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The table topper Rajasthan Royals are set to face Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground Eden Gardens on 16th April. The top two of IPL 2024 will take on each other in match number 31 of the season. RR are currently ruling the points table with five wins from six matches, while have won four out of their five matches this season so far and are placed at number 2 in the points table. Now both teams will be looking to get another win this season and will be hoping for their big players to step up in a big match.
RR players are looking in great form this year including the skipper Sanju Samson. The wicket-keeper batter has been leading RR from the front this year with 264 runs from six matches so far with a strike rate of 155.29, and is currently the third-highest run getter of IPL 2024. Samson is also RR’s all-time leading run getter against KKR, amassing 388 runs in matches against them in the IPL. Now he will be looking to score another big captain’s knock against KKR at Eden Gardens. Let’s have a look at his IPL stats and records at this ground.
Sanju Samson IPL Stats and Records at Eden Gardens
Sanju Samson has played nine matches in the IPL at Eden Gardens, where he amassed 294 at an average of 36.75 and a strike rate of 142.03. His best IPL score at this ground came while playing for Delhi Daredevils (now known as Delhi Capitals) in a match against KKR on 28th April, 2017. Samson scored 60 runs off 38 balls hitting four fours and three sixes as Delhi posted 160/6 in their 20 overs. However, his innings couldn’t help his team to win the match as KKR chased the winning total in 16.2 overs losing three wickets with the help of half-centuries by Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa.
| Mat | Inns | NO | 100s | 50s | 0s | HS | Runs | Avg | S/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 294 | 36.75 | 142.03 |
Sanju Samson IPL Match-by-Match Stats at Eden Gardens
| Match | Innings | Date | M/Innings | Position | Versus | Ground | How Dismissed | Runs | Balls Faced | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 03/05/2013 | 1st | 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | c J H Kallis b R Bhatia | 40 | 36 | 111.11 |
| 11 | 10 | 24/05/2013 | 1st | 4 | Mumbai Indians | Eden Gardens | c Harbhajan Singh b S L Malinga | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 39 | 35 | 10/04/2016 | 1st | 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | c †R V Uthappa b G B Hogg | 15 | 13 | 115.38 |
| 59 | 55 | 28/04/2017 | 1st | 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | lbw b U T Yadav | 60 | 38 | 157.89 |
| 79 | 75 | 15/05/2018 | 1st | 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | lbw b S P Narine | 12 | 10 | 120.00 |
| 81 | 77 | 23/05/2018 | 2nd | 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | c J P R Scantlebury-Searles b P P Chawla | 50 | 38 | 131.58 |
| 90 (k) | 86 | 25/04/2019 | 2nd | 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | b P P Chawla | 22 | 15 | 146.67 |
| 136 (c)(k) | 132 | 24/05/2022 | 1st | 3 | Gujarat Titans | Eden Gardens | c A S Joseph b R S Kishore | 47 | 26 | 180.77 |
| 150 (c)(k) | 146 | 11/05/2023 | 2nd | 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | not out | 48* | 29 | 165.52 |
