IPL 10, Match 43, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab - Statistical Highlights

The Kings XI Punjab add one more win in their bag in order to have a shot at the playoffs with a win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a low-scoring game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The home side continued their dismal performance with the bat after their bowlers restricted the KXIP to 138/8 it’d have been even smaller if not for a late blitz from Axar Patel.

In a low chase, the RCB lost their top batsmen Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers with Sandeep Sharma getting all the three wickets before the 5th over as the hosts never came back into the game. A late struggle from the RCB lower-order helped them reach 119 before they were bowled out with one over still to be played.

1 – For the first time in the IPL, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers got out to the same bowler in a game. Sandeep Sharma removed all of them, one each in his first three overs.

4 – Number of times Sandeep Sharma has dismissed Chris Gayle in the IPL, the joint-most times any player has dismissed him in IPL. Ravi Ashwin also got Gayle 4 times.

4 – Number of times Virat Kohli has got out to Sandeep Sharma, the 2nd most times he has been dismissed by any player in the IPL. Kohli got out to Ashish Nehra on 6 occasions.

5 – Number of consecutive losses for the Royal Challengers Bangalore so far, their longest losing streak in the IPL, They lost 5 games in a row in the 2008 season as well.

5 – Number of times Axar Patel has dismissed Shane Watson in the IPL, the most number of times he has been dismissed by any bowler in the IPL. Axar hasn’t dismissed anyone else more than twice in the IPL.

8 – Number of matches AB de Villiers has played in this IPL so far. His team Royal Challengers Bangalore lost all those 8 games.

10 – Runs scored by Kedar Jadhav against KXIP in the 6 IPL innings so far. His 6 runs in this game are the highest vs KXIP. His scores vs the Kings XI Punjab read: 0, 0, 0, 3, 1 and 6.

16 – Runs aggregated by Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in this game, the 2nd fewest run-aggregate by these three in any game for Royal Challengers Bangalore. They aggregated 15 runs vs KKR in the game they were bowled out for 49 this season.

83 – Number of losses in Twenty20 cricket for the Royal Challengers Bangalore so far. They have equalled Delhi Daredevils’ 83 T20 losses. Only Middlesex (93) and Derbyshire (88) have lost in more Twenty20s than RCB and DD so far.

138 – Kings XI Punjab’s total of 138 is the lowest total successfully defended at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in T20 cricket. Previous lowest is 146 by Somerset vs Warriors in 2011 and India vs Bangladesh in 2016.