IPL 2018: Match 45, Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Statistical Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils are the only sides who have the lowest chances of making it to the playoffs. Delhi, who lost their 8th game on Thursday, nearly became the first team to be knocked out of the tournament if not for their mathematical chances. RCB are in a better position compared to DD at the moment but do need a lot of hard work and prayers. In reality, the game between the two sides could decide the team that would carry the Wooden Spoon.

Key stats and numbers ahead of the game between the two teams at the bottom of the table:

1 – Only once have Delhi Daredevils defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL since the start of the 2011 season. RCB defeated DD on 12 occasions including once in the Super Over while another game ended without a result.

10 – Yuzvendra Chahal bagged ten wickets in eight matches against DD in the IPL at an average of 20.90. Umesh Yadav took nine wickets in eight IPL matches against his former IPL team. He got seven of those wickets in the four matches in Delhi at an average of 18.57.

47 – Rishabh Pant has a batting average of 47 in the four IPL matches he played against RCB. Pant has scored 188 runs against RCB that include two fifties in the four innings.

170.52 – AB de Villiers has a batting strike-rate of 170.52 against Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. He has scored 324 runs against them in 8 IPL innings at an average of 64.8 with three fifties.

335 – Virat Kohli has scored 335 runs against Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla which are the most for any player. He has scored those runs in seven innings at an average of 83.75 with four fifties.

647 – Gautam Gambhir has scored 647 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL are the 2nd most for any player behind MS Dhoni’s 710 runs. He has scored six fifties against RCB in 20 IPL innings but has been on the bench for the last five matches of the team.

691 – Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most number of runs against Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. He has scored 691 runs against them in just 17 innings at an impeccable average of 69.1 which includes seven fifties.

699 – Number of fours Virat Kohli has smashed in his Twenty20 career. He needs one more four to become the 8th player and the 2nd Indian after Gautam Gambhir (747) to hit 700 fours in this format.

995 – Number of dot balls Amit Mishra has bowled in his IPL career so far. He needs five more dot balls to become the 3rd spinner and 5th player to bowl 1000 dot balls in the IPL.