IPL 2016, Stats: KKR annihilate Rising Pune Supergiants by 8 wickets in rain-affected match

Rising Pune Supergiants needed to win the game to have a mathematical chance of making it to the playoffs. Their poor season run continued as they lost to a dominating performance by the Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR put in an all-round performance with both bat and ball to win by 8 wickets.

None of the Pune batsmen got going as they had to end their innings at just 103 in 17.3 overs when rain interrupted play. When KKR came out to bat, they had to chase down the revised target of 66 in 9 overs. Yusuf Pathan made easy work of the chase as he scored an 18-ball 37 to help the home side win with 4 overs to spare.

Here are the major stats from the game:

1 – This is the first time that Pune has lost more than two wickets in the first ten overs of the innings.

1 – This is the first time that MS Dhoni's team will not be playing the playoffs of the IPL.

2 – This was the second instance in this IPL that a team lost two wickets in the first over of the innings. Delhi lost two wickets in the first over in their match on April 30.

4 – Irfan Pathan is only the fourth player in the IPL to score more than 1000 runs and pick up more than 75 wickets in the tournament's history. The three other players are Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, and Shane Watson.

6 – Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up six wickets in the first over of a T20 innings in 2016. This is the highest for any bowler.

7 – Rising Pune Supergiants have now lost all the seven matches that they batted first in the IPL.

7 – Gautam Gambhir now has the joint highest number of first-ball ducks in the IPL. Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh are the other two who have been dismissed for a first-ball duck.

12 – Gautam Gambhir has the joint highest number of ducks in the IPL, along with Harbhajan Singh.

15 – Yusuf Pathan has won 15 man-of-the-match awards in the IPL. He is second in the list, only behind Chris Gayle who has won 17 man-of-the-match awards.

20 – Kolkata Knight Riders have picked up 20 wickets in the powerplays. This is the most for any team this IPL.

36 – MS Dhoni's strike rate in his knock of 8*(22) is the second lowest in the IPL for any batsman who faced more than 20 balls.

100 – Irfan Pathan played his 100th IPL match. He becomes the third Indian pacer after Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar.

165.62 – Yusuf Pathan's strike rate this IPL is the second best for any batsman who has faced more than 100 balls.