Records broken in IPL 2021

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A throwback to the 75 records broken in IPL 2021.

Chennai Super Kings

Gaikwad is the 1st CSK player to win the Emerging Player award
Gaikwad youngest to win Orange cap - Dhoni oldest cap to win IPL trophy
This is the first time 2 openers of a team scored 600+ runs or 5 scores of 50+ in a season (Gaikwad-du Plessis)
Most 30+ scores by CSK player in a season (du Plessis 11)
Jadeja first CSK player to score 50+ and take 3+ wickets in an IPL match (vs RCB)
Most runs in the 20^th over by a team (CSK vs Harshal)
Most runs in the 20^th over by a batsman (Jadeja vs Harshal)
Jadeja is the 2nd player to score 36 runs in an over (after Gayle)
Jadeja 3rd player to hit 5 6s in the same over (After Gayle, Tewatia)
Sam Curran 1st overseas bowler to concede 50+ runs for 5 or more times
Dhoni became the 1^st Captain to lead in 300 T20 matches
Dhoni became 1st Captain to lead in 200 IPL matches
Dhoni became 1st player to hit 50 Sixes in a particular over in IPL (50 6s in 20th over)
Dhoni became 1st WK with 150 dismissals in IPL
CSK is the 1st team to win 7 matches on the last ball while chasing
Ngidi became the 1st bowler to concede 60 runs for CSK (0/62)
Fleming now has the most IPL titles as coach (4)
This was the first time CSK lost while defending 200+ in India (vs MI)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Harshal Patel has joint-most wickets in an IPL season with Bravo (32)
Harshal Patel is the 1st RCB bowler to Win Purple Cap
Harshal Patel is the 1st Indian bowler to Win Most Valuable Player Award
Harshal has the most wickets by an Indian in Death overs of a season (19)
Harshal Patel is the 1st to take IPL hattrick in UAE (IPL)
Harshal Patel is the 1st bowler to take 5-fer against Mumbai Indians
Harshal Patel became 1st bowler to pick SIX 3-fers in an IPL season
Padikkal is the 3rd uncapped Indian to score IPL century after Manish and Valthaty
Chahal is the 4th bowler to concede 150 Sixes in IPL (after Chawla, Mishra, Jadeja)
RCB now has most centuries in IPL (14)
Kohli-Padikkal made the highest opening partnership for RCB (181 vs RR)
Kohli is the first player to reach 6000 runs in IPL
This is the first season when RCB defeated MI in both league games

Mumbai Indians

Punjab Kings

Kl Rahul became the fastest Indian to reach 3000 IPL runs (80 innings)
KL Rahul now has the most runs & M.O.M Awards for Punjab (surpassing Shaun Marsh)
KL Rahul became the 1st Punjab player to hit 100 sixes
KL Rahul became the 1st Indian and first captain to score 600+ runs in back-to-back seasons
KL Rahul became the 1st batsman to score 1000 IPL runs in UAE
KL Rahul scored the highest % of team runs by an Indian in an IPL match (98 vs CSK)- 73.1%
Arshdeep Singh conceded the most runs while taking a 5-fer (32)
Mayank became only the 3rd player to remain unbeaten on 99* (after Raina, Gayle)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Umran Malik bowled the fastest delivery by an Indian in IPL (153 km/hr)
Mohammad Nabi became the 1st fielder to take 5 catches in an IPL inning (vs MI)
SRH lost 10 Matches in a season for the first time
Bhuvi became 3rd bowler to pick 50 IPL wickets in Powerplay (after Zaheer, Sandeep)
SRH now has the most IPL wins while defending 150 or less (surpassed MI/PBKS)

Rajasthan Royals

Kartik Tyagi became only the 2nd bowler to defend less than 6 runs in IPL (after Munaf)
Buttler registered the highest score for Royals (124)
Sanju Samson became the 1st captain to score century on captaincy debut
Yashasvi scored the 2nd fastest 50 by an uncapped player in IPL (after Ishan 17 balls)
Highest Powerplay score for RR (81/1 v CSK)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Morgan is the 1st captain with 4 Ducks in a season
Morgan has most dismissals on single-digit scores in a season (11)
Narine has the most 4-wicket hauls in IPL (8)
Narine is the 1st ever bowler to pick three 4-wickets hauls against an opponent in IPL (vs RCB)
Narine is the 1st KKR player to score 25 & pick 4 wickets in an IPL match
Fastest chase by KKR in 10.0 overs vs RCB
Pat Cummins (65*) became the highest score at No.8 in IPL