IPL 2024: Match 68, RCB vs CSK Stats Preview - Players approaching milestones, stats, and records

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 68 of the IPL 2024, at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. This will be the last IPL match in this stadium this year. In the ongoing tournament, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won six matches and lost seven matches so far in this ongoing tournament. They are currently in sixth place on the IPL 2024 points table. They won all of their last five matches. Thus, the Challengers would like to continue their winning momentum. This is the must-win game for challengers to qualify for playoffs.

On the other hand, the Super Kings have won seven matches and also lost six matches so far. They are currently in third place in the points table. Thus, the Super Kings would like to continue their winning momentum. Challengers would like to take revenge for the previous encounter between these two held in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in the tournament opening game. This will be an important game for both teams concerning the future of the tournament.

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Speaking about the last game of the Challengers, Rajat Patidar 52(32) played magnificent Innings which helped the challengers to post a decent total. Will Jacks 41(29) and Cameron Green 32(24) played good innings and gave excellent support to Patidar as a result Challengers posted a decent good total of 187 against Delhi Capitals in the previous encounter. Speaking about the bowlers, Yash Dayal (3.1-0-20-3) bowled beautifully which helped the Challengers to defend the total. Lockie Ferguson (4-0-23-2) and Cameron Green (4-0-19-1) bowled fantastically and gave excellent support to Yash Dayal. Challengers also got very good support from other bowlers as a result Challengers won the game by a huge margin of 47 runs. Challengers will be hoping that these will continue their good form.

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Speaking about the last IPL 2024 game of CSK, Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad's 42*(41) fantastic match-winning captain's innings helped the Super Kings to chase the target without any panic. Super Kings also got very good support from other batters as a result they chased the target of 142 within 19 overs. Speaking about the bowlers, Simarjeet Singh (4-0-26-3) bowled beautifully which helped Super Kings to restrict the Royals to an under-par total of 141. Tushar Deshpande (4-0-30-2) who bowled superbly gave excellent support to Simarjeet Singh and helped Chennai to restrict the Royals to an under-par total. Chennai Super Kings will be hoping that these will continue their good form.

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Let us look at the approaching milestones ahead of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings clash:

RCB vs CSK Head-to-Head: RCB and CSK have met 32 times in the tournament’s history with the Challengers winning on just 10 occasions and Super Kings clinching twenty-one victories One game resulted in No Result.

1 - Virat Kohli (699) needs another one four to reach 700 in IPL.

3 - Glenn Maxwell (47) needs three more catches to reach 50 in the IPL.

6 - Lockie Ferguson (44) needs another six wickets to reach 50 wickets in IPL.

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9 - Ruturaj Gaikwad (91) needs another nine sixes to reach 100 sixes in IPL.

9 - Ruturaj Gaikwad (441) needs nine fours to reach 450 fours in T20s.

6 - Ajinkya Rahane (644) needs another six fours to reach 650 fours in T20s. 

10 - Ajinkya Rahane (140) needs another ten sixes to reach 150 sixes in T20s.