# Kings XI Punjab became the first team to beat Mumbai Indians by 50 runs or more three times at the IPL. Apart from Rajasthan's win by 87 runs at Jaipur on April 17, 2013, no other team could beat Mumbai Indians by such a margin (50 or more) at the IPL.
# Mumbai Indians have lost two games by ten wickets' margin at the IPL - one each to Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals.
# Punjab have won seven and lost five out of twelve contested against Mumbai Indians at the IPL - winning % 58.33.
# Punjab have won five and lost four out of nine played at Dharamsala at the IPL.
# Punjab (183/8) have recorded their second highest total against Mumbai at the IPL - the highest being 189 for four at Mumbai on May 21, 2008.
# Azhar Mahmood (80 off 44 balls) has posted his highest score for Punjab at the IPL, surpassing the 61 off 41 balls against RCB at Bangalore on May 14, 2013.
# Mahmood's aforesaid innings is his 18th fifty apart from the two hundreds in Twenty20.
# Azhar has got his second Man of the Match award at the IPL.
# Shaun Marsh (63 off 47 balls) has registered his 16th fifty (apart from a hundred) at the IPL.
# Playing in his 50th IPL game, Marsh took his aggregate to 1903 (ave.44.25) and became the first Punjab player to complete 200 fours (203) apart from hiting 63 sixes.
# Marsh is the first batsman to post five fifties against Mumbai at the IPL.
# Mahmood and Marsh were involved in a stand of 148 for the third wicket - Punjab's highest for any wicket against Mumbai, bettering the 133 between Marsh and Pomersbach for the second wicket at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 21, 2008. This is also their highest for the third wicket against any opponent at the IPL.
# The above partnership is the highest third-wicket stand at Dharamsala - the second highest for any wicket, next only to the 206 for the second wicket between Gilchrist and Marsh for Punjab against Bangalore on May 17, 2010.
# The 148-run partnership is the third highest for the third wicket at the IPL - the highest being 157 between Cameron White and Kumar Sangakkara for Deccan against Pune at Cuttack on May 1, 2012.
# Lasith Malinga has conceded 20 runs in his first over - the most conceded by him in IPL.
# Gurkeerat has posted his third duck in the present competition, joining Ashish Nehra, Ravi Rampaul and Rahul Sharma.
# Lasith Malinga is the first bowler to complete 100 wickets at the IPL. His tally of 46 dismissals as 'bowled' is an IPL record. Also his 23 duck victims is the most by any bowler at the IPL.
# Eight bowlers have been used by Mumbai Indians - the tenth instance at the IPL and the third for Mumbai.
# Glenn Maxwell was dismissed by Praveen Kumar off the third ball - the 13th wicket claimed by Praveen Kumar in the first over of an innings - a record at the IPL.
# Harbhajan Singh's wicket was Adam Gilchrist's first in any format of cricket. After playing inn his last IPL match, his IPL aggregate is 2069 at an average of 27.22 in 80 games - the most by a player as wicketkeeper. He has effected 67 dismissals (51 catches + 16 stumpings) - another IPL record.
# Azhar Mahmood became the fourth bowler to complete 200 wickets (ave.23.17) or more in Twenty20. He has joined Alfonso Thomas (216), Dirk Nannes (214) and Lasith Malinga (209).
# Azhar (3481 runs + 200 wickets in 177 games) became the first all-rounder to achieve the double of 3000 runs + 200 wickets in Twenty20.
IPL Stats: Lasith Malinga becomes first bowler to take 100 wickets in IPL
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