BPL stats you should know

With the Bangladesh Premier League aka BPL coming to an end, Prothom Alo English tried to put together some amazing stats for its readers.

Centuries

Champions Rangpur Riders boast the three centuries scored in this BPL. Player of the tournament Chris Gayle hammered two of them while his compatriot Johnson Charles scored the other one.

Interestingly, none of these three tons was scored during the group stages.

Five-wicket hauls

Three of the four five-wicket hauls in this BPL were claimed by Bangladeshis -- Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites vs Rangpur Riders), Shafiul Islam (Khulna Titans            vs Rajshahi Kings) and Nasir Hossain (Sylhet Sixers vs Chittagong Vikings). Pakistani Hasan Ali (Comilla Victorians) is the only foreign player to record the feat, against Dhaka Dynamites.

Catches

Khulna Titans skipper Mahmudullah has taken the highest number of catches in the tournament -- 13. Three players have taken 4 catches in a single game -- Adam Lyth (Rangpur Riders vs Dhaka Dynamites), Sabbir Rahman (Sylhet Sixers vs Rajshahi Kings) and Cameron Delport (Dhaka Dynamites vs Sylhet Sixers).

Most runs from boundaries in an innings

Rangpur Riders opener Chris Gayle sits on the top again thanks to his exploits in the final. The batsman hit 5 fours and 18 sixes to make 128 from boundaries and over boundaries.

Among the Bangladeshis, Chittagong Vikings player Anamul Haque (three fours and six sixes against Dhaka Dynamites) and Comilla Victorians captain Tamim Iqbal (12 fours against Khulna Titans) top the chart with 48.

Sixes

Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders) hit the highest number of sixes in this BPL -- 47, which is a whopping 20 times more than second placed Evin Lewis (Dhaka Dynamites) who hit 27. Among the Bangladeshis, Anamul Haque has hit the highest -- 11. 

Gayle has also hit the highest number of sixes in an innings -- 18. Anamul also tops the list of Bangladeshis here, he hit six sixes in a game against Dhaka Dynamites.

Ducks

Three players have been out for a duck a record three times in this BPL. They are Mehedi Maruf (Dhaka Dynamites), Mohammad Saifuddin (Comilla Victorians) and Rony Talukdar (Rajshahi Kings).

Winning margin (runs)

Three of the biggest victories have been recorded by Dhaka Dynamites, including wins of 99 and 95 runs against Rajshahi Kings and Comilla Victorians respectively.

Winning margin (wickets)

Sylhet Sixers, on the other hand, are the only team to win a match by 10 wickets, against Chittagong Vikings while Dhaka are the only team to chase a target in less than 10 overs, against Sylhet Sixers (7.5 overs).