IPL 2022, Match 30 RR vs KKR Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders will be facing each other in the 30th match of IPL 2022. While RR finished at the seventh place in the table last season, KKR emerged as the runners-up. So far in this season, both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have won three matches, while KKR has played a match more than RR (6).

Rajasthan Royals have both the Orange Cap Holder Jos Buttler (272 runs) and Yuzvendra Chahal (12 wickets) in their team. Apart from Buttler, Shimron Hetymer has been a brilliant finisher for the team. Besides Chahal, Trent Boult has also been remarkable with the ball, taking seven wickets in just four games.

Andre Russell is not just KKR’s highest run-getter this season so far, but has also been batting at a tremendous strike rate of 179. The rest of the KKR batters need to be more consistent. Nitish Rana is slowly finding his form back, after a disastrous start in the first four matches this season. Umesh Yadav has been their best bowler, picking ten wickets and also bowling at an economy rate under seven.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 30 between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to head – Both teams have faced each other in 25 IPL matches, while KKR has won 13 and RR has won 11. One game between these two sides ended in no result.

49 – Sanju Samson needs to score 49 runs to reach 5000 runs in T20 cricket.

2 – Varun Chakravarthy, currently on 39 wickets, needs to take two more wickets to overtake Kuldeep Yadav and have the second most wickets by an Indian spinner for KKR in the IPL. Only Piyush Chawla (66) has taken more IPL wickets for the franchise.

3 – Wickets needed by Sunil Narine to become the first overseas spinner to reach 150 IPL wickets.

3 – Sixes needed by Nitish Rana to reach 100 sixes in the IPL. If he reaches there tomorrow, he will become the joint third-fastest Indian to 100 sixes in terms of innings, with only Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul reaching there faster.

12 – Total wickets taken by the Purple Cap holder Yuzvendra Chahal in this IPL season.

24 – Runs needed by Sunil Narine to reach 1000 runs in the IPL. He will become the third player with 1000+ runs and 100+ wickets in the league history, after Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo.

60 – Runs scored by Sunil Narine against R Ashwin’s bowling in the IPL without being dismissed, off just 22 balls.

150 – Sunil Narine will become the first cricketer to play 150 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders in T20 cricket.

2 – Devdutt Padikkal (998) needs two runs to complete the landmark of 1000 runs in the IPL.

4 – Shimron Hetmyer (46) needs four sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

10 – Sanju Samson (190) needs ten fours to reach 200 fours for RR in the league.

4 – Hetmyer (46) also requires four fours to complete 50 fours in the league.

57 – Rana (1943) is also 57 runs away from reaching the landmark of 2000 IPL runs.

8 – Samson (242) is eight fours away from completing 250 fours in the IPL.

2 – Venkatesh Iyer (48) needs two fours to complete 50 fours in the league.

2 – Venkatesh (148) also requires two fours to get to 150 fours in the T20 games.

57 – Devdutt Padikkal (1943) is 57 runs away from completing the milestone of 2000 T20 runs.

4 – R Ashwin (146) is four scalps away from reaching 150 wickets in the tournament.

25 – Ajinkya Rahane (5475) is 25 runs away from reaching 5500 runs in the T20 games.

1 – Aaron finch (349) is one game away from appearing in 350 matches in T20 cricket.

8 – Samson (142) is also eight big hits away from completing 150 maximums in the cash-rich league.

7 – Ashwin (493) requires seven more runs to get to 500 runs in the tournament.