IPL 2019: Seven records that have been broken so far

#2 Sam Curran become the youngest player to take an IPL hat-trick

Sam Curran

Imagine you are a young kid posing for a photo with your hero, hoping to emulate him one day. A few years later you find yourself replacing your hero in the playing XI and end up with a record-breaking performance; that's the stuff of dreams, right?

Love this!! Well done young @CurranSM replacing #universeboss @henrygayle and coming up with such a great performance. #VIVOIPL2019 #chrisgayle #SamCurran #KXIP #IPLpic.twitter.com/ICBlb1JRRJ

— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) April 3, 2019

20-year-old Sam Curran lived that dream during his record-break performance against the Delhi Capitals. Curran, who replaced Gayle at the opening slot played a brisk cameo of a 10-ball 20 but his moment well and truly arrived with the bowl later in the game.

In a dramatic turn of events, the 20-year-old became the youngest cricketer to notch up an IPL hattrick as the Capitals' capitulated in spectacular fashion losing their last seven wickets for seven runs.

Curran snared Colin Ingram and Harshal Patel in the 18th over to swing the momentum in KXIP's favour before cleaning up Rabada and Sandeep Lamichhane in the final over to end up with figures of 4-11.

Apart from becoming the youngest cricketer to take an IPL hat-trick [20 years, 302 days], Curran also became the youngest overseas bowler to take a 4-wicket haul in IPL cricket.

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#1 Dre Russ blazes away to 1,000 IPL runs at a record pace

Andre Russell

Andre Russell has 1,049 runs from 53 IPL games at a strike-rate of 185.33. No other batsman in the history of the tournament has gone past 1,000 runs at a strike-rate higher than the West Indian all-rounder.

The all-rounder has been in quite some form in this tournament, hitting the ball at will. But, it is not only the strike-rate, what makes Russell the MVP of the KKR unit, is he has timed his assault to perfection. Every time KKR have found themselves in a spot of bother Russell has stepped up with match-turning performances.

Russell's calculated assault [48 off 18 balls] on the SRH bowlers to help KKR chase down 54 runs off the last three overs or the 17-ball 48 [vs KXIP] to propel the team to a match-winning score followed by a 28-ball 62 [vs DC] to take KKR out of a precarious position [5-60] vindicate the impact he has had in this tournament thus far.