IPL 9, Match 8: SRH v KKR – Statistical Highlights

Sunrisers Hyderabad faced their second consecutive defeat as Kolkata Knight Riders won their second game of the season with an 8-wicket win in Hyderabad. After electing to bat SRH managed to post only 142/7 in their 20 overs. At a stage, they were 50/4 but Eoin Morgan and Naman Ojha’s knocks took them to a respectable total.

Chasing 143 to win, Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa gave KKR a great start with a 92-run stand. Uthappa & Russell fell in quick span. But Gambhir with an unbeaten 90 along with Manish Pandey sealed a win for his side with 10 balls to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

5 – Number of times Shikhar Dhawan got out to Morne Morkel in the last 10 innings he has faced him across all formats.

5.94 – Mustafizur’s economy rate in Twenty20 cricket. He is one of the two pacers with an economy rate under 6 in T20s. [Min: 500 balls bowled]

9.33 – David Warner’s average against Umesh Yadav in T20 format. Warner has got out 3 times to Umesh in this format so far.

10 – This was Kolkata Knight Riders’ 10th win in T20s at Hyderabad, the most by any team at this venue.

12 – Number of Man of the Match awards Gautam Gambhir has received in IPL. Only Chris Gayle and Yusuf Pathan have more than Gambhir.

20 – Number of fifty plus scores Gambhir has recorded in Twenty20s as captain, the most by any player.

28 – Number of fifty plus scores Gautam Gambhir has in IPL. Already the most by any player.

41 – Number of fifty plus scores Gautam Gambhir has recorded in Twenty20s, the joint most by an Indian player. Rohit Sharma also has 41.

51 – Eoin Morgan has scored his first fifty in Twenty20 format in 2016. He hadn’t scored any in 10 innings before this game.

78 – Number of T20 matches Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has hosted, the joint 2nd most by a venue in India.

90 – Runs scored by Shikhar Dhawan off Morne Morkel in Twenty20s. This was the first time he got out to Morne in this format. Dhawan has scored 90 runs off 57 balls against him.

142 – Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 142/8 while batting first against Kolkata Knight Riders when the last time they played at this venue. Interestingly they scored 142/7 in this game.

5073 – Runs scored by Gautam Gambhir in Twenty20 format. Among Indians, only Raina, Rohit, and Kohli have completed 5000 runs in this format.