IPL 2019: Match 46, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Statistical Preview

The Royal Challengers Bangalore have found a winning spree lately but are still in with a chance of sealing a playoffs spot as the other teams in contention are struggling. After losing their first six matches, RCB won four out of five matches including three in a row. They will now be up against Delhi Capitals who needed only one win from their last three matches. They would be hoping to win more than one from this position and finish in the top two positions.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of yet another must-win game for the RCB:

2 – Only twice the Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils) have defeated the Royal Challengers since the start of 2011. The two sides faced off in 16 matches in this span with RCB winning in 12. One game ended in a Tie where RCB won in the Super Over while another match ended without a result.

6 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won each of their last six matches in the IPL at the Feroz Shah Kotla against the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). The Delhi franchise defeated RCB in 2008 and 2010 at this venue but lost all the six they played since the start of 2011.

68.83 – Batting average of AB de Villiers in the IPL against the Delhi Capitals/Daredevils. The South African aggregated 413 runs in 13 innings with help of four half-centuries.

81 – Virat Kohli has a batting average of 81 in the IPL matches at the Feroz Shah Kotla. He scored 405 runs against the hosts across 8 IPL innings in Delhi with the help of five fifties. In all T20s at the Feroz Shah Kotla, he scored 587 runs at an average of 65.22 average. In his last seven T20 innings here, he has scored 417 runs with five fifties at an average of 104.25.

267 – Rishabh Pant has scored 267 runs in the IPL against RCB across six innings. The Delhi keeper-batsman has scored three fifties in those six innings.

802 – Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most number of runs in the IPL against the Delhi Capitals/Daredevils. He scored 802 runs in only 19 innings against Delhi at an average of 66.83 average with help of eight fifties. Kohli scores 30+ in each of his previous six innings against them which includes four fifties.

987 – Runs Rishabh Pant has scored in the Twenty20 format at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Pant needs 13 more runs to become the 2nd player after Virender Sehwag (1199) to complete 1000 T20 runs at this venue.

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