IPL 9, Match 26: DD v KKR – Statistical Highlights

Delhi Daredevils came back well after a close loss in their previous game as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 31 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. DD posted a huge total of 186/9 even though they lost early wickets after being put into bat first. KKR kept losing wickets at regular intervals and a collapse at the end ensured a comfortable win for DD. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Number of times teams got bowled out this season. Both happen in DD-KKR games. DD got bowled out vs KKR at Kolkata while now KKR got bowled out vs DD at Delhi.

5 – Number of times a team won an IPL game after losing two wickets in very first over of the game.

5 – Number of times Zaheer Khan has dismissed Gautam Gambhir in Twenty20 cricket. Pragyan Ojha is only other bowler who dismissed Gambhir 5 times in this format.

8 – Number of run outs Delhi Daredevils has affected in this IPL, the most by any team. Only 1 of their batsmen got runout in this season, the fewest for any team.

54 – Sam Billings became the 3rd England batsman to score a fifty on IPL debut. Owais Shah scored 58* for KKR while Paul Collingwood scored 53 for DD. Both were in 2010.

10 – Number of fifty plus scores Robin Uthappa has recorded while chasing in IPL. Only Gautam Gambhir (16) and David Warner (16) have more than Uthappa.

41 – Runs scored by DD in last 3 overs. KKR managed to add 9 runs in the 9 balls they faced after 17 overs.

101 – Sixes hit by Robin Uthappa in IPL. He became the 14th player to hit 100 sixes in IPL.

186 – DD’s total of 186 is now their highest total vs KKR in IPL. Previous highest was 177 in 2010 also at Delhi.

309 – Carlos Brathwaite’s strike rate of 309 in the game is the highest for any DD player in an IPL innings. [Min: 10 balls]

2010 – Last time when KKR lost to DD at Delhi in IPL. Since then they defeated DD in 4 games at the venue for this game.

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