Andre Russell's unbeaten 19 balls 49 runs knock helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first game of IPL 2019 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Earlier on a good batting track, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and asked Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat first. David Warner made a great comeback and his 85 runs off 53 balls knock and cameos from Jonny Bairstow and Vijay Shankar helped to post a good total of 181/3.
In the chase, Kolkata Knight Riders started off poorly and lost Chris Lynn cheaply. Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa rebuilt the innings and Rana also brought in his fifty.
In the last three overs, Kolkata needed 53 runs and Andre Russell's carnage innings of 49* runs off 19 balls helped his team to cross the winning line.
Standout Performers -
David Warner - 85 runs off 53 balls
Andre Russell - 49* runs off 19 balls and 2/32
All the major stats and facts from the second match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata :
40 - Number of fifty plus scores David Warner has scored in IPL - the most by any player.
Most fifty-plus scores in IPL -
40 - David Warner
38 - Virat Kohli
36 - Suresh Raina / Gautam Gambhir
35 - Rohit Sharma
32 - Shikhar Dhawan
118 - David Warner and Jonny Bairstow's 118 runs opening partnership is the fifth highest opening partnership for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
182 - Kolkata Knight Riders' successful run chase of 182 runs is the third highest successful run chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
Highest successful run chase against SRH in IPL -
206 by KXIP at Hyderabad, 2014
186 by DD at Delhi, 2017
182 by KKR at Kolkata, 2019
180 by CSK at Pune, 2018
762 - Runs David Warner has scored against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL - the most by any batsman.
Most runs against KKR in IPL -
762 - David Warner
757 - Rohit Sharma
746 - Suresh Raina
615 - Chris Gayle
543 - Shikhar Dhawan