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Manish Pandey first Indian to score IPL ton

May 22, 2009 10:32 IST
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Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League [ Images ] match between Royal Challengers [ Images ] Bangalore and Deccan Chargers [ Images ], in Centurion, on Thursday.

# Royal Challengers Bangalore posted their third victory in four IPL matches against Deccan Chargers.

# Bangalore recorded their eighth win in 14 matches in the second edition of the IPL. With 16 points in 14 games, Royal Challengers Bangalore placed behind leaders Delhi Daredevils [ Images ] (20) and Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] (17).

# Deccan Chargers, due to their plus net run-rate, placed fourth.

# Manish Pandey's [ Images ] outstanding knock of 114 off 73 balls is his career-best score in Twenty20 [ Images ] -- his first hundred, which is also the first by an Indian in the IPL.

# Pandey is the first Bangalore player and the eighth overall to post a hundred in the IPL.

# Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ], Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Brendon McCullum [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Michael Hussey [ Images ] and Shaun Marsh [ Images ], had recorded centuries in the first edition while Abraham de Villiers and Manish Pandey scored in IPL 2009.

# With his brilliant 60-run knock, Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ] completed his 300 runs -- 318 at an average of 31.80, including three fifties in 12 matches in IPL-II.

# Adam Gilchrist, with 846 at an average of 31.33, is the top run-getter in the IPL, surpassing Suresh Raina's [ Images ] runs tally of 835.

# Rudra Pratap Singh is the first bowler to bag 20 wickets at an average of 18.40 in 14 matches.