IPL 9, Eliminator: SRH v KKR – Statistical Highlights

Despite losing twice in league matches against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad came out strong in the Eliminator at the Feroz Shah Kotla to bag a 22-run win to make their way to the Qualifier 2.

After being asked to bat, Sunrisers posted a respectable total of 162/8 in 20 overs. Yuvraj Singh top scored for them with 44. Later KKR lost their way in the chase in the middle as they finished with only 140/8 to be knocked out of IPL. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

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2 – Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa pair become the 1st opening pair to feature in all games for their side in an IPL season on two different occasions. They opened in all games for their side in 2015 as well.

2 – Number of times KKR played an Eliminator in IPL. They lost on both occasions. However, KKR played Qualifier 1 and Finals two times each and won on all the 4 occasions.

2 – Number of times Gautam Gambhir has scored 500+ runs as a captain in an IPL season. He is only the 3rd captain after Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar to score 500+ runs in a T20 tournament as captain on two different occasions. All the 3 have done it in the IPL.

3 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar in now the 3rd Indian bowler after Mohit Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal to pick 20+ wickets in two different IPL seasons.

3 – Number of times Gautam Gambhir has scored 500+ runs in an IPL season. Only Virat Kohli (4) scored more times.

3 – This is Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 3rd win vs KKR in IPL. They have lost 6 out of 9 games to KKR.

5 – Number of times Deepak Hooda has been run out in this IPL. He is the first player to be run out 5 times in an IPL season.

6 – Shikhar Dhawan has been dismissed 6 times by Morne Morkel out of the last 11 times he faced him across all formats.

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28 – Runs scored by David Warner and Gautam Gambhir in this game. Both took 28 balls to score 28 runs. This is only the 2nd instance in IPL where captains of both the sides scored identical runs in an IPL game. (Min: 25 runs)

44 – Runs scored by Yuvraj Singh in this game. This is his highest score vs KKR in IPL. Previous highest was 38. In 14 innings vs KKR before this game, Yuvraj averaged just 25.08.

1002 – Runs scored by Suryakumar Yadav in Twenty20 cricket. He took 66 innings to complete 1000 runs in this format.

1505 – Partnership runs between David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan as opening pair in IPL. They are now the first opening pair in IPL to score 1500+ runs.

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2009 – IPL 2016 final will be only the 2nd IPL final without any of the top 3 IPL teams: CSK, MI & KKR. Last such final was in 2009 between RCB and DC.

4001 – Runs scored by Yuvraj Singh in Twenty20 cricket. He became 10th Indian to reach the mark.