If we consider one of the most fan-followed teams in the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders has to be one of them. It is primarily because of KKR being owned by renowned Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.Nonetheless, KKR also has had success in the IPL, winning the title twice under Gautam Gambhir. While it has struggled to get the third, Eoin Morgan and co would be looking to get it done in IPL 2021, as we present the numbers and stats of the side to date.
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Team statsBest total: 2456 vs Punjab Kings (Indore, 2018)Biggest win (runs): 140 runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bengaluru, 2008)Biggest win (wickets): Ten wickets vs Gujarat Lions (Rajkot, 2017)
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Batting statsMost runs: Gambhir- 3,035Top score: Brendon McCullum- 158 not out vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2008)Best average: Chris Lynn- 34.43Best strike rate: Andre Russell- 184.21Best innings strike rate: Russell- 369.23 vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2019)Most 50-plus: Gambhir- 27Most centuries: McCullum- 1Most sixes: Russell- 126Most innings sixes: McCullum- 13 vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2008)Most innings runs via boundaries: McCullum- 118 vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2008)Most season runs: Robin Uthappa- 660 in 2016Best partnership: Gambhir-Lynn (184 not out) vs GL (Rajkot, 2017)
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Bowling statsMost wickets: Sunil Narine- 127Best innings figures: Narine- 519 vs PK (Kolkata, 2012), Varun Chakravarthy- 520 vs Delhi Capitals (Abu Dhabi, 2020)Best economy: Iqbal Abdulla- 6.58Best innings economy: Mohammad Hafeez- 2.00 vs Deccan Chargers (Kolkata, 2008)Most four-fors: Narine- 7Most fifers: Narine and Chakravarthy- 1Most season wickets: Narine- 24 in 2012
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Wicketkeeping statsMost dismissals: Uthappa- 49Most season dismissals: Dinesh Karthik- 18 in 2018
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Fielding statsMost catches: Manoj Tiwary- 30Most season catches: Jacques Kallis- 4 vs Deccan Chargers (Kolkata, 2011)Most season catches: Tiwary- 10 in 2012 and 2013
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Individual statsMost matches: Narine- 120Most matches as skipper: Gambhir- 108
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