IPL 2019, Match 47: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Statistical Highlights

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) claimed an important 34-run victory against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) on Sunday (28th April) night.

After losing the toss, the host side KKR scored 232/2 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, MI was restricted to 198/7 (20 overs) in the second innings.

Brief Scores: KKR – 232/2 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 80*, Shubman Gill 76; Hardik Pandya 1/31)

MI – 198/7 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 91, Suryakumar Yadav 26; Andre Russell 2/25)

Result – KKR won by 34 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

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Teams’ stats

KKR

i) The host side KKR scored 232/2 (20 overs) in the first innings. It is their second highest total against MI as their highest total is 245/6 (20 overs) against Kings XI Punjab at Indore on 12th May 2018.

ii) This victory was the first victory for KKR against MI since 8th April 2015. KKR lost eight consecutive matches against MI before their latest victory. Also, the Kolkata franchise finished their six-match losing streak with their latest victory.

iii) KKR won this match by 34 runs which is their second largest victory (by runs) against MI. Their record margin victory is winning by 41 runs at Abu Dhabi on 16th April 2014.

Players’ stats

KKR

i) Andre Russell was not out on 80 runs which is the joint second highest individual score by a KKR batsman against MI (Robin Uthappa also scored 80 runs at Cuttack on 14th May 2014). Manish Pandey is the record holder with 81* at Mumbai on 9th April 2017.

ii) Piyush Chawla becomes the third bowler to take 150 IPL wickets. Before him, Lasith Malinga (166 wickets) and Amit Mishra (152 wickets) achieved this feat.

MI

i) Rohit Sharma becomes the first MI captain to lead the side in 100 IPL matches. Meanwhile, he is the fourth captain in IPL history to lead 100 or more matches. MS Dhoni (169 matches), Gautam Gambhir (129 matches) and Virat Kohli (108 matches) were the first three players in this list.

ii) Hardik Pandya completed his half-century in just 17 balls which is the fastest half-century by an MI batsman. The previous record holder was Harbhajan Singh who had completed his half-century in 19 balls against Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai on 12th April 2015.

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iii) The right-handed middle-order batsman Hardik Pandya scored 91 runs in this match. It is the third highest individual score by an MI batsman against KKR. Rohit Sharma is the top two record holders with 109* and 98* runs.

iv) Hardik Pandya becomes the fifth MI batsman to score 1,000+ T20 runs. By the end of this match, he has scored 1,021 runs for MI.