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IPL-3: Who clicked and who tricked

April 20, 2010 20:06 IST

The Indian Premier League has reached it's climax with the top four teams making it to the semi-finals.

A detailed statistical look at the group matches of the Twenty20 tournament.

The 15 players who hit the most boundaries:

Player name

Team

Total runs scored

No. of fours

Sachin Tendulkar

MI

561

77

Jacques Kallis

RCB

542

62

Sourav Ganguly

KKR

493

58

Mahela Jayawardene

KXI

439

55

Virender Sehwag

DD

356

47

Kumar Sangakkara

KXI

357

47

Michael Lumb

RR

278

45

Suresh Raina

CSK

465

43

Naman Ojha

RR

377

42

Rohit Sharma

DC

402

36

Subramaniam Badrinath

CSK

305

36

Murali Vijay

CSK

417

34

Matthew Hayden

CSK

321

34

Andrew Symonds

DC

404

32

Gautam Gambhir

DD

277

32

The 15 players who hit the most sixes:

Player name

Team

Total runs

No.  of sixes

Robin Uthappa

RCB

350

26

Yusuf Pathan

RR

333

24

Murali Vijay

CSK

417

23

Suresh Raina

CSK

465

19

Andrew Symonds

DC

404

18

Chris Gayle

KKR

292

16

Sourav Ganguly

KKR

493

15

Naman Ojha

RR

377

15

Adam Gilchrist

DC

270

15

Matthew Hayden

CSK

321

15

Virender Sehwag

DD

356

14

Rohit Sharma

DC

402

14

Yuvraj Singh

KXI

255

14

Saurabh Tiwary

MI

367

14

David Warner

DD

282

14

The 15 players with the highest strike rate:

Player Name

Team

Runs

Strike Rate

Matches played

Kieron Pollard

MI

213

171.8

12

Robin Uthappa

RCB

350

170.7

14

Harbhajan Singh

MI

104

170.5

13

Adam Gilchrist

DC

270

167.7

14

Yusuf Pathan

RR

333

165.7

14

Virender Sehwag

DD

356

163.3

14

S Watson

RR

185

162.3

6

Chris Gayle

KKR

292

158.7

9

Murali Vijay

CSK

417

158.6

13

Kevin Pietersen

RCB

188

154.1

5

Ambati Rayudu

MI

295

152.1

12

Irfan Pathan

KXI

276

148.4

14

Albie Morkel

CSK

179

147.9

12

David Warner

DD

282

147.6

11

M Jayawardene

KXI

439

147.3

13

The players with 10 or more wickets

Player Name

Team

Balls bowled

Runs conceded

No. of wickets

Matches played

Pragyan Ojha

DC

306

380

20

14

Amit Mishra

DD

318

363

17

14

Irfan Pathan

KXI

278

426

15

14

Harbhajan Singh

MI

273

303

15

13

Vinay Kumar

RCB

266

376

15

13

Zaheer Khan

MI

242

308

14

12

Lasith Malinga

MI

246

287

13

11

RP Singh

DC

228

337

13

10

M Muralitharan

CSK

240

296

13

11

Piyush Chawla

KXI

294

367

12

14

Dale Steyn

RCB

312

352

12

13

R Ashwin

CSK

240

255

12

14

Anil Kumble

RCB

335

361

12

10

Jacques Kallis

RCB

318

448

11

14

Andrew Symonds

DC

276

337

11

12

Kieron Pollard

MI

174

212

11

14

Siddharth Trivedi

RR

209

260

11

6

Ryan Harris

DC

142

190

11

11

Shane Warne

RR

300

381

11

14

Shaun Tait

RR

187

264

10

8

The 15 players with the poorest economy rate

Player Nme

Team

Balls bowled

Runs conceded

Wickets

Economy rate

Matches

Sumit Narwal

RR

94

185

5

11.8

5

S Sreesanth

KXI

114

191

3

10.1

6

Sudeep Tyagi

CSK

95

159

1

10

6

Jaskaran Singh

DC

84

139

6

9.9

6

Ravi Bopara

KXI

78

127

5

9.8

10

Sarabjit Ladda

DD

90

143

4

9.5

5

Chris Gayle

KKR

96

152

4

9.5

9

S Srivastava

KXI

162

255

6

9.4

8

Ishant Sharma

KKR

150

236

7

9.4

7

Bipul Sharma

KXI

60

94

3

9.4

5

Ajit Agarkar

KKR

132

203

4

9.2

7

Irfan Pathan

KXI

278

426

15

9.2

14

L Balaji

CSK

140

210

7

9

7

Albie Morkel

CSK

250

370

9

8.9

12

RP Singh

DC

228

337

13

8.9

11

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