Quinton de Kock vs Sunil Narine: The South African wicket-keeper batter will be facing the West Indian all-rounder for the fifth time in the IPL.
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The 53rd match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders in Pune tonight.
In what will be Super Giants’ second match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, they will be up against a team which has won all its seven matches at this venue.
Q de Kock vs KKR IPL stats and last 5 innings list
Lucknow wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock, who has scored 48 runs in two matches at a strike rate of 106.67 here, would be expected to come good against Knight Riders tonight.
Third-highest run-scorer for his team in this season, de Kock has a decent record against this opposition in 12 matches for four franchises across seven seasons.
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Readers must note that the 29-year old player has scored 277 runs at an average and strike rate of 25.18 and 135.78 respectively against Kolkata. de Kock, who has scored three half-centuries against KKR, had scored a career-best 78* (44) at a strike rate of 177.27 in Abu Dhabi during IPL 2020.
Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Ground | Year |
50 | 29 | 4 | 3 | Pune | 2022 |
55 | 42 | 4 | 3 | Abu Dhabi | 2021 |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | 2021 |
78* | 44 | 9 | 3 | Abu Dhabi | 2020 |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Abu Dhabi | 2020 |
In 12 matches against KKR, de Kock has 13 dismissals (11 catches and two stumpings) behind the stumps.
Quinton de Kock vs Sunil Narine IPL record
It wouldn’t be a surprise if Knight Riders captain introduces all-rounder Sunil Narine into the attack in order to contain de Kock. In five previous innings against Narine, de Kock has scored 28 (34) at a strike rate of 82.35 including two dismissals.
A record-equalling 50 off 15 balls by #SunilNarine left us in awe #OnThisDay in 2017! 🤩
Hope the history repeats tonight! 🤞#KKRHaiTaiyaar #IPL pic.twitter.com/rRmv9zUbVu
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 7, 2022
In all T20s, de Kock has scored 33 (40) at a strike rate of 82.50 across six innings against Narine.