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Quick Stats : M1 – KKR vs MI
10 Apr, 2015
Quick Stats : M1 – KKR vs MI
09 Apr, 2015
5 Number of times both captains have scored fifties in the same IPL match. The others to do so before Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir are:
MS Dhoni (56*) & Yuvraj Singh (58*) CSK v KXIP Centurion 2009
Sachin Tendulkar (100*) & Mahela J’wardene (56*) MI v KTK Mumbai WS 2011
Rahul Dravid (57) & Virender Sehwag (73) RR v DD Jaipur 2012
Virat Kohli (57) & Adam Gilchrist (85*) RCB v KXIP Bengaluru 2013
3 Number of times IPL winner of previous year has managed to win its opening game in the next year. Chennai Super Kings in 2011 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013 provided the two other such instances. The 2008 winner Rajasthan Royals, 2009 winner Deccan Chargers, 2012 winner Chennai Super Kings and 2013 winner Mumbai Indians all went on to lose their opening games in the next edition.
12 Number of players to score a hundred and a ninety in the IPL. Rohit Sharma joined Chris Gayle, Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene, Shaun Marsh, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, David Warner and Shane Watson. Raina, in fact, holds the unique distinction of having made scores of 98, 99 and 100.
10 Number of consecutive IPL matches Kolkata Knight Riders have won since May 2014 – the longest winning streak by any side in the IPL.
14 Number of times Sunil Narine went wicket-less in an IPL match. Kolkata Knight Riders won only five such games.
98 Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten knock is the highest by any captain against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. Incidentally the previous best was 71* by Gautam Gambhir for Delhi Daredevils at Durban in 2009.
230 Suryakumar Yadav’s strike-rate in the match (46 off 20 balls) – highest for a Kolkata Knight Riders batsman against Mumbai Indians in an innings of 25 or more.
