Statistical highlights: Manvinder Bisla records third fifty in IPL history
Kolkata Knight Riders' six-wicket win on Friday is their sixth in eleven games against Kings XI Punjab at the IPL - winning % 54.54. Here are some of the other statistical highs from the game played at the Eden Gardens.
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- Updated: April 27, 2013 08:37 am IST
Kolkata Knight Riders' six-wicket win on Friday is their sixth in eleven games against Kings XI Punjab at the IPL - winning % 54.54. Here are some of the other statistical highs from the game played at the Eden Gardens.
Punjab vs Kolkata
Statistical highlights:
# Kolkata Knight Riders' six-wicket win is their sixth in eleven games against Punjab at the IPL - winning % 54.54.
# Kolkata have won three and lost two out of five played against Punjab at Eden Gardens, Kolkata at the IPL.
# Adam Gilchrist has extended his unwanted record by losing 37 games out of 69 led by him at the IPL (won 32) - winning % 46.37.
# Manvinder Bisla (51 not out off 44 balls) has posted his highest score at the IPL 2013 - his third fifty at the IPL overall - his highest being 89 off 48 balls in the Grand Final of the IPL 2012 against Chennai at Chepauk, Chennai on May 27.
# Eoin Morgan's tally of 236 at an average of 33.71 in eight matches is the second highest for Kolkata at the IPL 2013.
# Morgan, during his innings of 42 off 26 balls, has recorded four sixes, taking his tally to eleven - the most by a Kolkata player at the IPL 2013.
# Mandeep Singh (25) became the first Punjab batsman to manage 200 runs in the IPL 2013 - his aggregate being 219 (ave.31.28) in eight matches.
# The 45-run stand between Mandeep and Adam Gilchrist is the highest opening partnership for Punjab at the IPL 2013.
# Of the four stands of fifty or more for Punjab at the IPL 2013, Mandeep figures in three.
# After eight matches in the present competition, Gilchrist is averaging 11.75 - his tally being 94 runs at a strike rate of 106.81.
# Gilchrist, with 213 fours and 87 sixes, has completed 300 boundaries at the IPL. He became the fifth player to accomplish the feat, joining Chris Gayle (182 fours and 163 sixes), Gautam Gambhir (277 fours and 37 sixes), Suresh Raina (207 fours and 99 sixes), and Virender Sehwag (247 fours and 83 sixes).
# Jacques Kallis took his tally of wickets to 9 at an average of 18.22 in eight games - the second highest for Kolkata this year at the IPL, next only to Sunil Narine's 14 at 12.92 runs apiece in eight games.
# Kallis (2/14 + 37) has received his eighth MOM award at the IPL - his 14th in Twenty20.
# Gautam Gambhir's tally of 294 runs at an average of 36.75 in eight matches is the highest for Kolkata at the IPL 2013.
# With his second duck at the IPL 6 (fifth overall at the IPL), Yusuf Pathan is averaging just 17.50 - 105 in eight innings.
# Yusuf has recorded his first golden duck at the IPL.
# Azhar Mahmood is the first Punjab bowler to take ten wickets in the present edition of the IPL - his tally being 11 at 19.09 runs apiece in seven matches.
# Piyush Chawla has continued his super flop show, claiming just three wickets in eight games at an average of 66.00 at the IPL 2013.
# Bisla and Morgan were involved in a stand of 72 for the fourth wicket - Kolkata's highest for this wicket-position at the IPL 2013 as well as the highest for Kolkata for the fourth wicket against Punjab at the IPL.
# The 72-run stand is the second highest for any wicket for Kolkata at the IPL 2013, next only to the 105 for the the third wicket between Gambhir and Morgan against Punjab at Mohali on April 16.
# Having taken ten wickets in previous three gams against Punjab, Sunil Narine (4-0-22-0) has failed to take a wicket against them for the first time.