Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium will host the 3rd match of the 7th Indian Premier Twenty20 tournament on Saturday afternoon. Perennial title contenders, Chennai, will begin their 2014 campaign against a revamped Kings XI Punjab. With the speed of SAP HANA we can construct visualizations of historical data in SAP Lumira to gain insights on how these teams faired against each other last season.
Chennai is 8 - 4 all-time against Punjab and collected an impressive two points when the teams first meet last year on April 10th. In SAP Lumira we can quickly create a Manhattan chart of the 11th match of the 2013 tournament.
The Punjabi bowlers failed to take a single wicket as Chennai's devastating pair of initial Batsman, Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay, cruised to the necessary 139 runs on 104 balls in the second innings. Check out the pie with depth charts of the run production of each team's batsmen in the April 10th match.
The Super Kings again collected a vital pair of points when the clubs clashed on May 2nd at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Chennai finished their innings very strongly, scoring more than 10 runs per over in the last five overs to drive their match runs per over up to 9.3. Check out the Manhattan chart of Chennai's 15 run victory.
Suresh Raina was a force in the match, scoring 100 no out on 53 balls. Raina struck the boundary seven times and soared the ball over the barrier on six occasions. Raina scored on 43 of the 53 balls he faced and had a superb strike rate of 188.67. In SAP Lumira we can quickly create a storyboard of Raina's century ball by ball.
Rania, the tournament's all-time leading run-getter, will be the first player to receive his 100th Indian Premier cap when he takes the field on Friday afternoon. Will the southpaw commemorate his 100th cap with another century against Kings XI?
Keep your eyes peeled for more visualizations created in SAP Lumira using historical Indian Twenty20 data from SAP HANA. Please check back regularly during the season for more insights about the daily action.
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-Tom Flanagan
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