IPL 2023 Match 20, RCB vs DC Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) welcome the out-of-form Delhi Capitals (DC) side in Match No. 20 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on a doubleheader Super Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Both sides will meet again in the reverse fixture in Match No. 50 on May 06 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Talking about their forms, RCB began their campaign with a bang as they defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) convincingly by a margin of eight wickets at home. The Bangalore-based franchise then suffered two back-to-back losses against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Kolkata and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Chinnaswamy. With two points in three games and a net run rate of -0.800, they are placed in the seventh position in the table. 

On the other hand, nothing has gone right for David Warner’s DC team. They have played four games so far and lost all of them. Their defeats have come against LSG, defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and MI. Skipper Warner’s strike rate has come under scrutiny but at the same time, he is also the leading run-getter (209 runs) for his side with three half-centuries. England’s Phil Salt might replace Rovman Powell, who has three single digit-scores to his name. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga is back from international duty for RCB and might replace David Willey in the final 11 straightaway.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match No.20 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2023:

Head-to-Head: RCB and DC have locked horns 28 times in the history of the IPL with the Challengers winning on 17 occasions and the Capitals on ten. One game ended up in no result.

9 – Virat Kohli (591) needs nine fours to reach 600 fours in the IPL.

4 - Shahbaz Ahmed (46) needs four wickets to complete 50 wickets in T20s.

3 – Mustafizur Rahman (47) requires three scalps to get to 50 wickets in the cash-rich league.

75 – Virat Kohli (925) requires 75 runs to complete the milestone of 1000 runs against DC in the IPL.

49 – Dinesh Karthik (6951) needs 49 runs to reach the landmark of 7000 runs in T20 cricket.

5 – Speedster Anrich Nortje (45) is five scalps away from completing 50 IPL wickets.

54 – Rovman Powell (2946) requires 54 runs to get to 3000 runs in T20s.

2 – Prithvi Shaw (198) is two fours short of completing 200 fours in the IPL.

49 – Lalit Yadav (951) is 49 runs away from reaching 1000 runs in T20s.