IPL 2018: Match 22, Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Preview

Delhi Daredevils, with four losses in five games, will start their home leg matches with the game against Kings XI Punjab who have won four out of the five they played. Daredevils have missed out bowling depth in the games they played so far. Feroz Shah Kotla deck could help DD spinners as they take on KXIP who look unstoppable with the bat due to Chris Gayle. Daredevils also have the likes of Rishabh Pant and Glenn Maxwell who are going through their best batting forms.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the game between KXIP and DD:

3 – Delhi Daredevils have defeated Kings XI Punjab in each of their last three meetings in Delhi. They have a win-loss record of 5-4 in the IPL games played Delhi against KXIP. However, Punjab won 12 out the 21 meeting between the two sides.

18 – Number of wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL. He took those wickets in 15 matches at an economy rate of 5.98.

22 – Amit Mishra’s 22 IPL wickets against Kings XI Punjab are the joint 3rd most for any player against KXIP. He took those wickets in 18 games with help of two four-wicket hauls.

44.5 – Yuvraj Singh’s batting average against Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. He scored 445 runs against them in 16 innings with help of four fifties. Chris Gayle averages 38.1 against DD in the IPL with 381 runs in 13 innings with one century and one fifty.

298 – Runs Chris Gayle scored against DD in the IPL games played in Delhi. Only Virat Kohli (335) scored more runs against DD in Delhi than Gayle. The West Indian scored those runs in just six innings at an average of 74.5 with help of a hundred and one fifty.

726 – Gautam Gambhir’s 726 runs against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL are the 2nd most for any player against them. He scored those runs in just 22 innings at an average of 42.7 with seven fifties.

930 – Yuvraj Singh needs 70 more to complete 1000 runs for KXIP in the IPL. He will be the 6th player with 1000 IPL runs for KXIP. Yuvraj needs 78 more runs to complete 26000 runs in his professional career.