The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings turned out to be a thriller in th eend and all that was due to the genius of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The CSK captain took the match deep, as he does so many times, and then unleashed an attack that almost sank the RCB yet again. Luckily for Umesh Yadav, who had given away 24 runs in 5 deliveries, MSD failed to connect with the last ball and a run out gave RCB the narrowest of victories.
Here is the statistical highlight of the match -
1) 738: Runs against CSK for Virat Kohli, the most by any player.
2) 710: Runs for MS Dhoni against RCB, the most by any player. Gautam Gambhir is next with 647 runs.
3) 38: Maximums by MS Dhoni vs RCB, the most by any player. David Warner is next with 31.
4) 6: Fifties for Virat Kohli against CSK, the joint-most by any player (Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan too have 6).
5) 3/18: The best figures in last year’s IPL in matches between the two sides: Jadeja took 3/18 vs RCB at Pune.
6) 3: Ducks for Ambati Rayudu against RCB, only Rohit Sharma has more ducks against RCB (4)
7) 58: Most runs conceded in a spell featuring these 2 sides. Corey Anderson conceded 58 runs against CSK in an IPL match at Bengaluru in 2018
8) 60%: Percentage of sides winning at this venue while chasing
9) 40%: RCB’s win percentage in their last 10 matches at this venue
10) 3: Number of wins at this ground for CSK in their last 3 matches.
First Published: Apr 22, 2019 12:45 IST
