IPL 2021, Match 43: RCB vs RR, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to go a step close to the playoff berth as they take on Rajasthan Royals in their next fixture. The royal battle takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday (September 29). With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 being in its business end, stakes are high in the remaining league-stage games. RR and RCB are also hunting a place in the final four.

Hence, they have all the reasons to unleash their best in the upcoming clash. Speaking of the campaign of both teams, Virat Kohli’s men are holding third place with six wins in 10 outings. Hence, a couple of victories in the remaining four league-stage games would officially secure a place in the playoffs. However, the grass is not that green on RR’s side.

With four wins in 10 games, the Men in Pink are sixth in the table. Considering their net run rate is only better than Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad, one more defeat might be enough to end their campaign. Moreover, they are coming off a seven-wicket defeat against the last-placed SRH. Hence, momentum is not on their side and it would be interesting to see how they fare against Kohli’s army.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 43rd game of the Indian Premier League 2021:

Head to Head record: RCB are just ahead of RR in terms of head-to-head record in IPL. In 24 clashes, the Bangalore-based side won 11 games while the inaugural-season champions emerged winners 10 times. As many as three encounters between these two sides got abandoned.

4 – Chris Morris needs four wickets to become the South African with most IPL wickets. Dale Steyn currently leads the chart with 97 wickets.

2 – Two of three Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 10-wicket win in IPL have come against Rajasthan Royals. These two triumphs were recorded in 2010 and 2021 respectively.

21 – Liam Livingstone needs 21 runs to become the second-highest run-getter in T20 cricket in 2021. While he has slammed 1243 T20 runs this year, Glenn Phillips is ahead of him with 1263 runs.

3 – AB de Villiers is three hits away from becoming the second player after Chris Gayle to smash 250 sixes in the IPL.

4 – Mohammed Siraj needs four wickets to complete 50 wickets in the IPL. He currently has 46 wickets in 45 appearances.

5 – Yuzvendra Chahal has dismissed Sanju Samson as many as five times in the Indian Premier League.

9 – Sanju Samson needs nine runs to surpass his tally of most runs in an IPL season. While he scored 441 runs in the 2018 edition, the dasher has slammed 433 runs in the ongoing competition so far.

41 – David Miller needs 41 runs to complete 2000 runs in IPL. The southpaw will become the fifth South African after Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, and Faf du Plessis to get the landmark.

2 – Shreyas Gopal needs 2 more wickets to complete 50 wickets in the tournament. He has taken 48 wickets in 47 IPL matches at an average of 25.81 and an economy of 8.03.