IPL 2022, Match 39 RCB vs RR, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals will be facing each other in the 39th match of IPL 2022, to be played at MCA International Stadium in Pune. Last season, RCB reached the eliminator while RR finished seventh. So far this season, both RR and RCB are tied with five wins and ten points, while RCB has played one extra match. Both teams are playing their second match in Pune this season, with RCB defeating MI and RR defeating SRH at this ground earlier. The teams are facing each other a second time this season, with RCB defeating RR by four wickets in the first encounter.

Two of RCB’s top-three batters, Anuj Rawat, and Virat Kohli have been pretty inconsistent this season. On the other hand, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Dinesh Karthik have played their roles well in the middle order. Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, and Josh Hazlewood have been their top bowlers for them. Hasaranga however has been going for plenty of runs in the last few matches.

Rajasthan Royals have Jos Buttler in steaming hot form, scoring back to back hundreds and leading the Orange Cap race. Shimron Hetmyer has also been a consistent performer with the bat. They also have the Purple Cap holder Yuzvendra Chahal, who has succeeded for the team in every match.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 39 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to head: RCB and RR faced each other in 26 IPL matches, with RCB winning 13 and RR winning 10 (Three of these matches ended in a no-result).

1 – Yuzvendra Chahal needs one more wicket to overtake Piyush Chawla and become the second-highest wicket-takers among spinners in the IPL. Only Amit Mishra has more wickets among spinners.

1 – R Ashwin needs one more wicket to reach 150 wickets in the IPL. He will become the second off-spinner to the milestone, after Harbhajan Singh.

2 – Jos Buttler scored hundreds in both his last two matches, becoming only the second player to do it in the Indian Premier League, after Shikhar Dhawan.

 3 – Yuzvendra Chahal needs to pick three more wickets to overtake Shreyas Gopal and have the most wickets by a spinner for Rajasthan Royals in an IPL season.

 9 – Runs needed by Jos Buttler to become the first player to score 500 runs this season. If he reaches there, he will become the joint-fastest player to 500 runs in an IPL season, along with Virat Kohli in 2016. He will become the second overseas player to score 500+ IPL runs for Rajasthan Royals in a season, after Shane Watson in 2013.

 18 – Wickets were taken by Yuzvendra Chahal so far in this IPL season, leading the Purple Cap chart. His average of 11.33, a strike rate of 9.3, and economy of 7.28 are all the best among players who took more than ten wickets this season. He also has the best bowling figures this season (5/40).

 68 – RCB were bowled out for 68 in their last match, playing against SRH. This was the lowest team total in the ongoing IPL season.

105 – Dinesh Karthik’s batting average so far this season. He scored 210 runs being dismissed only twice and has a tremendous strike rate of 200.

2 – Shimron Hetmyer (48) needs two sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

41 – Jos Buttler (2459) is 41 runs away from reaching 2500 runs in the tournament.

6 – Sanju Samson (394) needs six fours to get to 400 fours in T20 cricket.

2 – Samson (198) needs two fours to complete 200 fours for RR in the IPL.

19 – Glenn Maxwell (7981) is 19 runs away from reaching the milestone of 8000 T20 runs.

3 – Samson (147) is three big hits away from completing 150 maximums in the league.

4 – Buttler (96) is four sixes away from reaching 100 maximums for RR in the IPL.

9 – Jos Buttler (341) needs nine sixes to get to 350 maximums in T20 cricket.

2 – Obed McCoy (48) is two scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in the T20 games.

68 – Buttler (1932) requires 68 runs to reach 2000 IPL runs for RR.

7 – Dinesh Karthik (6493) requires seven runs to reach 6500 runs in the T20 matches.

1 – Karun Nair (99) is also one six away from completing 100 maximums in T20 cricket.

4 – Mohammed Siraj (46) needs four wickets to complete 50 wickets for RCB in the IPL.

3 – Siddarth Kaul (147) requires three wickets to get to 150 wickets in T20 cricket.

2 – Hetmyer (48) also requires two fours to complete 50 fours in the league.

5 – Ashwin (495) needs five runs to get to 500 runs in the IPL.