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

Royal Challengers Bangalore stayed in the race for the playoffs with a win over the Delhi Daredevils but require three more wins on the trot to have a chance of making it to the playoffs. Kings XI Punjab lost the track in the last couple of matches facing defeat in four out of their last five matches. KXIP have failed to assemble a proper middle order even after playing 11 matches as their struggles are out in the open once their openers depart. However, they still have the qualification in their hands if they win at least two more.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of RCB’s must-win clash against the Kings XI:

13 – Ravichandran Ashwin has only 13 wickets in the 16 IPL matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He took those wickets at an average of 27.92.

23 – Umesh Yadav’s 23 wickets against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL are the 2nd most for any player behind Sunil Narine’s 26 wickets. Umesh picked those 23 wickets in 15 matches at an average of 17.60.

26.52 – Virat Kohli has an average of only 26.52 in the IPL against Kings XI Punjab. He has scored 504 runs in 20 IPL innings against them with one fifty and a century.

158.06 – AB de Villiers has a batting strike-rate of 158.06 in the IPL against Kings XI Punjab. He has scored 539 runs in 17 IPL innings at an average of 41.46 with help of five fifties.

214 – Aaron Finch managed to score only 214 runs in the 10 IPL innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Finch has scored those runs at an average of 23.77 with the best score of 72.

797 – Chris Gayle holds the record for scoring the most number of runs against the Kings XI Punjab in the IPL. He has scored 797 runs against KXIP including 634 runs in 12 matches for RCB. However, he will be playing for the KXIP against RCB in this game.

2694 – Virat Kohli needs six more fours to complete 2700 fours in his professional career. He also needs four more sixes to complete 400 sixes across all formats.

3958 – Chris Gayle needs 42 more runs to complete 4000 runs in the IPL. Only six players have scored over 4000 runs in the IPL thus far.