IPL 10, Match 54, Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians – Statistical Highlights

Mumbai Indians once again had the upper hand over the Kolkata Knight Riders whom they have beaten in 15 games out of the 20 meetings. Despite making 6 changes and playing a couple of players on the bench, Mumbai ended KKR’s chasing streak at the Eden Gardens.

Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary struck fifties to hand Mumbai a decent total of 173/5. The visitors kept taking wickets but the home side was cruising as their batsmen struck boundaries and kept the required rate in check. However, once MI got rid of Manish Pandey and Kuldeep Yadav, their win was just about formality.

Here are all the stats and records from the game:

1 – Mumbai Indians became the first team in Twenty20 cricket history to win in 100 games. Their first win in this format also came over the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in 2008.

7 – Number of Man of the match awards for Ambati Rayudu in the IPL so far, the 4th most for the Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma has won 11, Kieron Pollard has won 9 and Sachin Tendulkar won 8 match awards while playing for MI in the IPL.

11 – Gautam Gambhir’s batting average against Mitchell Johnson in the Twenty20 format. Johnson gave away 44 runs in 35 balls to Gambhir in this format and dismissed him 4 times. He got Gambhir out 5 times in Tests and 4 times in the ODIs.

12 – Number of consecutive wins while chasing for Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in the IPL before this game. Their last loss at Kolkata while chasing came in 2012 against MI only.

14 – Number of fifty-plus scores by Ambati Rayudu in the IPL so far, the joint 2nd most for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Rohit Sharma has 25 fifty-plus scores in the IPL for MI while Sachin Tendulkar also has 14 fifty-plus scores.

15 – Number of wins for Mumbai Indians in the IPL over the Kolkata Knight Riders, the most for a team against another team in the IPL. The next best is 14 wins for KKR vs KXIP.

449 – Partnership runs between Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary in the IPL for Mumbai Indians. The pair batted together 9 times (8 of those in 2010) and added 449 runs at an average of 49.89 including 4 fifty stands and one century stand.

2013 – Last time before this game, Ambati Rayudu played as a wicketkeeper in a game across all the formats was way back in 2013 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament for his team Baroda.