IPL 2019: Match 28, Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Statistical Highlights

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have finally managed to add points to their name in this season by defeating the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). Chris Gayle’s unbeaten 99 powered the home team to 173/4 as no other KXIP batsman scored even 20. The chase belonged to Virat Kohli (67) and AB de Villiers (59*) who added 85 runs for the 2nd wicket in 11.4 overs. Later, De Villiers finished off the chase as he put on an unbeaten 46-run stand with Marcus Stoinis (28*) in only 3.5 overs.

Here are all the major stats and numbers from the RCB’s maiden win of the 2019 IPL:

Streaks of both the teams come to an end:

7 – The Kings XI Punjab’s 7-match winning streak in the IPL at their home ground in Mohali came to an end with the defeat against RCB. Their last defeat at this venue came against the Gujarat Lions in May 2017. KXIP have not won as many as seven in a row in the IPL at any venue before this streak.

7 – This victory brought an end to RCB’s 7-match losing streak in the IPL. Their last win in the IPL came against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the previous season at home. RCB lost their last league game of 2018 and their first six matches in 2019.

One short of yet another ton:

99* – Chris Gayle became only the 2nd player to remain unbeaten on 99 in the IPL. Suresh Raina recorded the first such instance during the 2013 season. Virat Kohli also in 2013 and Prithvi Shaw earlier this year are the two players to be dismissed on 99 in the league.

A milestone fifty for Gayle:

100 – The unbeaten 99 in this game is Chris Gayle’s 100th fifty-plus score in the Twenty20 Cricket. Gayle has 21 centuries and 79 fifties thus far in this format. David Warner stands second in the list with 73 fifty-plus scores.

99* – The unbeaten 99 in this game is Gayle’s highest score in the IPL coming on the losing side. His previous highest score in an IPL defeat was 88 during the 2010 season game in Kolkata while playing for KKR against KXIP.

Virat-ABD pair move to top:

2,793 – Partnership runs between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in the IPL; the most by any pair. The duo went past the 2,787 runs between the pair of Kohli and Chris Gayle which were also recorded for the RCB.

Kohli on top of T20 records:

754 – Number of fours Virat Kohli has hit in the Twenty20 format; the joint-most by any Indian. He became the 2nd player after Shikhar Dhawan (754) to hit 750+ T20 fours. Both Kohli and Dhawan went past Gautam Gambhir’s 747 fours in the previous two days.

8,175 – Virat Kohli went past Suresh Raina’s tally of 8,145 runs in the Twenty20 cricket to become the leading run scorer among Indian players in the Twenty20 format.

ABD continues his good record:

4 – AB de Villiers now has scored four half-centuries across his last six innings against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). He also scored three fifties across his last five innings in the IPL while playing in Mohali.

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