Credit: BCCI/IPL
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match 61 of the IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. This match will be a must-win game for KKR to stay alive in the playoffs race, and if CSK win today, then they will become the first team to qualify for the playoffs in the IPL 2023.
KKR will be coming after a hammering nine-wicket loss against RR, while CSK is on a winning spree at their home ground with a six-wicket victory against MI and a 27-run victory against DC. Chennai Super Kings are the favorites to win their final group-stage match at their home venue, but Kolkata might play a spoilsport in today's match.
Numbers and Stats ahead of CSK vs KKR game:
2 - Ravindra Jadeja needs two more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 150 wickets in the IPL.
Most wickets by a bowler in IPL:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 187
Dwayne Bravo - 183
Piyush Chawla - 176
Amit Mishra - 173
Ravichandran Ashwin - 171
Lasith Malinga - 170
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 163
Sunil Narine - 159
Harbhajan Singh - 150
Ravindra Jadeja - 148
3 - Andre Russell needs three wickets to complete the milestone of picking 100 wickets for KKR in the T20s. Russell also needs three more wickets to pick 400 wickets in T20 cricket overall.
Most wickets for KKR in T20s:
Sunil Narine - 177
Andre Russell - 97
Piyush Chawla - 71
Most wickets by a bowler in T20s:
Dwayne Bravo - 615
Rashid Khan - 551
Sunil Narine - 485
Imran Tahir - 469
Shakib Al Hasan - 451
Wahab Riaz - 413
Andre Russell - 397
3 - Varun Chakravarthy has dismissed MS Dhoni thrice in the IPL overall.
MS Dhoni vs Varun Chakravarthy in the IPL:
Inns - 4
Runs - 11
Balls - 16
Outs - 3
Batters to be dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy in the IPL:
MS Dhoni - 3
Shikhar Dhawan - 3
Glenn Maxwell - 3
Prithvi Shaw - 3
4 - Ravindra Jadeja needs four more sixes to complete the milestone of smashing 100 sixes in the IPL.
Most Sixes while by a left-handed Indian batsman in the IPL:
Suresh Raina - 203
Yuvraj Singh - 149
Shikhar Dhawan - 147
Nitish Rana - 130
Rishabh Pant - 129
Ishan Kishan - 101
Ravindra Jadeja - 96
12 - Ambati Rayudu needs 12 more runs to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket.
Most runs in T20 cricket among Indian Players:
Virat Kohli - 11746
Rohit Sharma - 10923
Shikhar Dhawan - 9628
Suresh Raina - 8654
Robin Uthappa - 7272
MS Dhoni - 7263
Dinesh Karthik - 7081
KL Rahul - 7066
Manish Pandey - 6810
Gautam Gambhir - 6402
Suryakumar Yadav - 6377
Ambati Rayudu - 5988
Sanju Samson - 5973
14 - Venkatesh Iyer needs 77 more runs to become the 14th batsman to complete 1000 runs in the IPL.
Most runs for KKR in IPL among Indian batters:
Gautam Gambhir - 3035
Robin Uthappa - 2439
Nitish Rana - 2092
Yusuf Pathan - 1893
Shubman Gill - 1417
Manish Pandey - 1270
Dinesh Karthik - 1143
Sourav Ganguly - 1031
Manoj Tiwary - 1002
Venkatesh Iyer - 923
2012 - Last time, KKR defeated CSK at Chennai in an IPL game was in the 2012 finals.
CSK vs KKR in IPL at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai:
2008 - CSK won by 9 wickets
2010 - CSK won by 9 wickets
2011 - CSK won by 2 runs
2012 - KKR won by 5 wickets (Group Stage)
2012 - KKR won by 5 wickets (Finals)
2013 - CSK won by 14 runs
2015 - CSK won by 2 runs
2018 - CSK won by 5 wickets
2019 - CSK won by 7 wickets
