Most Runs in IPL 2021, Most Wickets and Season Records

IPL 2021 champions and how the season unfolded

Chennai Super Kings won 11 of their 16 games, more than any other side, and closed the season with the title. Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders all finished with 9 wins, though KKR needed 17 matches to get there and lost 8. At the other end, Sunrisers Hyderabad won just 3 of 14. The team table counts every game including the playoffs, so treat it as a plain tally of wins and defeats rather than the official standings.

The venues tell their own story. The April and May games were played at grounds such as the Wankhede Stadium and Arun Jaitley Stadium, while the September and October games moved to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The final in Dubai gave CSK the fourth of their five titles; see the CSK IPL records or the full IPL winners list.

IPL 2021 Orange Cap race and the four hundreds

The top three were separated by nine runs. Gaikwad made 635 at 45.36, du Plessis 633 at 45.21, and Rahul of Punjab Kings 626. Rahul played only 13 innings, so his average of 62.60 was far higher than either CSK opener’s. Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Capitals was fourth with 587.

The highest score of IPL 2021 was 124 off 64 balls by Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi on 2 May. Sanju Samson made 119 for the same team in April. Rajasthan Royals took part in all four hundreds of the season: two were scored by their batters and two, by Devdutt Padikkal and Gaikwad, were made against them.

Rahul’s 30 sixes topped the six-hitting list, well ahead of the CSK pair on 23 each. Gaikwad’s 4 player of the match awards topped the season as well. Earlier and later Orange Cap winners sit on the IPL Orange Cap list.

Most wickets in IPL 2021, best bowling and big totals

Harshal Patel’s 32 wickets for RCB came at 14.34 each, and he took 5/27 against Mumbai Indians on the opening day. Avesh Khan of Delhi Capitals was a distant second with 24. Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians and Shardul Thakur of CSK had 21 apiece. KKR’s spinners were the hardest to score off: Sunil Narine went at 6.45 an over and Varun Chakravarthy at 6.59, the two lowest rates in the top 15.

The best figures of the season came from Andre Russell: 5/15 in only 2 overs against Mumbai Indians on 13 Apr. The Purple Cap list shows how Patel’s total compares across seasons.

Mumbai Indians made the highest total, 235/9 against Sunrisers in Abu Dhabi on 8 Oct. Two games in April and May produced runs on both sides: Punjab Kings’ 221/6 beat Rajasthan’s 217/7 at the Wankhede, and Mumbai’s 219/6 chased down CSK’s 218/4 in Delhi. The lowest total was Rajasthan’s 85 all out against KKR in Sharjah on 7 Oct. Compare the seasons either side with IPL 2020 and IPL 2022.