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Gujarat Titans have won their 6th match of IPL 2022 season by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders on a margin of 8 runs. Gujarat managed to post a decent total of 156 on board with the help of skipper Hardik Pandya's 67 but it was Andre Russell who stole the show in final over of the game as he picked 4 crucial wickets.
Kolkata openers had no answers for terrific spell from Mohammed Shami and lost their wickets cheaply and at one stage they were reeling at 34/4 but Rinku Singh's decent contribution with the bat and Andre Russell's firework in the end gave some hopes for Kolkata fans but unfortunately they couldn't cross that winning line. Rashid Khan also was brilliant with the ball along with key pacer Shami.
Numbers and stats from KKR vs GT game:
1 - Gujarat Titans became first team in IPL 2022 to bat first after winning the toss.
4 - Rashid Khan became 4th overseas bowler to take more than 100 wickets in IPL after Lasith Malinga, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine.
4 - Rinku Singh became 4th Indian to take 4 catches in an IPL match after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Tewatia and Ravindra Jadeja.
4/5 - Andre Russell became first pace bowler to take 4 wickets in an over in IPL.
Best bowling figures for KKR in IPL:
Andre Russell - 5/15 vs MI in Chennai, 2021
Sunil Narine - 5/19 vs PBKS in Kolkata, 2012
Varun Chakravarthy - 5/20 vs DC in Abu Dhabi, 2021
Andre Russell - 4/5 vs GT in Navi Mumbai, 2022
Shoaib Akthar - 4/11 vs DC in Kolkata, 2008
6 - Gujarat Lions have won their 6th match in IPL 2022 season.
Teams to win first 6 of their 7 matches in their debut IPL season:
Gujarat Lions in 2016
Gujarat Titans in 2022
Both of them have lost their 4th game to SRH respectively and won their remaining six of their seven games.
61 - Hardik Pandya has batting average of 61 against KKR in IPL. He has smashed 366 runs from 11 innings at a huge S.R of 173.45.
Highest batting average vs KKR in IPL (min. 10 innings batted):
JP Duminy - 61.50
Hardik Pandya - 61
Mahela Jayawardene - 56.37
Highest S.R vs KKR in IPL (min. 125 balls faced):
Hardik Pandya - 173.45
Prithvi Shaw - 171.17
Rahul Tripathi - 169.81
83 - Rashid Khan took 83 matches to take 100 wickets in IPL overall.
Fastest to pick 100 wickets in IPL (by matches):
Lasith Malinga - 70
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 81
Amit Mishra - 83
Ashish Nehra - 83
Rashid Khan - 83