Here is the interesting information from the Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders match of the Indian Premier League that ended favourable for Sachin led Mumbai Indians.
- Mumbai Indians (187/6) registered their highest ever total against Kolkata Knight Riders, bettering the 138 for three at Kolkata last year.
- Mumbai Indians, with a 92-run victory (their biggest in terms of runs in the IPL) have now won all their three IPL encounters against Kolkata Knight Riders.
- With a comprehensive win over Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians have posted their second win in four matches in the 2009 edition of the IPL.
- Overall, Mumbai Indians have won 9 and lost eight out of 17 IPL games.
- Kolkata Knight Riders have lost 9 and won 7 out of 17 games played till date (1 No Result). They could win only a single game out of five IPL games in the 2009 edition.
- Kolkata’s 95 is their second lowest total in the IPL. In the first edition of the IPL, they had made 67 against Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
- Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya, with their 127-run partnership for the first wicket, posted Mumbai Indians’ first century stand for this wicket-position in the IPL.
- Sachin’s 68 off 45 balls is his highest score in the IPL, bettering the 65 off 46 balls against Kings XI at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai last year.
- Sachin has made 351 (ave.43.87), including three fifties in 10 IPL matches.
- Sachin has been adjudged Man of the Match for the second time in the IPL.
- Lasith Malinga and Abhishek Nayar have recorded their his best bowling figures in the IPL.
- Jayasuriya (52 off 32 balls) has posted his first fifty in the second edition of the IPL, which is his third overall besides a hundred in the first edition.
- Mumbai Indians posted their biggest victory by runs margin in the IPL while Kolkata Knight Riders recorded their biggest defeat in terms of runs in the IPL.
