IPL 2022, Match 68 RR vs CSK, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings will be facing each other in the 68th match of IPL 2022, to be played at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. While RR finished seventh in the table the previous season, CSK were the champions then. Both the teams are facing each other for the first time in the season. CSK has already been eliminated from the playoffs, while a win for RR will confirm both a playoff spot and a top-two spot.

Jos Buttler, the Orange Cap holder has been off-color in the last few matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, and Devdutt Padikkal are brilliant with the bat. They have the Purple Cap Yuzvendra Chahal, along with Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna also being as good.

With CSK already out of the season, they are trying new options. Ruturaj Gaikwad-Devon Conway has been a good opening pair in the latter half of the season. Shivam Dube has been their explosive batter. Dwayne Bravo, Mukesh Choudhary, and Maheesh Theekshana were the top bowlers of the team, with Matheesha Pathirana who impressed on his debut in the last match.

Meanwhile. here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 68 between RR and CSK in the IPL 2022:

Head to head: Both the teams have faced each other 25 times in the IPL, with CSK winning 15 and RR winning 10.

1 – MS Dhoni needs to hit one more four to reach 500 fours in T20 cricket.

2 – MS Dhoni needs to hit two sixes to reach 200 sixes for CSK in the IPL. He will become the fifth player to hit 200 or more sixes for a franchise in the IPL, after Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers for RCB, Kieron Pollard for MI, and Virat Kohli for RCB.

2 – At Brabourne Stadium this season, RR won both their matches, and contrastingly, CSK lost both their matches.

4 – Shivam Dube needs to hit 4 more fours to reach 50 fours in the IPL.

5 – Jos Buttler needs to hit five more fours to reach 700 fours in T20 cricket.

7 – Riyan Parag needs to score 7 more runs to reach 500 runs for Rajasthan Royals.

38 – Jos Buttler needs to score 38 runs to reach 8000 runs in T20 cricket.

1 – R Ashwin (49) requires just one four to reach 50 fours in the league.

7 – Ruturaj Gaikwad (43) is seven sixes away from completing 50 maximums in the tournament.

3 – Ashwin (155) needs three wickets to surpass Piyush Chawla (157) and become the fifth-highest run-getter in the tournament.

1 – Ambati Rayudu (349) needs just one four to get to 350 fours in the IPL.

73 – Sanju Samson (3427) is 73 runs away from completing 3500 runs in the cash-rich league.

5 – Prasidh Krishna (45) requires five scalps to reach 50 wickets in the IPL.

60 – Ruturaj Gaikwad (2440) needs 60 runs to get to 2500 runs in T20 cricket.

4 – Buttler (346) also needs four sixes to reach 350 maximums in the T20 games.

48 – Robin Uthappa (4952) requires 48 runs to complete 5000 runs in the tournament.

2 – Dwayne Bravo (48) requires two sixes to get to 50 maximums for CSK in the IPL.

48 – Dhoni (4952) also needs 48 runs to reach 5000 runs in the IPL.

4 – Yuzvendra Chahal (163) requires four scalps to go past Amit Mishra (166) and become the third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament.

3 – Bravo (97) needs three fours to get to 100 fours for CSK in T20 cricket.

5 – Dhoni (345) is also five fours away from reaching 350 fours in the league.