IPL 10, Match 17, RCB v RPS – Statistical Highlights

While Rising Pune Supergiant brought an end to their hat-trick of losses, it was the Royal Challengers Bangalore who was on losing side, recorded their 3rd loss in a row. With a couple of 20s and 30s from their batsmen, RPS managed to post a respectable total of 161/8 which turned out to be a fitting one at the Chinnaswamy as the hosts could only score 134/9 in the chase. Here we look at all the records and stats created during the game.

0 – Number of wins for Pune franchises overs Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL before this game. Pune Warriors lost in all 5 games they played over RCB while Rising Pune Supergiant lost the both in the previous season.

1 – For the first time in IPL, Rising Pune Supergiant has won a game while defending the target. They lost on all the 9 previous occasions when they batted first.

3 – This was the third consecutive loss for Royal Challengers Bangalore in this IPL. RCB now has 9 streaks in IPL where they lost 3 games in a row. In addition to those 9 streaks, they lost 5 in a row and 4 in a row once.

9 – Number of ‘bowled’ dismissals in this game, the joint-most number of bowled dismissals in an IPL game. The game between RCB and KXIP at this venue in 2015 also had 9 ‘bowled’ dismissals.

9 – Number of ducks Mandeep Singh has in IPL so far, the joint 4th most for any player. Harbhajan and Gambhir have 12 ducks each, Chawla, Manish and Parthiv have 11 each while Mishra has 10 ducks.

96.66 – AB de Villiers’ strike rate of 96.66 in this game is his 2nd lowest in an IPL innings. (Min: 30 balls faced) His lowest is 93.75 vs MI in 2014 where he scored 43* off 48 balls.

100 – This game was Ajinkya Rahane’s 100th game in his IPL career and the 150th in his whole Twenty20 career.

161 – Total successfully defended by Rising Pune Supergiant, the lowest by any team against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Previous lowest total defended vs RCB at this venue is 165/8 by KKR in 2012.

403 – Number of boundary fours for Ajinkya Rahane in Twenty20 cricket. With the 5 fours he hit in this game, he went past 400 boundary fours in this format.