IPL 2022, Match 31 LSG vs RCB, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be facing each other in the 31st match of IPL 2022, to be played at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams have played six matches in the season so far, winning four of them and losing two. However their record at DY Patil Stadium this season contrasts, with LSG winning all their two matches and RCB winning one and losing two matches. The winner of the match has a chance to get to the top of the table.

Though the RCB top order hasn’t performed up to the mark, the middle order has Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Glenn Maxwell, all of them being exceptional this season. Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga have been brilliant with the ball this season, with Harshal restricting runs and Hasaranga picking the wickets.

The formidable LSG opening pair of KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock didn’t fail to impress. Avesh Khan, one of finest pacers in the country, has yet another brilliant IPL season with the ball, taking eleven wickets in just six games.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 31 between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2022:

1 – Wicket needed by Harshal Patel (72) to become the leading wicket-taker among pacers for RCB in the IPL, overtaking Vinay Kumar. Overall, Yuzvendra Chahal (139) has taken more wickets for the franchise.

365 – Total runs scored by KL Rahul in his last five innings against RCB in the IPL, while being out only twice.

1 – Mohammed Siraj needs one more wicket to overtake Anil Kumble and Sreenath Aravind, and enter the top five in the RCB’s all-time leading wicket-taker list in the IPL. He needs five more wickets to reach 50 wickets for RCB in the IPL.

1 – Faf du Plessis needs one more fifty-plus knock to reach 50 fifty-plus scores in T20 cricket. He also needs six fours to reach 650 fours in the format.

38 – Marcus Stoinis needs 38 runs to reach 1000 runs in the IPL.

45 – Deepak Hooda needs 45 runs to reach 1000 runs in the IPL.

83.50 – Batting average of KL Rahul against RCB in the IPL. This is the highest average by any player against an opposition in the IPL (min: 10 inns). He has scored 501 IPL runs against RCB at an impressive strike rate of 151.36.

197 – Runs scored by Dinesh Karthik in this IPL season at a strike rate of 209.57, while being dismissed only once.

98 – Virat Kohli (6402) needs 98 runs to complete 6500 runs in the IPL.

6 – KL Rahul (144) requires six maximums to complete 150 sixes in the league.

1 – Glenn Maxwell (349) is one match away from appearing in 350 T20 matches.

23 – KL Rahul (5977) requires 23 runs to complete the milestone of 6000 runs in the T20 games.

1 – Faf du Plessis (99) is one inning away from appearing in 100 IPL innings.

7 – Quinton de Kock (793) needs seven fours to get to 800 fours in T20 cricket.

5 – Hooda (45) is five big hits away from completing 50 maximums in the tournament.

32 – Quinton de Kock (2468) needs 32 runs to get to 2500 IPL runs.

8 – Rahul (242) needs eight big hits to get to 250 sixes in the T20 cricket.

54 – Maxwell (7946) requires 54 runs to reach the landmark of 8000 runs in the T20 matches.

6 – Manish Pandey (194) is six big hits away from reaching 200 maximums in the T20 games.

6 – Du Plessis (644) is six fours away from completing 650 fours in T20 cricket.

86 – Marcus Stoinis (3914) needs 86 runs to get to 4000 runs in the T20 matches.

20 – Dinesh Karthik (6480) requires 20 runs to get to 6500 runs in T20 cricket.

3 – Krunal Pandya (47) requires three sixes to complete 50 maximums in the cash-rich league.

5 – Mohammed Siraj (45) needs five scalps to reach 50 wickets for RCB in the IPL.