IPL 2021: Punjab Kings, Stats Preview - Player records and approaching milestones

Punjab Kings are playing with a new name in the fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League, and they would hope that this name change brings good fortunes for them. They won 7 of the 14 games last season but missed out on a playoff spot with a lower run rate than other contenders with the same number of points. The team will be captained by Indian wicketkeeper KL Rahul who won the orange cap in IPL 2020. Punjab made some big buys in the mini-auction before the IPL and invested a lot of amount on new players.

Let’s look at all the important stats and numbers of Punjab Kings and its players ahead of the tournament:

2014 – The last time Punjab Kings qualified for playoffs in IPL was back in 2014, where they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. They have failed to make it to the top 4 in 6 consecutive seasons since then.

158 –  KL Rahul has scored 4842 runs in 139 T20 innings so far. He needs 158 more runs to complete 5000 runs in T20 format. He is all set to become the fastest Indian to reach this landmark as the current record holder Virat Kohli took 167 innings to complete 5000 runs.

1 – Chris Gayle has smashed 349 sixes in his IPL career so far. He is only 1 six away from becoming the first player to complete 350 sixes in IPL history.

6 – Chris Gayle holds the record for registering most centuries (6) in IPL, and would want to strengthen his position in this tally.

306 – Mayank Agarwal needs 306 more runs to reach the 2000-run mark in IPL. He has scored 1694 runs in 83 innings at a strike rate of 134.55.

353 – KL Rahul has aggregated 2647 runs in IPL till now. He needs 353 more runs to complete 3000 runs in the cash-rich league.

44.26 – KL Rahul’s average of 44.26 in IPL is the best for any player with a minimum of 10 innings played in the league.

50.15 – Punjab Kings bought English player Dawid Malan in the mini-auction at his base price. He has an impressive average of 50.15 in T20Is, and is currently placed at number 1 in ICC batting rankings.

167.7 – Punjab Kings has got an explosive batsman in form of Nicholas Pooran in their batting lineup. His strike rate of 167.7 in the middle overs is the second-highest for any player in the league with a minimum of 300 runs scored.

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