IPL 2018: Match 15, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Statistical Preview

Rajasthan Royals came back strongly after a huge defeat in their first match as they registered back to back wins while defending totals and will now take on the KKR at home. The Knight Riders started with a good win against RCB but poor bowling and batting efforts in successive games let them down. They bounced back with a huge 71-run win against the Delhi Daredevils but the pace attack’s consistency remains a worry.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of RR’s second home game of the season:

3-1 – Rajasthan Royals won three out of the four games they played against Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur. Royals lead the head to head by 9-6 against KKR in the IPL which include two wins coming in the Super Over.

9 – Rajasthan Royals have won each of their last nine IPL games played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Only Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won ten IPL games in a row at home. RR also won their previous 13 T20 games in Jaipur.

14 – Number of wickets for Piyush Chawla against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Only Amit Mishra (26) has taken more IPL wickets than Chawla against RR. Chawla’s 14 wickets came in 13 matches at an average of 25.21.

22 – Dinesh Karthik’s batting average against RR in the IPL. He scored 286 runs against them in 15 innings with the best score of 69. Uthappa scored 302 IPL runs against the Royals in 13 innings at an average of 25.16.

Ajinkya Rahane too averages only 24.71 against KKR in the IPL. He scored 346 runs against them in 14 innings with two fifties.

927 – Runs Sanju Samson scored for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. He needs 73 more runs to become the 5th RR player to score 1000 IPL runs.

987 – D’Arcy Short needs 13 more runs to complete 1000 Twenty20 runs. He needs one more four to complete 100 boundary fours in the T20 format.

2997 – Runs Chris Lynn scored in his Twenty20 career so far. He needs three more runs to complete 3000 T20 runs.

12990 – Jos Buttler needs ten more runs to complete 13000 runs across all formats. Rahul Tripathi needs one more run to complete 3000 runs in his professional career.