IPL 2022, Match 18, RCB vs MI, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians will face each other in the 18th match of IPL 2022, to be played at MCA International Stadium in Pune. The team with five titles, MI, finished fifth place last season, while RCB reached the eliminator. Coming to the current season, RCB began with two wins and one loss, while MI is yet to open their account. RCB will be playing their first match at Pune, while Mumbai Indians lost against KKR in their previous match at the same venue.

After Faf du Plessis’ brilliance in the first match, only the lower-middle order pair of Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed produced good knocks with the bat. The RCB bowlers were good in the Powerplay but their inability to restrict runs at the death overs continues in the fresh season. The 2021 Purple Cap winner Harshal Patel continues his remarkable form, and Wanindu Hasaranga has also been among the wickets. They seek a better bowling display from the pacers. Skipper Rohit Sharma would hope that his team kick starts the campaign finally with a victory against the Royal Challengers who are flying high after their thrilling win over Rajasthan Royals.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 18 between RCB and MI in the IPL 2022:

Head to head: MI and RCB have faced each other in 29 IPL matches, with MI winning 17 of them and RCB winning 12.

1 – Virat Kohli needs to hit one more four to become the second player to reach 550 fours in the IPL. He will become the first player to hit 550 fours for a single team in the league.

200 – Dinesh Karthik will become the second player after MS Dhoni to appear in 200 IPL matches as a wicketkeeper (excluding washouts).

5 – Rohit Sharma needs to score five more runs to become the first player to reach 4500 runs for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He will become the third player to score 4500 runs for a single IPL team, after Virat Kohli for RCB and Suresh Raina for CSK.

5 – Rohit Sharma needs to hit five more fours to reach 500 fours in the IPL. He will become the fifth player to reach the landmark after Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Suresh Raina.

1 – Rohit Sharma needs one more four to become the first player to hit 400 fours for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

4 – Kieron Pollard needs to take four more catches to reach 100 catches for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He will become the first to take 100 catches as a fielder for a particular franchise.

10 – Dinesh Karthik needs to hit ten more fours to reach 400 fours in the IPL.

12.94 – Bowling average by Harshal Patel against Mumbai Indians in the IPL. This is the best among any player bowling in at least ten innings against opposition in the league.

1 – Suryakumar Yadav (199) is one match away from appearing in 200 T20 games.

5 – Ishan Kishan (295) is five fours away from reaching 300 fours in the T20 games.

51 – Rohit (9949) is 51 runs away from reaching the landmark of 10,000 runs in the T20 matches.

2 – Dinesh Karthik (198) requires two big hits to complete 200 sixes in T20 cricket.

2 – Suryakumar Yadav (148) needs two big hits to reach 150 sixes in T20 cricket.

26 – Kieron Pollard (11474) requires 26 runs to get to 11500 runs in the T20 games.

22 – Tim David (1978) needs 22 runs to get to 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

3 – Siddarth Kaul (147) is three scalps away from reaching 150 wickets in the T20 matches.

7 – Sherfane Rutherford (93) requires seven fours to complete 100 fours in the T20 games.

11 – David Willey (2989) needs 11 runs to get to 3000 runs in T20 cricket.