IPL 2020 Key Highlights


The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season got over on Tuesday, with Mumbai Indians lifting their fifth title.

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An astonishing knock by Hitman Rohit Sharma helped Mumbai Indians win the thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League.

MI went on to beat Delhi Capitals by five wickets in Dubai.


MI have now clinched five IPL titles, having previously won in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.

Mumbai Indians win the Fair Play Award for upholding spirit of the game in IPL 2020.

Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul won the prestigious Orange Cap.

In 14 games, he racked up 670 runs at a phenomenal average of 55.83.
Rahul's unbeaten 132 (vs RCB) was the highest individual score this season.

This is the highest individual score by an Indian in the IPL.

This was also the third consecutive season when Rahul tallied over 500 runs.


Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap after finishing the season with 30 scalps at 18.26.

Rabada became just the second bowler in IPL history to claim 30-plus wickets in an edition.

This is a third successive season where a foreign player won the award.

Jasprit Bumrah ended with 27 wickets at 14.96.

His tally is the most by an Indian bowler across IPL editions.

Five batsmen hit 50-plus fours this season, with DC opener Shikhar Dhawan smashing 67 (highest).

MI's Ishan Kishan had a dream season. He hit the most sixes in IPL 2020 (30).

The likes of Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and AB de Villiers registered the most fifties (5 each).

KXIP's Nicholas Pooran smashed the fastest fifty (17 balls).

Mayank Agarwal hit the fastest hundred (45 balls).

Kiwi pacer Trent Boult, who finished with 25 scalps, registered the most maiden overs (3).

Jofra Archer and Bumrah bowled the joint-most dot balls (175 each).

Bumrah recorded the best bowling average (14.96), whereas, wrist-spinner Rashid Khan had the best economy rate of 5.37.

Anrich Nortje (156.22 km/h) recorded the fastest delivery in IPL history.

Delhi Capitals' 228/4 versus Kolkata Knight Riders was the highest team total in IPL 2020.

Meanwhile, KKR recorded the lowest score this season (84/8) against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Kieron Pollard registered the best strike rate this season (191.42).

A total of 19,352 runs were scored in IPL 2020 out of which 10,732 runs came from boundaries.

Meanwhile, 668 wickets were lost in total.


Mumbai Indians were the most dominant franchise of IPL 2020.

Delhi Capitals scripted history by making it to their first-ever final in the IPL history.

The IPL playoffs sans Chennai Super Kings is certainly a rarity, Yellow Army missed the qualification berth for the first time in 13 seasons.

This season's most expensive signing, Pat Cummins, could scalp only 12 wickets.

The architect-turned cricketer Varun Chakravarthy earned his maiden international call-up after an impressive run in 2020.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan had a memorable time, having reached the 600-run mark for the first time in a season.

Meanwhile, Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul topped the runs tally with 670 runs.

Among the young guns, Ishan Kishan (500+) and Devdutt Padikkal (473) made waves.

In the wickets column, speedsters Kagiso Rabada (30), Bumrah (27) and Boult (25) extended their domination.

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