Quick Stats: M05 - CSK vs KKR
11 Apr, 2018
Quick Stats: M05 - CSK vs KKR
10 Apr, 2018
2 Number of times Chennai Super Kings have chased down a target of 200 or more in the IPL. Only Kings XI Punjab have done so more often – thrice – in the IPL.
5 All the five matches in this edition have been won by the sides batting second!
10 The difference between sixes and fours in Andre Russell’s innings (11 sixes and one four) – the highest ever in the IPL.
16.95 R Vinay Kumar’s economy in the tournament – 65 runs in 3.5 overs.
31 Number of sixes hit in the match – equal the existing IPL record. The Gujarat Lions – Delhi Daredevils match at Delhi in 2017 had also seen 31 sixes being hit.
88 Runs scored by Andre Russell without being dismissed– the highest individual innings at number 7 in the IPL history. The previous record had come in the opening match of IPL2018 when Dwayne Bravo made 68 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. Interestingly Bravo had then bettered Russell’s record of 66.
In all T20 cricket, there has been only one higher score at number 7. Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi made 89 against Ireland in a Twenty20 International at Greater Noida in 2017.
88 Andre Russell’s score - the lowest ever score in T20 cricket to include 11 sixes. The previous lowest was 91* by Ross Whiteley for Worcestershire against Yorkshire at Leeds in 2015.
107 Number of sixes hit off Dwayne Bravo’s bowling – most for any pacer in the IPL. He went past Praveen Kumar’s tally of 104 sixes.
203 Target chased down by Chennai Super Kings – highest for any side against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kings XI Punjab had chased down a target of 201 runs at Eden Gardens in 2010.
