Quick Stats: M5 - KKR vs MI

2 Number of captains to aggregate 2500 runs in IPL. Gautam Gambhir joined MS Dhoni, who has scored 2986 runs as captain.

7 Number of batsmen to aggregate 1,000 runs at a particular ground in IPL. Gautam Gambhir has now scored 1,023 runs at Eden Gardens. Chris Gayle- with 1,326 runs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangaluru- tops the list.

10 Number of times Harbhajan Singh has caught a batsman off his own bowling in IPL – most such dismissals for any bowler. Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are second with six caught & bowled.

12 Number of times Kolkata Knight Riders have lost to Mumbai Indians in IPL. This equals the record of most losses against a particular team in IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore also have 12 losses against Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings on the other hand have lost to Mumbai Indians 12 times.

27 Number of times Gautam Gambhir has scored 50 or more in an IPL match- most for any batsman. David Warner and Suresh Raina have 26 such scores (later in the match Rohit Sharma also joined Warner and Raina).

55.86 Rohit Sharma’s average in IPL matches at Eden Gardens.

80% Mumbai Indians’ win-percentage at Eden Gardens (8 wins out of 10) – best for any side playing more than one match here.

84* Rohit Sharma’s score – highest for any Mumbai Indians captain in a chase in IPL. Sachin Tendulkar had made 72 against Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai Brabourne in 2010.

188 Mumbai Indians’ total – there has been only one higher successful chase at Eden Gardens in 49 matches. Kings XI Punjab had made 204 for two in 2010.
source--.iplt20

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Shiva Thapa Bags Silver at Olympic Boxing Qualifiers

Qian'an: An Olympic quota place pocketed, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) ended his campaign with a silver medal after losing in the final of the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament. (Read More in Boxing)
The 22-year-old Assamese, who is a World Championship bronze-medallist, went down 0-3 to Thailand's Chatchai Butdee in the summit clash. Butdee is the reigning Asian champion.
Shiva had booked his ticket to Rio de Janeiro by making the finals after beating Kazakhstan's Kairat Yeraliyev.
Meanwhile, it was a heartbreak once again for L Devendro Singh (49kg), who missed a second opportunity to qualify for the Olympics.
The Commonwealth silver-medallist, who lost in the semifinals, went down in the box-off for the Olympic slot.
Devendro fought his heart out in a keenly-contested bout against Mongolia's Gan-Erdene Gankhuyag but lost 2-1. The Indian lost the opening round unanimously and the second round on a split decision before winning the final in three minutes.
However, that was not enough to make up for the deficit he conceded earlier in the bout.
On Saturday, star woman boxer M C Mary Kom (51kg) will take on Chinese Taipei's Yu-Ting Lin in the box-off to decide the new rankings and seedings for next month's World Championships in Kazakhstan.
Mary Kom had missed out on an Olympic quota place after losing the semifinals of the ongoing event. In the women's draw, this tournament offered Olympic berths for only the gold and silver-medallists.
Mary Kom will have her next and final shot at Olympic qualification during the World Championships, a tournament she has dominated by winning five gold medals in the past. In fact, such has been her stature that she was dubbed 'Magnificent Mary' by the International Boxing Association for her unprecedented feats.source--.ndtv

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Shiva Thapa bags silver at Rio Olympics boxing qualifiers

Indian boxer Shiva Thapa signed off with the silver medal in the men's Bantamweight (56kg) division at the Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament here on Friday.
Thapa, who had qualified for the this year's Olympics by reaching the final, was no match for Chatchai Butdee of Thailand, going down 0-3. (Also read: Shiva Thapa qualifies for Rio Olympics, Mary Kom yet to book her berth)
There was more disappointment in store for Indian fans as Laishram Devendro Singh also missed out on an Olympic berth in the men's Light Flyweight (49kg) weight class.
Devendro had lost in the semi-finals on Thursday, but got another shot at the Olympic slot when he faced Gan-Erdene Gankhuyag of Mongolia in the play-off for the bronze medal.
But the Commonwealth silver medalist went down 1-2 to his Mongolian opponent. The Manipur pugilist lost the opening round by unanimous decision and the second period on a split decision before winning the final round.source--intoday

 

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