IPL 2018: Match 25, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Preview

Kings XI Punjab showed dominance with five wins in the six matches with help of strong top order performances before their bowling came to the party in the previous game to help them defend a low score. Sunrisers began their campaign with three successive wins powered by their bowling before they lost to KXIP and CSK in consecutive games. They bounced back by defending 118 in their previous game against Mumbai Indians.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the key battle between KXIP and SRH:

1 – Kings XI Punjab’s win during their home fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad is their first in seven IPL games. SRH defeated KXIP in all the six games they played between 2015 and 2017. KXIP lost four of the five IPL games they played against SRH in Hyderabad including three in the last three seasons.

14 – Mohit Sharma took 14 wickets in the IPL against Sunrisers Hyderabad which are the most for any player. He took those wickets in 11 games but conceded runs at an economy of 9.46. Ashwin bagged only five wickets against SRH in the eight IPL matches.

21 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 21 wickets against Kings XI Punjab in the 12 IPL games. He averages 15 and took wickets at an S/R of 12.7 against KXIP. Bhuvneshwar took eight wickets in four IPL games in Hyderabad against KXIP including a 5-wicket haul.

530 – Shikhar Dhawan scored 530 runs in the 19 IPL innings against Kings XI Punjab at an average of 31.17 with four fifties. He scored 182 runs against them in Hyderabad in six IPL innings. Manish Pandey scored 412 runs in 17 innings against KXIP at an average of 34.33.

944 – Yuvraj Singh needs 56 more to complete 1000 runs for KXIP in the IPL. He will be the 6th player with 1000 IPL runs for KXIP. Yuvraj needs 64 more runs to complete 26000 runs in his professional career.

3926 – Runs Manish Pandey scored in his Twenty20 career so far. He needs 74 more runs to complete 4000 runs in this format. Shakib Al Hasan needs 91 more runs to complete 16000 runs in his professional career.

7923 – Runs Mayank Agarwal scored in professional career so far. He needs 77 more runs to complete 8000 runs across all formats.