IPL 9, Match 5: KKR v MI - Statistical Highlights

Mumbai Indians (MI) opened their accounts in the points table with a 6-wicket win over the hosting team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. After been put into bat, KKR posted 187/6 in their 20 overs thanks to fifties from captain Gautam Gambhir and Manish Pandey.

Chasing a big total, MI were guided by a captain’s knock from Rohit Sharma who played through the innings. He got support from Parthiv Patel and Jos Buttler. Promoting McCleanghan at No.4 worked as he hit a couple of sixes and provided momentum to the chase. Rohit remained unbeaten on 84 as MI won with 5 balls to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

7 – Number of matches Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders have faced each other in IPL at Eden Gardens. 6 times teams batting 2nd ended on the winning side.

7 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in IPL while chasing. He has 19 in 66 innings when batting first and just 7 fifty plus scores in 60 innings while chasing.

12 – Number of times Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. KKR managed only 5 wins over MI.

26 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in IPL, the joint 2nd most by any player. David Warner and Suresh Raina are tied withRohit.

27 – Number of fifty plus scores Gautam Gambhir has scored in IPL, the most by any player. None of them was a century.

41 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in Twenty20s, the most by an Indian player. Gayle (72), Hodge (50) and Warner (49) have more than Rohit.

55.85 – Rohit Sharma’s average in IPL at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He has scored 391 runs at the venue in 10 innings with 3 fifties and a century.

85 – Number of matches Mumbai Indians have won in T20 format. Only Chennai Super Kings with 94 wins lead Mumbai Indians in this format.

96.64 – Rohit Sharma’s average in professional cricket career at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He has scored 1063 runs at the venue in 15 innings.

150 – Number of matches Mumbai Indians have played in Twenty20 format. They become only the 4th team and 2nd Indian team to play 150 matches in this format.

200 – Number of matches Yusuf Pathan has played in T20 format. He became the fourth Indian player after Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to play in 200 T20 games.

2012 – Rohit Sharma’s last 50+ score while chasing in IPL was way back in 2012 vs CSK at Wankhede. He scored 60 off 46 in that game.

2014 – Last time when Jos Buttler played as a specialist batsman in his professional cricket career was in 2014 Big Bash league. Since then he played each and every game as a Wicket Keeper before this game.

3019 – Runs scored by Parthiv Patel in Twenty20 format. He is the 14th Indian to the mark in this format.

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