Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders sharpened their chances to qualify to the IPL play-offs by thrashing Ajinkya Rahane’s Rajasthan Royals by six wickets at the Eden Gardens stadium, Kolkata, on Tuesday in the 49th match of the Indian Premier League.
Here is the stats review of Tuesday’s match:
1- Rajasthan Royals wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler has scored 428 runs in his last six innings – second highest score by any player in the history of IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has scored 432 runs (in six consecutive innings) in IPL 2014.
2- In the third over of the game that was bowled by KKR’s Shivam Mavi, Buttler scored six boundaries (4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4) and by doing so become eighth overall batsman to score a boundary off every ball of an over in the league.
3- In his second over, Shivam Mavi conceded 28 runs – second most expensive over in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. Interestingly, the first spot in the list is also reserved by Mavi. He had conceded 29 runs in one over against Delhi Daredevils earlier.
4- On Tuesday, Kuldeep Yadav finished with his career-best figure – 4/20, it is also the best figure by a left-arm chinaman bowler in the league. The previous record was held by KKR’s Brad Hogg 4/29 against Chennai Super Kings at Kolkata in 2015.
5- In the 49th match of the IPL, Rajasthan was bundled out for 142 after an opening stand of 50 runs – the second lowest all-out total after getting the 50-run partnership for the first wicket. The first slot is reserved by Kings XI Punjab. KXIP were dismissed for 119 against Sunrisers at Hyderabad after an opening stand of 55.