Indian Cricket Team Updates

12 Number of times Robin Uthappa has scored 40 or more in last 14 innings. 13 Number of consecutive matches won by Kolkata Knight Riders – longest winning streak for an Indian side. Bengal had won 12 matches on the trot between 2009 and 2011. Only two sides- Sialkot Stallions (25) and Otago Volts (14) - have a longer winnings streak in all T20s (Surrey also won 13 consecutive matches between 2003 and 2004).  (Also Read:  MATCH REPORT: M18 - KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS V DOLPHINS ) 65 Number of wickets taken by Sunil Narine in T20 cricket this year – most by any bowler in a calendar year. He surpassed Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga’s tally of 63 wickets in 2012. 100 Number of T20 matches in which Gautam Gambhir has captained his sides. He became only the second player to do so after MS Dhoni. 153 Runs added by Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey for the third wicket – highest partnership for any wicket in CLT20 history. This was also the highest partnership for Kolkata Knight Riders f...

A record third wicket partnership – between Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey – was the cornerstone of the Kolkata Knight Riders’ thumping 36-run victory over the Dolphins in Match 18 of the Oppo CLT20 2014. After opting to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, the IPL champions rode on the unbeaten 153-run partnership between the two Karnataka lads to post 187, and then restricted their opponents to 151, thereby extending their streak of consecutive wins to 13 matches.  (Also Read:  QUICK STATS: M18 - KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS V DOLPHINS ) After skipper Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis had their stumps rattled before five overs had been bowled, Robin – who has been one of the pillars of KKR’s successful run this season – and Manish took centre stage as they pounded the Dolphins bowlers mercilessly, in the process making their way into the record books, posting the highest partnership by a KKR pair. If the reinvented Robin mostly caressed the...