in the second Qualifier and made it to the IPL 2020 final. Delhi batted first and scored 189/3 in their 20 overs while Sun Risers Hyderabad scored just 172/8 losing the game by 17 runs. Here are the stats from this game.

29 - Number of wickets picked up by Kagiso Rabada in the season thus far. These are the most number of wickets picked up a Delhi bowler in a single season. He surpassed his own tally of 25 wickets in IPL 2019 and Morne Morkel's 25 in the IPL 2012 season. Anrich Nortje with 20 wickets in IPL 2020 season is placed at the third position in this list.

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603 - Number of runs scored by Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan in the IPL 2020 season thus far. There are the most runs for him in a single season of IPL tournament! Moreover, Dhawan needs to score 68 runs in the Final against Mumbai Indians to win the Orange Cap for the first time in a IPL season.

64 - Number of fours hit by Shikhar Dhawan thus far in this season. He had hit 6 fours in the second qualifier against Sun Risers Hyderabad to get to this tally. These are the most hit by any player in the ongoing season. Next best in the list is Mumbai's Suryakumar Yadav with 60 fours.

1 - Delhi, be it the Daredevils or Capitals, has been one of the eight franchises that featured in the inaugural edition of IPL in the year 2008. However, they made it to the Final for the first time in IPL tournament by beating the SRH in the second Qualifier.

2 - Number of victories for Delhi in the playoff/knockout games since 2008. Interestingly, their first victory is also against the same opponents Sun Risers Hyderabad in the IPL 2019 season.

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