IPL 2021, Match 3: SunRisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH vs KKR) – Stats Preview

SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will meet during the third game of the IPL 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) this Sunday (11th April) night.

During this upcoming match, both teams will start their campaign in the IPL 2021. So, both teams are excited to count their season opener in a positive way.

IPL 2021, Match 3: SunRisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH vs KKR) – Stats Preview

Venue Stats (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai)

Match records of SunRisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders at this venue

Teams’ Stats

Records of SunRisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in their first game of every IPL season

• SRH lost both their last two IPL season openers.
• Before losing their IPL 2020 opener, KKR won all their IPL season openers between 2013 and 2019.

Players’ stats

(SunRisers Hyderabad)

• David Warner – 200 IPL sixes

i) Australian cricketer David Warner has already hit 195 IPL sixes. With five more sixes, he will become the first Australian to smash 200 IPL sixes. A total of five batsmen, including two overseas cricketers, have hit 200+ IPL sixes before this forthcoming match.

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• Kane Williamson – 2nd most T20 sixes for SRH

i) New Zealand cricketer Kane Williamson has hit 54 T20 sixes for SRH. With one more six, he will surpass their former teammate Shikhar Dhawan (54 T20 sixes for SRH) and become the second most T20 six-hitter for SRH. Australian cricketer David Warner is on top of this list with a way ahead of 137 T20 sixes for this franchise.

(Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Sunil Narine – 2nd most T20 wicket-taker

i) The Caribbean off-spinner Sunil Narine has already taken 390 wickets in his T20 career. With one more wicket, he will surpass Sri Lankan right-arm pacer Lasith Malinga (390 T20 wickets) and become the second most wicket-taker in T20 cricket history. Only Caribbean pacer Dwayne Bravo is ahead of them in this list with 516 T20 wickets.

• Eoin Morgan – 7000 T20 runs

i) Eoin Morgan has scored 6912 runs in his T20 career. The left-handed batsman needs to score 88 more runs to complete his 7000 T20 runs.

• Andre Russell – 1500 IPL runs for KKR

i) Caribbean cricketer Andre Russell has scored 1459 IPL runs for KKR. Adding 41 more runs, he will become the first overseas cricketer to score 1500 IPL runs for KKR. Before him, three Indian cricketers have already scored 1500 IPL runs for KKR.

• Shubman Gill – 1000 runs for KKR

i) Shubman Gill has already scored 939 T20 runs for KKR. He is 61 runs away to complete 1000 T20 runs for KKR.

• Dinesh Karthik – 1000 runs for KKR

i) Dinesh Karthik has scored 920 T20 runs for KKR. The right-handed batsman is 80 runs away to reach the milestone of 1000 T20 runs for KKR.