IPL 2022, Match 27 DC vs RCB, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be squaring off in the 27th match of IPL 2022 to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams have reached the playoffs but couldn’t make the finals last season, with DC finishing third and RCB finishing fourth. So far in this season, RCB has won three matches and DC has won two matches, while both the teams have lost two. Delhi Capitals are playing their first match at Wankhede this season, while RCB defeated RR in their only match at this ground.

The top order seems to be an issue for RCB but their middle order comprising of Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed and Dinesh Karthik have been fabulous this season. Josh Hazlewood and Mohammed Siraj were the top bowlers for them so far.

Prithvi Shaw was brilliant for Delhi Capitals this season, both in terms of runs and the strike rate. Rishabh Pant and Lalit Yadav were also good in the middle order. Kuldeep Yadav and Khaleel Ahmed have bowled well this season, while the others are required to step up.

Meanwhile, let’s have a look at some of the important stats and numbers ahead of match 27 between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to head – Both teams have faced each other 27 times in the IPL, with RCB winning 16 and DC winning only 10. One of the games ended in a no result.

913 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli against Delhi Capitals in the IPL, which is the most by any player against them. He also has a remarkable average of 53.70 against them. He requires more 87 runs to complete 1000 runs against DC.

35 – Runs needed by Prithvi Shaw to reach 1500 runs in the IPL for Delhi Capitals. He will become the sixth player to score as many runs for the team after Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and David Warner.

50 – Mohammed Siraj will be playing his 50th IPL match for RCB, becoming the fourth specialist bowler to play 50 or more matches for the team. The first three are Yuzvendra Chahal, Vinay Kumar and Harshal Patel.

3 – Mohammed Siraj needs to take three more wickets to overtake Sreenath Aravind and Anil Kumble, and enter the top-five in most wickets for RCB in the IPL.

4 – Delhi Capitals have won four of their last five IPL matches at the Wankhede Stadium.

877 – Runs scored by David Warner against RCB in T20 cricket, the most by any player against them. His average of 51.59 is also the highest among all players who batted at least ten innings against RCB.

1 – David Warner needs to hit one more six to become the first player to hit 50 sixes against RCB in T20 cricket.

131 – Runs scored by Dinesh Karthik in this IPL season. He has been dismissed only once.

1 – Kuldeep Yadav (49) is one game away from appearing in 50 IPL matches.

1 – Glenn Maxwell (99) is one match away from featuring in 100 IPL matches.

2 – Axar Patel (48) requires two sixes to complete the milestone of 50 maximums in the league.

5 – Axar (95) is five scalps away from reaching 100 wickets in the tournament.

8 – Faf du Plessis (642) needs eight fours to get to 650 fours in T20 cricket.

9 – Rishabh Pant (341) requires nine fours to get to 350 fours in the T20 matches.

4 – Axar (146) also requires four scalps to complete 150 wickets in the T20 games.

54 – Shaw (1946) requires 54 runs to get to 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

1 – David Warner (149) is one grab away from reaching 150 catches in the T20 matches.

86 – Dinesh Karthik (6414) is 86 runs away from completing 6500 runs in T20 cricket.

3 – Siddarth Kaul (147) is three wickets away from completing 150 wickets in the T20 games.