The Kolkata Knight Riders were humbled at home by an in-form Gujarat Lions side that excelled in all departments to defeat the home team at the Eden Gardens. The KKR were restricted to 158 batting first thanks to half centuries from Shakib al Hasan and Yusuf Pathan.
The Gujarat Lions chased down the total comfortably in the end thanks to a great half century by Dinesh Karthik. let us look at the most important statistics from the exciting encounter.
– 1st time this season that KKR lost more than 2 wickets in the Powerplay.
– 1 ball in KKR's opening two overs swung, compared to ten for GL
– 1- 1st time since IPL 2010 that Yusuf Pathan has scored more than one half-century in an IPL season. He had scored 4 in 2008 and in 2010.
– 2 - 2nd Man of the Match award for Praveen Kumar in 108 IPL games. His first was in his sixth IPL game in 2008
– 3- 3 half-centuries by Dinesh Karthik in IPL 2016 which is the most by any batsman batting at number
– 5 - Highest 5th wicket partnership by Yusuf Pathan and Shakib al Hasan.
– 28-4 off KKR's first six overs and 130-0 off last 14
– Players with most matches on losing side in IPL:
69 - Robin Uthappa
64 - Rohit Sharma
63 - Virat Kohli
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