IPL 2021: Match 10, RCB vs KKR Stats Preview: Player records & Approaching Milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore have made an incredible start to the tournament with 2 consecutive wins in IPL 2021. They are the only team to remain unbeaten in the league so far. The Bangalore team will clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on 18th April at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. KKR lost their last match against Mumbai Indians after being in a good position at one stage. Their middle order disappointed big time in the last game.

Earlier in their first match, KKR registered an emphatic victory against SRH. Nitish Rana has been their biggest positive with two fifties coming off his bat in two games. For RCB, Glenn Maxwell has impressed with his performance, while Harshal Patel has been a revelation with the ball.

Let’s look at important stats and numbers before the start of the IPL clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Head to Head: These teams have played 26 matches against each other in IPL, of which 14 have been won by KKR and RCB have won the remaining 12 games.

96 – RCB middle-order batsman Glenn Maxwell has aggregated 1603 runs in 81 IPL innings. He has smacked 96 sixes in the league and is only 4 maximums away from reaching the 100-mark.

13 – Shubman Gill has aggregated 987 runs in 40 IPL innings till now. He needs to hit 13 more runs to complete 1000 runs in his IPL career.

102 – AB de Villiers has scored 4898 runs in 158 innings so far. He needs 102 more runs to complete 5000 runs in the tournament. He will become the second overseas player after David Warner to reach the landmark.

56 – Virat Kohli has scored 5944 runs in IPL and needs 56 more runs to become the first player to complete 6000 runs in IPL history.

79 – Eoin Morgan has accumulated 6921 T20 runs in 297 innings. He needs 79 more runs to complete 7000 T20 runs, and become the fourth English player to achieve the milestone.

350 – If Daniel Christian makes it into the playing XI for this match, he will be featuring in his 350th T20 match. He will become the first Australian player to reach the landmark.

754 – For RCB, Virat Kohli has scored the most runs (754) against KKR at an average of 40.27 and strike rate of 130.16. This includes 1 century and 4 fifties.

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