IPL 2021, Match 21: PBKS vs KKR, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

Kolkata Knight Riders have had a horrible start to their campaign in IPL 2021. They have lost 4 matches in a row after winning their first game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team has been struggling in all the departments, and players have failed to perform consistently in the field. KKR would be hoping for improved performance in coming games.

Kolkata Knight Riders will clash against Punjab Kings on 26th April at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Punjab won their last game against Mumbai Indians played in Chennai. They lost three consecutive games before that win. PBKS would be hoping to continue this winning momentum against KKR as well.

Let’s look at important stats and numbers before the start of the IPL clash between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders:

Head to Head: Both teams have clashed in 27 IPL games so far in which 18 have been won by the KKR team while PBKS have won just 9 matches.

43 – Eoin Morgan has accumulated 6957 T20 runs in 300 innings. He needs 43 more runs to complete 7000 T20 runs, and become the fourth English player to achieve the milestone.

54 – Chris Gayle has smashed the most sixes (54) against KKR. He has aggregated 700 runs in 18 innings including 1 hundred and 5 fifties.

557 – Among the current KKR players, Dinesh Karthik has scored the most runs (557) against PBKS in IPL. These runs have come at a strike rate of 142.45 including 4 fifties.

109 – Chris Gayle has scored 4891 IPL runs in 136 innings. He needs 109 more runs to reach the 5000-mark.

20 – KL Rahul has smashed 20 fifties while playing for PBKS. He needs 1 more half-century to go past Shaun Marsh (20) and attain the top spot.

94.20 – Sunil Narine has got a good record against PBKS stalwart Chris Gayle. Narine has dismissed Gayle twice in space of 69 balls, with the latter scoring runs at a strike rate of 94.20.

285.19 – Andre Russell has a phenomenal record against PBKS pacer Mohammed Shami. Russell has scored 77 runs off 27 balls against Shami at a strike rate of 285.19 and has been dismissed once by the bowler.

5 – KKR might bring in Harbhajan Singh for this match given his great record against Chris Gayle. The off-spinner has dismissed the T20 great 5 times while giving away 102 runs off 102 balls.

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