29 Overs of pace bowled by Kolkata Knight Riders in this Champions League T20. Knight Riders' spinners, in contrast, have bowled 70 overs. They are well on course to beating the previous record for fewest overs of pace bowled by a CLT20 finalist - 43.3 by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011.
2 Teams in this CLT20 whose opening pairs have failed to post a single 50-plus score, i.e. Chennai Super Kings and Dolphins. The Super Kings openers only average 20.75, which is exactly half of what they averaged in the 2014 Indian Premier League (41.50) while scoring 664 runs together, including one hundred and five fifty partnerships.
53 Balls delivered by Sunil Narine during this CLT20 against which the batsman was not in control of his shot, the most for any bowler (excluding the Qualifiers). This is 44% of all balls delivered by Narine. No other bowler has bowled even 40 balls against which the batsman was not in control. Narine's economy rate when the batsman is 'not in control' is 1.81. For context, Ashish Nehra, who bowled 39 such deliveries and is next best, concedes 3.07 runs per over even when the batsman is not in control of his shot. Knight Riders will certainly miss him.
171 Runs scored by Robin Uthappa in this tournament. He is Knight Riders' top run-getter, and, If he scores 33 in the final, will go past Barbados Tridents' Jonathan Carter, the highest run-scorer in the tournament (excluding the Qualifiers), with 203 runs. Uthappa, who was the top scorer in the 2014 IPL with 660 runs, could potentially finish on top of both run charts.
31 The most wickets taken by spinners from one team in a single edition of the CLT20. Super Kings' spinners did this during the 2010 edition of the tournament. The 27 wickets taken by Knight Riders' spinners in this edition is the next best total. Knight Riders may find it hard to go past Super Kings' record without the services of Narine in the final. There is no other instance of spinners from one team taking 20 or more wickets in a single edition of the CLT20.
1 Teams that have remained unbeaten through an entire edition of the CLT20. Sydney Sixers did this in 2012. Knight Riders are yet to lose in this edition, and could become the second team to achieve the feat if they beat the Super Kings in the final, or even if the final is washed out, for that matter.
54 Dot-balls that Knight Riders have bowled in the last five overs, during this CLT20. Excluding the Qualifiers, no other team has been able to bowl even 40 dot balls at this stage of the innings. The fact that Super Kings, on the other hand, have scored at a run rate of 12.15 in the last five - better than any other team in the tournament - should make for a good contest. Knight Riders' 92 dot balls in the Powerplay overs is next only to Hobart Hurricanes, who have bowled 114.
19.8 Overall strike of bowlers in this edition of the CLT20. This is the best for any edition of this tournament. There have already been seven instances in this tournament of bowlers taking four or more wickets in an innings. No other edition has seen as many four-fors.
14 Knight Riders' winning streak coming into the final. This is the second-longest winning streak by any team in T20 history. The record is held by Sialkot Stallions, who won 25 consecutive T20s from February 2006 to October 2010.