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

The Royal Challengers Bangalore await their maiden win of the season as they have lost all the six matches in this 2019 edition of the IPL. RCB’s debacle in this season is a mixture of the batting failures and the inconsistency of their bowling. The Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, has been involved in a variety of matches. They triggered a collapse out of nowhere against Delhi Capitals but failed to defend 133 from last ten overs against Mumbai Indians. With four wins from seven games, they are placed at 4th in the points table.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the clash between KXIP and RCB in Mohali:

6 – Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost all the six matches they played this season. Delhi Daredevils (in 2013) are the only other team to lose their first six matches in an IPL season. RCB team has lost each of their last seven matches in the IPL; their biggest losing streak in the IPL.

7 – Kings XI Punjab have won each of their previous seven matches at the PCA Stadium in Mohali; their longest winning streak at any venue in the IPL. KXIP won their last league game at this venue in 2017 and all the three played here in 2018. They also won three matches in Mohali which they played in this season thus far.

26 – Umesh Yadav has 26 wickets in the IPL against the Kings XI Punjab; the joint-most alongside Sunil Narine (26) against KXIP. Umesh picked those 26 wickets from 16 matches at an average of 16.46 and an S/R of 13.8.

Yuzvendra Chahal (14.35) has an even better average against Kings XI as he claimed 17 wickets from ten IPL games against them at an S/R of 11.7.

28.61 – Ravichandran Ashwin has a bowling average of 28.61 in the IPL against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He picked only 13 wickets from 17 IPL matches against the RCB team at an S/R of 24.

61 – KL Rahul has a batting average of 61 in the IPL in Mohali. He has scored 305 runs from seven innings at this venue with help of three fifties. Rahul has two unbeaten scores of 71 in the last three matches at this venue.

539 – AB de Villiers has scored 539 runs in the IPL against the Kings XI Punjab across 17 innings. He has an average of 41.46 against them and has scored five fifties. De Villiers scored three fifties in his previous five innings against the Kings XI.

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