Here’s a detailed breakdown of IPL 2024 stats (season concluded in May 2024), including team performances, individual records, and quirky trivia to fuel your blogs, social media, or fantasy cricket strategies:
🏆 IPL 2024 Final Result
- Champions: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Runners-up: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Margin: KKR won by 8 wickets (with 57 balls remaining).
- Player of the Final: Mitchell Starc (2/14 & early breakthroughs).
📊 Team Stats
| Stat | Leader | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Most Wins | KKR, SRH, RR (10 wins) | KKR topped the table with 10 wins. |
| Highest Team Total | SRH – 287/3 vs RCB | Travis Head (102) & Klaasen (67) |
| Lowest Team Total | RCB – 112/10 vs SRH | Bowled out in 19.5 overs |
| Most Sixes (Team) | SRH – 170+ sixes | Abhishek Sharma (41 sixes) |
| Best Run Rate | SRH (9.8) | Aggressive batting approach |
🔥 Batting Stats
Orange Cap (Most Runs):
- Virat Kohli (RCB) – 741 runs (Avg: 61.75, SR: 154.7)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) – 583 runs
- Travis Head (SRH) – 567 runs (4 centuries)
Fastest Fifties:
- Abhishek Sharma (SRH) – 16 balls vs MI
- Jake Fraser-McGurk (DC) – 18 balls vs SRH
Most Sixes:
- Abhishek Sharma (SRH) – 42 sixes
- Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) – 38 sixes
🎯 Bowling Stats
Purple Cap (Most Wickets):
- Harshal Patel (PBKS) – 24 wickets (Econ: 9.6)
- Jasprit Bumrah (MI) – 22 wickets (Econ: 6.5)
- T Natarajan (SRH) – 21 wickets
Best Bowling Figures:
- Jasprit Bumrah (MI) – 5/10 vs KKR
- Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) – 4/15 vs MI
Best Economy Rate (Min 10 overs):
- Sunil Narine (KKR) – 6.2
🏏 Fielding & All-Round Stats
- Most Catches: Faf du Plessis (RCB) – 14 catches
- Most Run-Outs: Rinku Singh (KKR) – 3
- Best All-Rounder: Andre Russell (KKR) – 222 runs + 16 wickets
💸 Auction & Financial Stats
- Most Expensive Player: Mitchell Starc (KKR) – ₹24.75 crore
- Biggest Flop: Pat Cummins (SRH) – 12 wickets (Econ: 10.2)
📈 Team-Specific Highlights
- KKR: Dominated with spin duo Varun Chakravarthy (18 wickets) & Sunil Narine (482 runs + 17 wickets).
- SRH: Broke IPL’s highest team total record twice (277 vs MI & 287 vs RCB).
- RCB: Virat Kohli carried the team, but poor bowling (leaked 200+ runs 6 times).
- CSK: Struggled post-Dhoni’s reduced role; Ruturaj Gaikwad led valiantly.
🌟 Emerging Players of IPL 2024
- Nitish Reddy (SRH): 303 runs + 11 wickets.
- Riyan Parag (RR): 567 runs (breakthrough season).
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR): 257 runs (strike rate 155.2).
🏅 Awards & Accolades
- MVP: Sunil Narine (KKR)
- Super Striker: Jake Fraser-McGurk (DC) (Strike Rate: 237.1)
- Catch of the Season: Ramandeep Singh (KKR) (one-handed grab vs SRH).
📉 Biggest Disappointments
- Hardik Pandya (MI): 216 runs + 11 wickets (booed by fans).
- Glenn Maxwell (RCB): Dropped mid-season after 32 runs in 6 innings.
🧩 Quirky Trivia
- Longest Six: Travis Head (SRH) – 115 meters vs RR.
- Most Dot Balls: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) – 156 dots.
- Worst Collapse: MI lost 8 wickets for 32 runs vs LSG.