IPL 2020, Match 24: A look at records scripted as KKR pull off final-ball thriller against KXIP

KKR pulled out yet another match in their favor and registered their fourth win of the season. They defeated KXIP by two runs, who continued to struggle to up their position. Meanwhile, KKR have risen to the third spot in the table.

KKR pulled out yet another match in their favor and registered their fourth win of the season. They defeated KXIP by two runs, who continued to struggle to up their position. Meanwhile, KKR have risen to the third spot in the table.

KKR, yet again, snatched a win that was certainly not theirs from the very start. The thrill was upheld till the last ball that could have paved the way for the Super Over. Unfortunately, missing the boundary touch by just a few millimeters, KXIP lost yet another match by just two runs.

Match report: Winning the toss KKR opted to bat and the decision nearly backfired initially. They registered one of the lowest totals of powerplay for this season. However, Shubman Gill’s little partnerships with other batsmen and thunderous batting from Dinesh Karthik (58 off 29 balls), drove KKR to a total of 164, which is quite competent at Abu Dhabi.

In return, KXIP were off to a fantastic start where KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal made a 115-run partnership. With the middle-order batsman providing a little contribution with their willow, along with their tough luck, they lost the match by two runs, that was almost theirs till ¾th of the match.
Let’s just have a look at the records scripted in the close-necked match. 

KKR script yet another low powerplay score in IPL 2020
The lowest powerplay score in this season has been scored by DC (23/3) against the KXIP. In today’s match against KXIP, KKR added its name under the list, making the second-lowest powerplay score (25/2) in IPL 2020.

One of Karthik’s fastest half-century in IPL
The KKR skipper, yet again, scored his fastest half-century against KXIP, in just 22 balls. He nearly repeated the same innings that he played in Indore, in 2018, against KXIP itself.

KXIP script a unique one
Of the 19 run-outs this IPL, seven of them happened inside the powerplay. Surprisingly, KXIP did three of such run-outs, followed by SRH, who have done two. 

The fewest winning margin for KKR
Winning against KXIP by two runs is one of the fewest winning margins for KKR. Earlier in 2014, at Sharjah, they defeated RCB by the same run margin.