Statistical highlights: Mumbai vs. Delhi

Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils.

# James Hopes and Venugopal Rao were associated in a fifth wicket partnership of 87 - Delhi's highest for any wicket against Mumbai Indians in the IPL, surpassing the 68 for the second wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag at Centurion on May 21, 2009.

# The aforesaid stand is the highest fifth wicket partnership for Delhi in the IPL, bettering the 83 between Warner and Venugopal against Rajasthan at Jaipur on April 12, 2011.

# Lasith Malinga (24), Munaf Patel (12) and Harbhajan (12) are the top three bowlers in the IPL 4 for Mumbai Indians.

# Lasith Malinga (24 at an average of 9.41 in ten matches) has set a record for most wickets in an IPL competition, bettering Rudra Pratap Ssingh's tally of 23 at an average of 18.13 in 16 matches in 2009

# Malinga's tally of 57 wickets at 15.47 runs apiece in 36 matches in the IPL is the second best behind RP Singh (58).

# Ambati Rayudu's splendid 59 off 39 balls is his fourth fifty in the IPL 4.  He is the second batsman after Subramaniam Badrinath to post four fifties in the IPL 4.

# Rayudu became the eighth batsman to complete 300 runs or more in the IPL 4.

# Irfan Pathan (23 off 18 balls) has posted his highest innings in the IPL 4.

# Morne Morkel (10) has recorded his highest innings in the IPL 4

# Mumbai Indians became the first team to record eight wins in the IPL 4.  They have lost the least number of games (2) in the tournament and qualified for the semi-finals.

# Mumbai, for the first time, have registered the highest success % in the IPL - 58.49 - 31 wins and 22 losses out of 53 played.  

# Rayudu's aggregate of 349 at an average of 38.77 is the third best in the IPL 4, next only to Virender Sehwag (424) and Sachin Tendulkar (365).

# Aiden Blizzard (37 off 23 balls) has recorded his highest innings in the IPL 4.

# Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu have shared a third wicket partnership of 87 - Mumbai's highest for any wicket against Delhi in the IPL.

# Rohit Sharma's tally of 282 (ave.56.40) in eight innings is the third highest for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 4 behind Tendulkar (365) and Rayudu (349).

# The top five plyers in terms of run-aggregate in the IPL are - Suresh Raina (1652), Sachin Tendulkar (1535), Jacques Kallis (1473), Rohit Sharma (1452) and Gautam Gambhir (1402).

# Morne Morkel (4-0-49-1) has recorded the worst bowling figures by a Delhi bowler in the IPL 4.

# James Hopes (55 off 44 balls) has batted splendidly to post his highest innings in the IPL 4 - his second fifty. His average of 60.33 is the highest for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL 4, aggregating 181 in six innings, three times not out.

# Venugopal Rao has totalled 290 at an average of 29.00 in eleven games in the present competition.  Only Virender Sehwag has registered more runs than Venugopal for Delhi - 424 at an average of 38.54.

# Sachin Tendulkar is the third captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara to lose eight tosses in succession in the IPL.

# Ambati Rayudu has received his second Man of the Match award in the IPL.