IPL 2018: Match 24, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – Statistical Preview

Chennai Super Kings have been at top form with four wins in the five matches they played while RCB have won only two of the five they played so far. CSK managed to sneak through the games that went to the final over except the match against KXIP which they lost by four runs. RCB’s two wins in the tournament have come at home where their bowlers have excelled on sluggish surfaces. Super Kings have enough bowling power that could do well if Chinnaswamy produces yet another slow pitch.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the Southern Derby in Bangalore:

4 – Chennai Super Kings have won each of their last four IPL games against Royal Challengers Bangalore. They lead the head to head record by 12-7 with another game ending without result. CSK and RCB won three games apiece in the seven IPL matches they played in Bangalore.

18 – Number of wickets for Harbhajan Singh against RCB in the IPL. He took those 18 wickets in 19 matches at an average of 27.67. Dwayne Bravo took only nine against RCB in 16 IPL games at an average of 47.11.

63 – Ambati Rayudu’s batting average against RCB in Bangalore. Rayudu scored 252 runs in six innings with two fifties against RCB at this venue. MS Dhoni too scored 258 runs in seven innings against RCB at this venue at an average of 51.6 with two fifties.

600 – Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni are among the four players who have scored over 600 IPL runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Dhoni scored 609 runs in 22 innings at an average of 32.05 with two fifties while Raina scored 606 runs in 23 innings with four fifties.

706 – Virat Kohli’s 706 runs against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL are the most for any player. No other player scored more than 600 IPL runs against CSK. Kohli scored 706 runs in 19 IPL innings against CSK at an average of 44.12 with six fifties. Kohli scored 247 IPL runs against CSK in Bangalore in six innings at an average of 49.4 with three fifties.

99 – Number of wickets for Umesh Yadav in the IPL so far. He needs one more wicket to complete 100 wickets in the IPL. Umesh needs four more wickets to complete 500 wickets in his professional career.

21943 – Runs Suresh Raina scored in his professional career so far. He needs 57 more runs to complete 22000 runs across all formats.