Match Day

2621dNagraj Gollapudi in Kolkata

Praveen swings into late-season groove

After going wicketless in the first seven games of this IPL campaign, Praveen Kumar has taken five in his last four matches and shown what a telling statement he can make swinging the new ball

Long time ago

2008

Last time Praveen Kumar got Man of the Match award in IPL, in his sixth game. MoM in this match is just his second in IPL in 108 games.

Chasing strength

6-1

GL's win-loss record while chasing in this IPL. Only time they failed to chase a target was against KXIP in Rajkot. When batting first, they have a 1-3 record.

Top middle-order batsman

3

No. of half-centuries for Dinesh Karthik in this IPL - most by a player batting at No.4 or lower. Maxwell, Nair and Pathan have scored 2 fifties each.

Way ahead

89

Runs scored by GL in the first ten overs in this match. KKR in the first innings had made only 57 runs.

Some Start

32

Total runs added by Smith and McCullum in the last 3 matches as a pair. In this match they added scored 42.

Record stand

130*

Previous record for the highest 5th-wicket stand in IPL by O Shah-Mathews for KKR v DC, 2010 and Miller-Sathish for KXIP v RCB 2013. Yusuf-Shakib added 134* today.

Innings changing stand

88

Previous highest 5th wkt p'ship in IPL after the loss of 4th wkt at a score of 25 or less - Hodge & Jadeja for KTK v PWI, 2011. Pathan-Shakib have added 100+ runs.

In good touch

20

No. of inns Yusuf Pathan took to score his previous 2 IPL fifties before scoring 2 half-centuries in 3 innings in this IPL.

Back to the rhythm

24

Score at which KKR lost their 4th wicket. Yusuf Pathan and Shakib have added more than 60 runs for the fifth wicket.

Worst start

0

No. of times KKR lost more than 2 wickets in the Powerplays in this IPL, before this match. They lost three wickets inside 4 overs in this match.

Top-openers

2

No. of teams that have used just one opening pair in this IPL - KKR (Uthappa-Gambhir) and SRH (Warner-Dhawan).