IPL 2018: Match 48, Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Statistical Highlights

It was a rare day at the office for the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowlers who set up a win for their team bundling out Kings XI Punjab for just 88 runs. The home team’s top order was outplayed by RCB’s planning and the middle-order failed to take up the responsibility as they lasted only 15.1 overs. RCB ensured they made the most of it by bowling out the opposition for a low total and chased it down in just 8.1 overs. Their opening pair Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel took RCB over the line without losing a wicket.

All the stats and numbers that were recorded during Kings XI’s demolition by RCB:

3 – Royal Challengers Bangalore now have won an IPL game by 10 wickets on three occasions while no other team has won more than once. They are also the 5th team in the Twenty20 format with three 10-wicket wins after Gloucestershire, Lancashire, New Zealand, and Free State.

5 – Virat Kohli became the first player to score 500+ runs in five different editions of the IPL. He scored over 500 runs in IPL 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018. David Warner scored 500+ runs in four different IPL seasons.

7 – Umesh Yadav has as many as seven 3-wicket hauls in the IPL against Kings XI Punjab. Lasith Malinga (5 vs DC) is the only other bowler with five and more 3-wicket hauls against an opponent in the IPL.

26 – Yadav now has 26 wickets in 16 IPL matches against Kings XI Punjab. These are the joint most for any player in the IPL against them. Sunil Narine has also picked 26 wickets in 15 IPL games against KXIP.

71 – RCB completed the chase of 89 runs with 71 balls to spare which is their biggest in the IPL and the biggest for any team against Kings XI Punjab in terms of balls to spare. RCB’s previous biggest win in terms of balls to spare in the IPL was 57 balls against Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 edition. KXIP’s previous biggest defeat was against RPS off 48 balls in the last league match of the previous edition.

88 – Kings XI Punjab’s total of 88/10 is their joint 2nd lowest total in the IPL. They were all out for 73 exactly one year ago against RPS. Kings XI were bowled out for 88 runs by RCB in the 2015 season as well.

3530 – Virat Kohli now has 3530 runs as captain in the IPL which is the 2nd for any player. He surpassed Gautam Gambhir’s tally of 3518 runs as captain. MS Dhoni scored 3684 runs while leading the team in the IPL.