IPL 2019, Match 17: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Stats Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face each other on this Friday (5th April) night at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).

RCB has played four matches in this season and lost all those matches. Meanwhile, KKR has played three matches in the IPL 2019 where they won their first two matches before losing their last match in the one-over eliminator.

The upcoming match will be RCB’s second home match in this season while KKR will play their second away match in this season.

Teams’ Stats

RCB

IPL 2019 form (oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Lost and Lost

• RCB has failed to win their all last five matches. Only once they suffered six straight defeats.

KKR

IPL 2019 form (oldest to latest): Won, Won and Lost (in the one-over eliminator)

Head-to-Head records

Overall (23 matches): RCB won 9 matches; KKR won 14 matches

In IPL (22 matches): RCB won 9 matches; KKR won 13 matches

At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (10 matches): RCB won 4 matches; KKR won 6 matches

In last 5 matches: RCB won 1 match; KKR won 4 matches

• In their last four encounters, KKR won all those matches. Since May 2016, RCB has never beat KKR. Last time the Bangalore franchise won on 16th May 2016 at Eden Gardens (Kolkata).
• In their last three encounters at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), RCB lost all those matches. Their last victory against KKR at this venue was on 2nd May 2015.

Players’ stats

(RCB)

Virat Kohli

i) The right-handed batsman (7,983 runs) needs to score 17 more runs to complete his 8,000 T20 runs. After Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli will be the second Indian to score 8,000 T20 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli will also be the seventh overall cricketer to score 8,000 or more T20 runs.

AB de Villiers

i) AB de Villiers has scored 3,406 T20 runs for RCB. The former South African cricketer needs to score 15 more runs to become the second most T20 run-scorer for RCB. At present, Chris Gayle is in the second position as the former RCB cricketer scored 3,420 T20 runs for this franchise. Virat Kohli is on top of this list with 5,450 T20 runs for this franchise.

(KKR)

Robin Uthappa

i) Robin Uthappa has scored 2,480 T20 runs for KKR, and he is 20 runs away to complete his 2,500 T20 runs for this franchise. Only the former KKR cricketer Gautam Gambhir (3,345 runs) has scored 2,500 T20 runs for this Kolkata franchise.

Chris Lynn

i) Chris Lynn has scored 906 runs for KKR. The Aussie cricketer needs to score 94 more runs to complete his 1,000 runs for this franchise. Only eight batsmen have scored 1,000 T20 runs for this team.