MI vs KKR stats: UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi plays hosts for tonight’s match in IPL 2021, as Mumbai Indians do battle with the Kolkata Knight Riders. Here are the 5 stats and records that are up for grabs tonight!
Round 9 of the league stage is well underway as the Rohit Sharma-led MI face the Eoin Morgan-led KKR in tonight’s match. KKR have historically had a very poor head-to-head record against MI.
In 28 encounters between the two sides, Mumbai have won a whopping 22 times, while KKR have only won 6.
When these two teams take the field tonight, following 5 stats and records can be broken:
20 – Rohit Sharma 20 runs away from 5,500 runs in IPL
There is some doubt regarding regular MI skipper Rohit Sharma’s availability for tonight’s match. But if he plays, he will need only 20 runs to score 5,500 runs in his IPL career.
If he scores these runs, he will become only the third batsman ever in IPL history to reach 5,500 runs – the other two being Virat Kohli (6,081) and Shikhar Dhawan (5,619).
1 – Rohit needs 1 more win to surpass Gambhir
Rohit Sharma will be looking for another milestone. If Mumbai win tonight, he will surpass Gautam Gambhir (71 wins) to become the captain with the second-highest number of wins in IPL history.
CSK captain MS Dhoni tops the list with 115 wins.
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54 – Dinesh Karthik needs 54 runs to complete 4,000 IPL runs
KKR wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik currently has 3,946 IPL runs to his name. He needs 54 more to hit the 4,000-mark and become only the 11th batsman ever to do so.
3 – Rohit needs 3 sixes to get to 400 in T20 cricket
The MI opener needs to hit only 3 more sixes to get to a total of 400 sixes in T20 cricket. If he gets there, he will become the first Indian batsman to do so.
6 – Kieron Pollard needs 6 sixes to surpass MS Dhoni
The stand-in skipper for MI and WI legend Kieron Pollard (212) needs 6 sixes to go past MS Dhoni (217) and become the 4th-highest six hitter of all-time in IPL.
The top 3 in this list are – Chris Gayle (357), AB De Villiers (245) and Rohit Sharma (224).
So these are the 5 stats and records that can be broken tonight!
