IPL 2019: Match 26, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals – Statistical Preview

The Kolkata Knight Riders return home to face the Delhi Capitals to whom they lost in the Super Over earlier this season. KKR are coming from a defeat against the Chennai Super Kings as their batting collapsed on a turning track at Chepauk. On the other hand, the Delhi Capitals lacked consistency after early wins. Their middle-order is capable of losing them games out of nowhere as seen against the Kings XI. Even during their victory against RCB, Delhi lost three wickets for one run when they needed five runs to win.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the crucial clash between Kolkata and Delhi:

7-1 – Kolkata Knight Riders’ win-loss record against the Delhi Capitals in the IPL at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Delhi defeated KKR at this venue during the 2012 season but lost all five they played since then.

29 – Sandeep Lamichhane has picked up 29 wickets in the Twenty20 in 2019; the 2nd most by any player this year. Wahab Riaz bagged 33 wickets in 2019 from the 23 matches he played. Sandeep’s 29 wickets came from 25 matches where he conceded runs at an economy of 6.96.

56 – Number of sixes Andre Russell has hit in the Twenty20s in 2019; the most by any player this year. Kieron Pollard (56) is the only other player to hit 50 T20 sixes this year. In the 22 innings this year, Russell has scored 606 runs at an average of 40.40 with two fifties.

128.5 – Andre Russell’s batting average in the IPL 2019. He has scored 257 runs across five innings this year with help of five 40+ scores. Russell hit 17 fours and 25 sixes in those five innings with an S/R of 212.39.

149 – Amit Mishra needs one more wicket to become the first Indian to complete 150 wickets in the IPL. Overall, only Lasith Malinga (157) has picked up more wickets in the IPL than Mishra.

Trent Boult (99) and Andre Russell (49) also need one wicket for completing 100 T20 wickets and 50 IPL wickets respectively.

149 – The KKR-DC game will be Shikhar Dhawan’s 150th in the IPL. He will become the 12th player to complete 150 appearances in the IPL.

169 – Russell has scored 169 runs from five innings against the Delhi Capitals at an average of 33.8. He has a strike-rate of 194.25 and scored a fifty. He also claimed 10 wickets across the 22 overs he bowled against DC in the IPL at an average of 17.6.

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