IPL 10, Match 46, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Statistical Highlights

Kolkata Knight Riders produced destruction over the Royal Challengers Bangalore once again but this time with the bat as their openers Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn sent the RCB bowlers over the fence and set a few batting and quickest records. The pair put on 105 in 6.1 overs which helped KKR to chase down the target of 159 with 29 balls to spare despite losing a couple of wickets later on.

Travis Head’s 75 and Mandeep’s 52 were the main reason behind the home side posting 158 despite the big stars falling for low scores once again. RCB came into this game with the green jersey, their go green initiative which has been carried on since 2011. Out of those 7 occasions, RCB ended on losing side on 4 times and won only twice.

1 – For the first time in his Twenty20 career, Chris Gayle has been dismissed for a duck in consecutive innings. He bagged a duck vs KXIP in the previous game.

2 – Number of times Gautam Gambhir has batted at No.4 or lower for KKR in the IPL including this game. Another instance was on his KKR debut in 2011.

3 – Number of players including Chris Gayle have bagged a duck in their 100th IPL game. Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar are the other two.

6 – Number of consecutive losses for Royal Challengers Bangalore in this IPL, their longest losing streak in the IPL. They lost in 5 games in a row in 2008 season.

15 – Balls taken by Sunil Narine for his fifty in this game, the joint-fastest fifty for any player in the IPL. Yusuf Pathan also took 15 balls for his fifty while playing for KKR vs SRH in 2014.

15 – Runs aggregated by Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers collectively in this game, the joint-fewest run-aggregate by these three in any game for Royal Challengers Bangalore. They aggregated 15 runs in their previous encounter vs KKR in this season.

36 – Balls taken by Kolkata Knight Riders for their team 100, the joint fastest in the IPL for any team. CSK also took 36 balls vs KXIP in 2014 qualifier 2.

65 – Difference between KKR and RCB’s power play scores, the biggest difference between PP scores of two teams in an IPL. Previous highest was 59 between CSK (90) and MI (31) in 2015 at Mumbai.

105 – Runs scored by Kolkata Knight Riders in the powerplay overs in this game, the most by any team in an innings in the IPL. CSK scored 100 runs in first 6 overs vs KXIP in 2014 qualifier 2.