IPL 2021: DC vs KKR, Stats Preview: Upcoming records and approaching milestones

Both the teams will be playing their second game of the Ahmedabad leg in the second match of Friday. While Kolkata Knight Riders won against PBKS comfortably, Delhi Capitals lost to RCB by just one run in their last games of IPL 2021. Both the teams performed reverse of each other – DC has 4 wins and 2 losses while KKR has 2 wins and 4 losses.

Kolkata would like to win to improve their playoff chances, while Delhi would like to seal a top-two berth. Kolkata have won their previous match after losing four in a row, and Delhi have lost their previous match after three wins in a row. With both teams being unpredictable at the moment, it promises for a cracker on Friday night.

Here’s a list of a few stats ahead of the DC vs KKR IPL clash

50 – Nitish Rana will be playing his 50th match for Kolkata Knight Riders.

36 – Runs required for Eoin Morgan to reach 1000 IPL runs for Kolkata Knight Riders, and become the thirteenth KKR cricketer to reach there.

68 – Runs required for Dinesh Karthik to reach 4000 IPL runs.

100 – Amit Mishra will be playing his 100th IPL match, and will become the first Delhi Capitals cricketer to do so.

9 – Runs needed by Andre Russell to reach 6000 T20 runs, and once he reaches there, he will become the fastest to 6000 runs in terms of balls faced.

2 – Nitish Rana scored above fifty in both the KKR-DC encounters of last season.

170 – Kolkata Knight Riders-Delhi Capitals clashes were all high scoring in the last three seasons, with the first innings totals being above 170 in each of them in six matches.

4 – Delhi Capitals have won 4 of their last 5 encounters against Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Delhi lost their most recent fixture to KKR by 59 runs.