Dinesh Karthik’s Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Kane Williamson’s SunRisers Hyderabad by five wickets on Saturday to confirm their berth in the play-offs stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The match was played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Here is the stats review of the 54th match of IPL 2018:
1- In IPL 2018, 29.64 percent runs of all runs scored by SunRisers Hyderabad has come off their skipper Kane Williamson – the highest percentage for any captain in IPL 2018. Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has reserved the second slot in the list with 22.83%
2- KKR’s striker Sunil Narine has scored 83.18 per cent of his runs in IPL 2018 from boundaries – most for any player who had scored 100 or more runs in the ongoing edition. Sunil Narine has scored 327 runs off 173 balls, striking 35 fours and 22 sixes.
3- On Saturday, Kolkata were 66 for 1 after six overs, the highest run scored by any side against Hyderabad in IPL 2018. Earlier, Delhi scored 60 runs during the PowerPlay at Hyderabad.
4- Sunil Narine on Saturday become fourth overall players to score more than 300 runs and took 15 wickets for his team in a single edition. Shane Watson (2008), Dwayne Bravo (2012) and Jacques Kallis (2012 and 2013) have also achieved this feat.
5- SunRisers Hyderabad’s economy rate in first 10 matches was 7.24. In last four matches, it was 9.64.