In the 54th game of IPL 2018, the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad) on Saturday night. In the latest points table, SRH is on top of the list with 18 points while KKR is at no.3 with 14 points. A victory will secure KKR’s spot for the playoffs while a victory for SRH will secure the top position in the points table.

Both teams have played 13 games in this season where SRH has won 9 matches and KKR has won 7 matches. Earlier in this season, they met once at Kolkata on April 14 where SRH beat KKR by 5 wickets with 6 balls to spare.

Before the beginning of the game, we are looking at some important stats of SRH and KKR, which are related to the upcoming match.

Also read: Match 54 (SRH vs KKR) – X-Factors of the Game!

Form in the IPL 2018

SRH (in last five matches) – Won, Won, Won, Lost and Lost

KKR (in last five matches) – Won, Lost, Lost, Won and Won

Early meeting in this season: SRH won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls to spare) at Kolkata on April 14.

(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)

(Total wickets taken with different bowling styles)  

(Men in-form) 
 

Head-to-head IPL records between SRH and KKR

Important IPL stats at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad)

Also read: Match 54 (SRH vs KKR) – Five Things to look out for

Important IPL stats between SRH and KKR

(Team Stats)

(Individual Stats)

Other important stats

• SRH opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (3,948 runs) needs to score 52 more runs to complete 4,000 runs in his IPL career. Dhawan will be the seventh batsman to score 4,000 IPL runs.
• SRH skipper Kane Williamson has played four consecutive 50+ innings in their last four games. If he scores another one in this game, that will be joint most no. of consecutive 50+ innings for a batsman in the IPL history. Only Virender Sehwag (IPL 2012) and Jos Buttler (IPL 2018) have the record to score 5 consecutive 50+ innings in the IPL history. Also, he will be the first New Zealand batsman to achieve this feat in T20 cricket.