On Sunday (5th May) night, the host side Mumbai Indians (MI) comfortably beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by nine wickets (with 23 balls remaining) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). With this result, MI finished at the top of the IPL 2019 points table while KKR failed to advance to the IPL 2019 playoffs. Here we are with some statistical highlights of this match.
MI captain Rohit Sharma decided to field first after winning the toss. In the first innings, the visiting side managed to score 133/7 (20 overs). In reply, MI chased down that target in 16.1 overs after losing just one wicket.
Brief Scores: KKR – 133/7 in 20 overs (Chris Lynn 41, Robin Uthappa 40; Lasith Malinga 3/35)
MI – 134/1 in 16.1 overs (Rohit Sharma 55*, Suryakumar Yadav 46*; Prasidh Krishna 1/22)
Result – MI won by nine wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
KKR
i) KKR was restricted to 133/7 (20 overs) in the first innings.
- It is the third lowest completed first innings total for KKR against MI. Their two lowest completed first innings totals are 67 (15.2 overs) at Mumbai on 16 May 2008 and 107 (18.5 overs) at Bengaluru on 19th May 2017.
- It is the sixth lowest completed total for KKR against MI.
MI
i) MI won this match by nine wickets.
- It is the largest victory (by wickets) for MI against KKR. Their previous record was winning by eight wickets at Mumbai on 16th May 2008.
- It was the sixth consecutive victory for MI against KKR at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). KKR has won only one match against MI at this venue and that was on 16th May 2012 when KKR beat MI by 32 runs.
(Players’ stats)
Rohit Sharma
i) It was Rohit Sharma’s 150th T20 match for MI.
- Rohit Sharma is the third cricketer to play 150 or more T20 matches for MI. Kieron Pollard (168 matches) and Harbhajan Singh (158 matches) were the first two cricketers who achieved this feat before Rohit Sharma.
ii) Rohit Sharma scored his sixth 50+ score (one century and five half-centuries) against KKR.
- It is the most 50+ scores by any right-handed batsman against KKR. Virat Kohli is in the next position with five 50+ scores against KKR.
Robin Uthappa
i) The right-handed batsman Robin Uthappa has hit 85 IPL sixes for KKR.
- It is the joint second most number of IPL sixes for a KKR batsman (former KKR cricketer Yusuf Pathan also hit 85 IPL sixes for this side). Only Andre Russell is ahead of Robin Uthappa with 117 IPL sixes for this Kolkata franchise.
Jasprit Bumrah
i) The right-arm pacer Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 38 T20 wickets at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai).
- Jasprit Bumrah is the third most T20 wicket-taker at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). While he surpassed Mitchell McClenaghan (37 T20 wickets) during this match, only Lasith Malinga (65 T20 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (53 T20 wickets) are now ahead of him.
Quinton de Kock
i) Proteas cricketer Quinton de Kock has hit 50 IPL sixes by the end of this match.
- Quinton de Kock is the sixth South African cricketer to hit 50 or more IPL sixes. The other five South African cricketers are AB de Villiers (212 sixes), David Miller (87 sixes), JP Duminy (79 sixes), Faf du Plessis (57 sixes) and Albie Morkel (55 sixes).
- Quinton de Kock is the 47th batsman to hit 50 or more IPL sixes.