IPL 2020: IPL journey of Kolkata Knight Riders in numbers

All the major stats and facts you all need to know about Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League.

Kuldeep Yadav, Andre Russell and captain Dinesh Karhik. (Photo - IANS)

The thirteenth season of the Indian Premier League, also called the IPL 2020 was supposed to commence this March but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it was suspended, and finally, this season is set to begin on 19th September in UAE. 

As usual, eight teams are taking part in it. Defending champions Mumbai Indians are once again the favorites to win the title and other teams like Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, and Royal Challengers Bangalore too are expected to give a good fight.

Kolkata Knight Riders - champions of IPL 2012 and IPL 2014 will be eyeing their third IPL title this time. In the captaincy of Dinesh Karthik and coaching of Brendon McCullum, they have added a few good players to their already existing good squad.

In the batting department, they have Shubhman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Tom Banton, and Eoin Morgan. In the pace bowling attack, they have got Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, and Indian talents like Prasidh Krishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, and Sandeep Warrier.

And in the spin department, they have Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Narine, and Chris Green. Thus they have also had a balanced squad and will be confident to challenge for the title. 

All the major stats and facts you all need to know about Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League :

Result Summary -

 Opponents   Mat    Won    Lost    NR + Tied    %W   
 Chennai Super Kings   20   7  13  0  35.0 
 Deccan Chargers    9  7  2  0  77.8 
 Kings XI Punjab   25  17  8  0  68.0 
 Rajasthan Royals    20  10  8  2   55.0 
 Kochi Tuskers Kerala    2   0  2  0  0.0 
 Sunrisers Hyderabad    17   10  7  0  58.8
 Mumbai Indians     25  6  19   0  24.0 
 Pune Warriors    5  4  1  0  80.0 
 Royal Challengers Bangalore    24  14   10  0  58.3 
Delhi Capitals   23  13  9  1  58.7 
 Gujarat Lions    4  1  3  0  25.0 
 Rising Pune Supergiant  4  3  1  0  75.0 
 Overall   178   92   83     52.6 

Season Wise Performance -

 Year   Mat   Won   Lost   Tied + NR   Position 
 2008   13   6  7  0   6th 
 2009     13   3  9  1  8th 
 2010    14  7  7  0  6th
 2011     15  8  7  0  4th 
 2012    17  12  5  0  Champions 
 2013    16  6  10    0  7th 
 2014  16  11  4  1  Champions 
 2015    13   7  6  0  5th
 2016   15  8  7  0  4th
 2017    16  9  7  0  3rd
 2018   16   9  7  0  3rd 
 2019   14   6  7  1  5th 

Highest Totals -

245/6 vs Kings XI Punjab at Indore, 2018

232/2 vs Mumbai Indians at Kolkata, 2019

222/3 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2008

218/4 vs Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, 2019

206/5 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2019

Lowest Totals -

67 vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2008

95 vs Mumbai Indians at Port Elizabeth, 2009

101 vs Deccan Chargers at Cape Town, 2009

105 vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2013

107 vs Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, 2017 

Most Runs -

3035 - Gautam Gambhir

2439 - Robin Uthappa

1893 - Yusuf Pathan

1342 - Andre Russell 

1295 - Jacques Kallis

Highest Individual Scores -

158* - Brendon McCullum vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2008

97* - Dinesh Karthik vs Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata, 2019 

94 - Manish Pandey vs Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore, 2014

93* - Chris Lynn vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot, 2017

93 - Gautam Gambhir vs Royal Challengers Banagalore at Kolkata, 2012

Highest Batting Averages (Min 500 runs) -

41.72 - Dinesh Karthik (751 runs)

35.31 - Andre Russell (1342)

34.43 - Chris Lynn (1274)

31.75 - Manish Pandey (1270)

31.61 - Gautam Gambhir (3035)

Most Fifty Plus Scores -

27 - Gautam Gambhir

16 - Robin Uthappa

10 - Chris Lynn 

8 - Andre Russell 

7 - Jacques Kallis / Sourav Ganguly / Yusuf Pathan

Most Runs in a single IPL season -

660 - Robin Uthappa, 2014

590 - Gautam Gambhir, 2012

510 - Andre Russell, 2019 

501 - Gautam Gambhir, 2016

498 - Gautam Gambhir, 2017

498 - Dinesh Karthik, 2018

Most Sixes -

117 - Andre Russell

85 - Robin Uthappa / Yusuf Pathan

63 - Chris Lynn

46 - Gautam Gambhir

44 - Sunil Narine 

Most Wickets -

122 - Sunil Narine

66 - Piyush Chawla

54 - Andre Russell 

48 - Umesh Yadav

43 - Shakib al Hasan

Best Bowling Figures in an innings -

5/19 - Sunil Narine vs Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, 2012

4/11 - Shoaib Akhtar vs Delhi Capitals at Kolkata, 2008

4/13 - Sunil Narine vs Delhi Capitals at Kolkata, 2013

4/15 - Sunil Narine vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2012

4/18 - Lakshmipathy Balaji vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2012

Best Bowling Averages (Min 20 wickets) -

23.31 - Sunil Narine (122 wickets)

24.07 - Iqbal Abdullah (24 wickets)

24.24 - Andre Russell (54 wickets)

25.60 - Shakib al Hasan (60 wickets)

27.18 - Morne Morkel (32 wickets)  

Most Wickets in a single IPL season -

24 - Sunil Narine, 2012

22 - Sunil Narine, 2013

21 - Sunil Narine, 2014

17 - Chris Woakes / Umesh Yadav, 2017

17 - Sunil Narine / Kuldeep Yadav, 2018

Best Economy Rates (Min 250 balls bowled) -

6.58 - Iqball Abdullah

6.62 - Murali Kartik

6.67 - Sunil Narine

7.02 - Ashok Dinda

7.17 - Shakib al Hasan 

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 10 Sep, 2020

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