IPL 2017: Match Stats - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders 1
MI vs KKR

On Sunday night, Mumbai Indians (MI) snatched their first victory in this IPL season after beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). After winning the toss, MI decided to bowl first. KKR put 178/7 (20 overs) on the board at the end of first innings of the match.

In reply, MI chased down that total in 19.5 overs after losing 6 wickets. MI won this match by 4 wickets.

Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 178/7 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 81*, Chris Lynn 32, Krunal Pandya 3/24)

Mumbai Indians (MI) – 180/6 in 19.5 overs (Nitish Rana 50, Parthiv Patel 30, Ankit Rajpoot 3/37)

Result – MI won by 4 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

  1. It was the 50th IPL match at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). Wankhede became the fourth venue to host 50 IPL matches. The top 3 in this list are: Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium (60 IPL matches), Kolkata’s Eden Gardens (54 IPL matches) and Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla (53 IPL matches).

 

  1. In this match, Hardik Pandya took two catches off his brother Krunal Pandya’s bowling. It is the first ever in IPL history where a player taking catch off his brother’s bowling.

 

  1. KKR batsman Manish Pandey batted very well as he scored an unbeaten 81 runs in this match. It is the highest individual score by a KKR batsman against MI. The previous record holder was Robin Uthappa who had scored 80 runs against MI at Cuttack on 14th May 2014.

 

  1. Taking 2 catches in this match, MI cricketer Kieron Pollard completed 200 catches in his T20 career. Pollard becomes the first cricketer in T20 history to take 200 catches. Dwayne Bravo is at the next position in this list with 175 catches in his T20 career.

 

  1. KKR made 178/7 in 20 overs. It is the second highest total for KKR against MI. KKR’s highest total against MI is 187/5 (20 overs) at Kolkata on 13th April 2016.

 

  1. MI pacer Mitchell McClenaghan was very expensive as his bowling figure in this game was 4-0-51-1. It is the most runs conceded by a foreign bowler for MI. The previous record holder was West Indian Krishmar Santokie who had conceded 50 runs (4-0-50-2) against Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad on 19th May 2014.

Also, it is the joint most expensive spell by a foreign bowler against KKR. Previously, RCB’s (Royal Challengers Bangalore) foreign bowler Tabraiz Shamsi bowled with a bowling figure of 4-0-51-0 against KKR at Bengaluru on 2nd May 2016.

 

  1. MI successfully chased the target of 179 runs in 19.5 overs after losing 6 wickets. It is the second highest successful chase for MI against KKR. MI’s highest successful chase against KKR is 188 runs (188/4 in 19.1 overs) at Kolkata on 13th April 2016.

 

  1. It was MI’s 14th victory against KKR in IPL history, which is the most no. of victories in IPL history for any team against any other opponent team.