Credit: BCCI/IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will play Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 56 of the IPL 2023 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It will be a must-win game for both KKR and RR, who are in a similar position after winning five games in eleven matches so far. Rajasthan are placed ahead of Kolkata in the points table due to their better net run rate. KKR have won three of their last four games, while RR's recent form hasn't been very encouraging as they have lost five out of their six outings.
Numbers and Stats ahead of KKR vs RR game:
1 - Yuzvendra Chahal needs one more wicket to surpass Dwayne Bravo (183) and become the leading wicket-taker in IPL history.
1 - Jos Buttler needs one more six to complete the milestone of 150 sixes in the IPL.
Most Sixes in the IPL among overseas batters:
Chris Gayle - 357
AB de Villiers - 251
Kieron Pollard - 223
David Warner - 218
Andre Russell - 191
Shane Watson - 190
Glenn Maxwell - 154
Jos Buttler - 149
2 - Trent Boult has dismissed Jason Roy twice in T20 cricket out of four innings.
Jason Roy vs Trent Boult in T20s:
Inns - 4
Runs - 34
Balls - 25
Outs - 2
3 - Andre Russell needs three more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 400 wickets in T20 cricket and 100 wickets for KKR.
Most wickets in T20 cricket:
Dwayne Bravo - 615
Rashid Khan - 547
Sunil Narine - 485
Imran Tahir - 469
Shakib Al Hasan - 451
Wahab Riaz - 413
Andre Russell - 397
Most wickets for KKR in T20s:
Sunil Narine - 177
Andre Russell - 97
Piyush Chawla - 71
14 - KKR have won 14 matches against RR in the IPL.
Most wins against RR in the IPL:
CSK - 15 (28 games)
MI - 15 (27 games)
KKR - 14 (26 games)
RCB - 14 (28 games)
KKR vs RR in the IPL at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata:
2008: RR won by 6 wickets
2010: KKR won by 8 wickets
2011: KKR won by 8 wickets
2012: KKR won by 5 wickets
2013: KKR won by 8 wickets
2018: KKR won by 6 wickets
2018: KKR won by 25 runs (Elim)
2019: RR won by 3 wickets
24 - Both, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have picked 24 wickets against KKR in the IPL.
Most wickets against KKR in IPL:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 32
Ravichandran Ashwin / Yuzvendra Chahal - 24
Dwayne Bravo - 21
75 - Sanju Samson needs 75 more runs to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket.
Most runs in T20 cricket (among Indian batsmen):
Virat Kohli - 11746
Rohit Sharma - 10894
Shikhar Dhawan - 9621
Suresh Raina - 8654
Robin Uthappa - 7272
MS Dhoni - 7263
Dinesh Karthik - 7081
KL Rahul - 7066
Gautam Gambhir - 6402
Suryakumar Yadav - 6274
Ambati Rayudu - 5988
Sanju Samson - 5925
Sanju Samson will be playing his 150th match in the IPL.
