IPL 2024: Qualifier 1, KKR vs SRH Stats Preview - Players approaching milestones, stats, and records

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2024 on Tuesday, May 21, at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. Both teams met each other in match no 3 first game of these two games where the Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs in a last-ball thriller.

Speaking about Knight Riders, Sunil Narine is in great form and is the leading run scorer for Knight Riders who scored 461 runs in just 12 Innings, at an average of 38.42 and a magnificent strike rate of 182.94. Also, Narine has smashed his first IPL century in the ongoing league. In the bowling department, Varun Chakravarthy is the leading wicket-taker for Knight Riders who picked 18 wickets in just 12 Innings with an average of 20.38 and Strike Rate of 14.66 and conceded runs with an economy of just 8.34. Knight Riders would look to beat Sunrisers and make their way to the direct finals.

Speaking about Sunrisers, The openers were very consistent as both Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma aggregated 533 and 467 runs, respectively, in 12 and 13 Innings and had an average of 48.45 and 38.92 respectively, striking at 201.13 and 209.42 respectively. Both Openers struck at excess of 200+ SR throughout the tournament.  In the bowling department, T Natarajan is the leading wicket-taker for Sunrisers who picked 17 wickets in just 11 Innings with an average of 23.58 and Strike Rate of 15.29 and conceded runs with an economy of just 9.25 who consistently bowls at death. Sunrisers would also look to beat Knight Riders and make their way to the direct finals.

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Speaking about the last game of the Knight Riders, unfortunately, the last game of the Knight Riders was abandoned because of rain. Speaking about the last game of the Sunrisers, Abhishek Sharma 66(28) played magnificent innings which helped the Sunrisers to chase the huge target. Heinrich Klaasen 42(26) played fantastic Innings who gave excellent support to Abhishek Sharma. Sunrisers also got very good support from other batters as a result they chased the huge target of 215. Speaking about the bowling of Sunrisers, T Natarajan (4-0-33-2) bowled beautifully which helped Sunrisers to restrict Punjab Kings for 214 which was looking way more than that. Skipper Pat Cummins (4-0-36-1) gave good support. Sunrisers will hope that all these continue their good form.

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Meanwhile, let us look at the stats ahead of the Qualifier 1, KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 clash:

KKR vs SRH Head-to-Head: KKR and SRH have met 26 times in the tournament’s history with the Knight Riders winning on sixteen occasions and the Sunrisers clinching just nine victories. One game resulted in Tie.

4 - Mitchell Starc (46) needs another four wickets to reach 50 wickets in IPL.

16 - Andre Russell (2484) needs another sixteen runs to reach 2500 runs in IPL.

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15 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (3985) requires fifteen runs more to reach 4000-run landmark in T20s.

1 - Jaydev Unadkat (99) needs one wicket to reach 100 wickets in IPL.

2 - Mayank Agarwal (98) needs two sixes to reach 100 sixes in the IPL.

105 - Heinrich Klaasen (895) needs another Hundred and five runs to complete 1000 runs in IPL.

26 - Aiden Markram (974) needs 26 runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL.

95 - Mandeep Singh (3905) needs 95 more runs to reach 4000-run landmark in T20s.