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Kolkata Knight Riders will play Punjab Kings in match number 53 of IPL 2023 in Kolkata. KKR have won four out of ten matches in IPL 2023 and currently stands at the eighth position of the points table, while PBKS have won five out of ten games in this IPL season and stands at the seventh position in the points table. The last time these two sides faced each other, PBKS defeated KKR by seven runs (in the DLS method) in Mohali.
Numbers and stats ahead of KKR vs PBKS game:
2 - Sam Curran needs two more sixes to complete 100 sixes in T20 cricket.
3 - Andre Russell needs three more wickets to complete 400 wickets in T20 cricket.
Most wickets in T20 cricket:
Dwayne Bravo - 615
Rashid Khan - 546
Sunil Narine - 485
Imran Tahir - 469
Shakib Al Hasan - 451
Wahab Riaz - 413
Andre Russell - 397
3 - Arshdeep Singh needs three more wickets to surpass Mohammed Shami for picking the most wickets in IPL for PBKS.
Most wickets for PBKS in IPL:
Piyush Chawla - 84
Sandeep Sharma - 73
Axar Patel - 61
Mohammed Shami - 58
Arshdeep Singh - 56
3 - Varun Chakravarthy has dismissed Shikhar Dhawan three times in IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan vs Varun Chakravarthy in IPL:
Inns - 5
Runs - 42
Balls - 40
Outs - 3
20 - KKR have won 20 matches against PBKS in the IPL.
Most wins against a team in IPL:
MI - 23 vs KKR
MI - 20 vs CSK
KKR - 20 vs PBKS
CSK - 20 vs RCB
33 - Sunil Narine has picked 33 wickets against PBKS in the IPL.
Most wickets against an opponent in IPL:
Umesh Yadav - 34 vs PBKS
Dwayne Bravo - 33 vs MI
Sunil Narine - 33 vs PBKS
Note: Umesh Yadav is unlikely to feature in the Playing XI for KKR.
44 - Nitish Rana needs 44 more runs to complete the milestone of 2500 runs in the IPL.
850 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored 850 runs against KKR in the IPL.
Most runs against KKR in the IPL:
David Warner - 1075
Rohit Sharma - 1040
Virat Kohli - 861
Shikhar Dhawan - 850
Suresh Raina - 829
