IPL 2019, Match 35: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Stats Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face each other on Friday (19th April) night at Eden Gardens (Kolkata).

Both teams will play their ninth match in IPL 2019. Meanwhile, it will be the fifth home match for KKR and sixth away match for RCB in this season.

In the ongoing IPL season, KKR has won four matches while RCB has won only one match.

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Teams’ Stats

KKR

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Won, Won, Lost, Lost and Lost

RCB

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Lost, Won and Lost

Head-to-Head records

Overall (24 matches): KKR won 15 matches; RCB won 9 matches

In IPL (23 matches): KKR won 14 matches; RCB won 9 matches

At Eden Gardens, Kolkata (9 matches): KKR won 6 matches; RCB won 3 matches

In the last five matches: KKR won 5 matches

• In the ongoing IPL season, they met for the first time on 5th April at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). The visiting side KKR won that match by five wickets (with five balls to spare).
• Last time RCB beat KKR on 16th May 2016 at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). Since then, the Bangalore franchise has suffered five straight defeats against the Kolkata franchise.
• RCB has never beaten KKR while defending a total in a match.

Players’ stats

(KKR)

Piyush Chawla

i) The leg-spinner has picked up 146 wickets in his IPL career. With four more wickets, he will become the third bowler to take 150 or more IPL wickets. Only Lasith Malinga and Amit Mishra have achieved this feat.

Andre Russell

i) The Caribbean pacer has taken 49 IPL wickets for KKR. With one more wicket, the right-arm pacer will become the third bowler to pick up 50 or more IPL wickets for this side. Only Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla have completed 50 IPL wickets for this team.

ii) The Caribbean batsman has hit 95 IPL sixes for KKR. The right-handed middle-order batsman needs to hit five more sixes to complete his 100 sixes for this side. He will be the first KKR batsman to hit 100 IPL sixes.

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(RCB)

AB de Villiers

i) The upcoming match will be the 150th IPL match for AB de Villiers. The former South African international cricketer will be the first overseas cricketer and 13th overall cricketer to play 150 or more IPL matches.

Yuzvendra Chahal

i) The leg-spinner has picked up 95 wickets for RCB. He is five wickets away to complete his 100 T20 wickets for this franchise. The Indian spinner will be the first bowler to take 100 IPL wickets for this side.