IPL 10, Qualifier 2, Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders – Statistical Highlights

Mumbai Indians made it to their 4th IPL final with a dominating win over the Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore in the 2nd qualifier. After electing to field, Mumbai bowlers reduced the Kolkata side to just 107 after wrenching their top order to 31/5.

A 57-run stand for the 6th wicket between Suryakumar and Jaggi ensured their side crossed the 100-run mark. Chasing a low score, Mumbai did lose a couple of early wickets but captain Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya took them out of troubles before Rohit departed after adding 54 runs for the 4th wicket and ensured his side enter the final safely.

Here are all the stats and records from the game:

2 – Rohit Sharma is only the 2nd player to score 300 runs all the 10 editions of the IPL. Suresh Raina is the only other player to do the same.

2 – Number of matches Yusuf Pathan has missed for his teams in the IPL so far; the 2nd fewest my any player who featured in all 10 IPL editions. Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik all have missed just one game for their respective sides so far.

3 – Number of wins for Mumbai Indians over KKR in this season, the joint-most wins for them against a team in an IPL season. They won 3 games vs CSK in 2013 and 2015 seasons.

4/16 – Karn Sharma’s 4/16 in this game is the joint 3rd best bowling figures by any bowler and the joint-best by a spinner in an IPL playoff/knockout. Best figures are 4/13 by Doug Bollinger vs DC in 2010 while the best for a spinner are 4/16 by Anil Kumble vs DC in 2009 and also in 2010.

9 – Number of wins for Mumbai Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Twenty20 cricket, the second most by any team at the venue. RCB has 34 T20 wins at the venue while KKR has 8.

16 – Number of wins for Mumbai Indians in the IPL over the Kolkata Knight Riders, easily the most number of wins for any team against a single opposition. MI has faced KKR 21 times in the IPL and lost only 5 times.

107 – Kolkata Knight Riders’ total of 107 is the 4th lowest in the IPL playoffs/knockouts. Lowest is 82 by DC vs RCB in the 3rd place playoff in 2010.

710 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, the 2nd most by any batsman against a particular team. Chris Gayle has scored 797 vs KXIP.

3013 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in the IPL for Mumbai Indians. He is the 5th player in IPL to score 3000 runs for a team. Raina for CSK, Kohli and Gayle for RCB and Gambhir for KKR have scored 3000 IPl runs for a team so far.