Sanju Samson Record vs KKR & Stats At Eden Gardens Ahead Of IPL 2024 Match 31

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Sanju Samson will look to carry forward his form when Rajasthan Royals lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in match 31 of IPL 2024 on Tuesday (April 16) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Samson is among the leading run-scorers this season with 264 runs including 3 fifties so far in 6 matches. His best score of 82 not out from 52 balls came in the season-opening win over Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur.

The 30-year-old later scored 69 off 42 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru before a 38-ball 68 in Rajasthan Royals' loss to Gujarat Titans. The wicketkeeper-batter made scores of 15, 12 and 18 in the remaining three innings

With a berth in the Indian T20 World Cup squad up for grabs, Samson will look to continue his run-scoring spree when he faces a team he possesses a decent record. Now, let's take a look at Sanju Samson's stats vs KKR in IPL:

Sanju Samson record vs KKR in IPL

Samson has had decent numbers against the two-time champions, scoring 40 off 36 balls in his very first IPL innings versus Kolkata Knight Riders. He later added 3 fifties against KKR with the most recent half century coming in the 2022 season.

Overall, Samson has scored 4152 runs, including 3 hundreds and 23 fifties in 154 innings at a strike rate of 138.22. Against KKR, Samson has amassed over 500 runs, including 3 fifties, in 19 innings at a strike rate around 125 in IPL. Here is a look at Samson's stats vs KKR:

Sanju Samson batting stats vs KKR

• Innings: 19
• Runs: 517 runs
• Highest Score: 60
• 50s: 3
• 100s: 0
• 6s: 18
• 4s: 46
• Strike Rate: 125.48
• Average: 30.41

Sanju Samson stats vs KKR bowlers

Among the current KKR bowlers, only Andre Russell and Sunil Narine have dismissed Samson in the past fixtures between the two teams. But none of the others in the current line up have troubled the Kerala batter in the past. Now, let's take a look at his numbers against current KKR bowlers:

• Samson record vs Sunil Narine - 66 runs off 82 balls in 13 innings (6s: 1, 4s: 3, Dots: 36, Dismissed: 3 times)
• Samson record vs Andre Russell - 32 runs off 19 balls in 7 innings (6s: 1, 4s: 4, Dots: 4, Dismissed: 2 times)
• Samson record vs Varun Chakravarthy - 39 runs off 23 balls in 3 innings (6s: 3, 4s: 2, Dots: 7, Dismissed: 0 times)
• Samson record vs Mitchell Starc - 0 runs off 3 balls in 1 inning (6s: 0, 4s: 0, Dots: 3, Dismissed: 0 times)

Samson could be troubled by a few bowlers in the KKR line up including Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora. However, his numbers at the Eden Gardens is decent. Here is a look at his stats in Kolkata:

Sanju Samson IPL record in Eden Gardens

The star Indian batter has played only 9 times at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata with seven of those appearances coming against Kolkata Knight Riders. He has amassed 247 runs, including 2 fifties vs KKR in Eden Gardens at a strike rate of 137.98. Here is a look at his overall IPL numbers:

• Innings: 9
• Runs: 294 runs
• Highest Score: 60
• 50s: 2
• 100s: 0
• 6s: 17
• 4s: 20
• Strike Rate: 142.02
• Average: 36.75