Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Chennai Super Kings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Monday in the 24th game of the season. As the tournament enters its third week, both of these teams will be looking to get a win under their belt.
RCB has won two matches and suffered as many losses whereas CSK also has similar numbers in the points table. RCB had won their previous game against DC by 23 runs while playing at home while CSK had suffered a three-run loss against the previous season’s runners-up Rajasthan Royals in their last game.
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CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 1404 runs in 40 IPL matches at an average of 40.11. Thus, the stylish batter needs another 94 runs to complete 1500 runs in the tournament.
Ambati Rayudu has amassed 4250 runs in 192 IPL matches and he needs another 250 runs to get to the milestone of 4500 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja has taken 138 wickets in 214 IPL matches and he requires another dozen wickets to get to the landmark of 150 wickets.
Shivam Dube has gathered 770 runs and requires 230 more runs to reach the milestone of 1000 runs in the IPL.
Moeen Ali has mustered 959 runs in 47 IPL matches and the English left-hander needs to score 41 runs more to get to the feat of 1000 runs.
MS Dhoni has scored 348 boundaries in the IPL and needs two more fours to complete 350.
Virat Kohli has scored 6838 in 227 IPL matches and thus he is 162 runs away from becoming the first player in the IPL to score 7000 runs in the tournament.
RCB’s veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has amassed 4386 runs in 233 IPL matches at an average of 26.42. Karthik is 114 runs away from reaching the 4500-run mark in the IPL. He will become the second wicket-keeper in the IPL to do so after MS Dhoni.