India’s carrom-baller, spin wizard Ashwin bids adieu to international cricket
India's decorated off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his decision to retire from international cricket moments after the Brisbane Test ended in a draw.
In the third clash of Indian Premier League between Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders and Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Garden on Sunday, KKR beat RCB by four wickets.
Here is the stats review of the nerve-wracking match:
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1- The third match of VIVI IPl 2018 was also the RCB skipper’s 150th match. Virat had only played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. His tally is the maximum for any player for a single franchise in the tournament.
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2- KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik become fifth wicket-keeper batsman to captain a side in IPL. Other than Karthik, MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara and Brendon McCullum are the only wicket-keepers who have captained an IPL team.
3- Dinesh Karthik had played for six different franchise in IPL– Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and now Kolkata Knight Riders. Karthik had now listed himself in the list of players who had appeared for most IPL teams. A record that Karthik shares with Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera and Aaron Finch.
4- Brendon McCullum had become the second international player to score 9000 runs in T20. Other than McCullum, only Chris Gayle has achieved this feat.
5- Sunil Narine (17 balls, 50 runs) scored his second fastest fifty on Sunday. His fastest fifty had come in 15 balls and by doing so he had become the first-ever player in IPL to score two fifties off less than 20 balls in the IPL.
6- The winning percentage of KKR at Eden Gardens while chasing a target is 81.48.
7- Last night’s game was AB de Villiers’ 11th consecutive IPL matches in which he has ended on the losing side!
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