Gautam Gambhir hit more fours than anyone else in the IPL. He hit a total of 68 boundaries.
| Players Name | Most Fours |
|---|---|
| G Gambhir | 68 |
| SE Marsh | 59 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 57 |
| GC Smith | 54 |
| AC Gilchricst | 51 |
Shane Watson, who was the player of the tournament in IPL 2008, was the first to win three Man of the Match awards.
Adam Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers scored the fastest century of IPL 2008, doing so in just 42 balls against Mumbai Indians.
The first three batsman to have scored two ducks in the IPL were Rahul Dravid, Herschelle Gibbs and Virender Sehwag.
Shaun Marsh of Punjab holds the record of scoring more 50 plus scores than any other player in the IPL with 1 hundred and 5 fifties.
| Players Name | Most Fifties |
|---|---|
| SE Marsh | 5 |
| G Gambhir | 5 |
| KC Sangakkara | 4 |
| RG Sharma | 4 |
| S Dhawan | 4 |
A total of 622 sixes were hit in the inaugral edition of the IPL, which means an average of 10.5 sixes per match.
Chennai Superkings holds the record for posting the highest total. They scored 240/5 against Punjab in their opening game.
The highest partnership for any wicket in the IPL is 155 between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman in the match between Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Of the 6 hundreds hit in the tournament, none was scored by an Indian. Also, four of the six centuries were hit by left-hander.
Brendon McCullum scored 158 against the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the opening game of the IPL - the highest individual score in a Twenty20 match.
Shaun Marsh, the highest run getter of the tournament, scored 616 runs at a superb average of 68.44. He scored his runs at a strike rate of 140.
| Players Name | Most Runs |
|---|---|
| SE Marsh | 616 |
| G Gambhir | 534 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 514 |
| SR Watson | 472 |
| GC Smith | 441 |
Sourav Ganguly, captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, was the first player to win back-to-back Man of the Match awards.
A total of 6 hundreds were hit in the tournament. Michael Hussey, Gilchrist, Symonds, Shaun Marsh, Jayasuriya and McCullum were the centurions.
Sanath Jayasuriya of Mumbai Indians, the oldest player in the IPL, holds the record for the most sixes - 31.
| Players Name | Most Sixers |
|---|---|
| ST Jayasuriya | 31 |
| SE Marsh | 26 |
| YK Pathan | 25 |
| V Sehwag | 21 |
| RG Sharma | 19 |
Brendon McCullum of KKR holds the record for the most number of sixes in an IPL innings with 13 against the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Manpreet Gony of Chennai Super Kings holds the record for bowling most maiden overs in IPL 2008 - 3.
| Players Name | Most Maidens |
|---|---|
| MS Gony | 3 |
| M Ntini | 2 |
| GD Mcgrath | 2 |
| IK Pathan | 2 |
Sohail Tanvir of Rajasthan Royals was the highest wicket taker in IPL 2008. He picked up 22 wickets from 11 games at an amazing average of 12.09.
| Players Name | Most Wickets |
|---|---|
| Sohail Tanvir | 22 |
| SK Warne | 19 |
| S Sreesanth | 19 |
| SR Watson | 17 |
| PP Chawla | 17 |
L Balaji was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the IPL. Amit Mishra and Makhaya Ntini were the only other bowlers to have achieved the same feat.
Sohail Tanvir became the first bowler to take five wickets in the IPL 2008 when he took 6 wickets in the match against Chennai. His figures read 4-0-14-6.
Sohail Tanvir of the Rajasthan Royals is the only bowler in the IPL to have bagged 4 or more wickets in an innings more than once.
S Sreesanth of the Kings XI Punjab is the bowler to have conceded the most extras in the IPL. He bowled 21 wides and 4 no balls.
Amit Mishra, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Sohail Tanvir are the only 3 bowlers to have taken a 5 wicket-haul in the IPL.
Piyush Chawla holds the dubious distinction of conceding the most 6s in the tournament - 21.
Only two bowlers managed to bowl two maiden overs in a match - Irfan Pathan of Kings XI Punjab and Glenn McGrath of Delhi Daredevils.
Irfan Pathan and Virender Sehwag are the only 2 players to have inflicted 2 run outs with direct hits in the IPL.
S Tendulkar holds the record for the most number of catches in an IPL match with 4 catches in the match between the Mumbai Indians and KKR.
Suresh Raina holds the record for the most catches in IPL 2008 with 10 catches. A total of 410 catches were taken in the tournament.