Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Lucknow Super Giants at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Monday. After suffering a huge loss of 81 runs against KKR, RCB will be looking to make a strong comeback against LSG.
Lucknow Super Giants have managed two wins in three matches. LSG came up with a dominant display with the ball after Krunal Pandya and Amit Mishra took three and two wickets respectively against SRH in the previous game.
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Faf du Plessis has scored 3499 runs in 117 IPL matches and thus he is one run away from completing 3500 runs in the tournament.
Virat Kohli has scored 6727 in 225 IPL matches and thus he is 273 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 4385 runs in 231 IPL matches at an average of 26.58. Karthik is 115 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.
Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has so far amassed 3952 runs in 112 IPL matches at an average of 47.05. Ergo, Rahul is 48 runs shy of getting to the 4000-run in the IPL.
LSG pacer Jaydev Unadkat has 91 wickets in 93 matches and he is nine wickets away from getting to the landmark of 100 scalps.
Ravi Bishnoi has taken 43 wickets in 40 matches and needs another seven scalps to get to the landmark of 50 wickets.
Amit Mishra has scalped 168 wickets in the IPL and thus he is three wickets away from leapfrogging Lasith Malinga’s tally of 170 wickets and becoming the third most successful IPL bowler.
Krunal Pandya has scored 1384 runs in 101 IPL matches and requires another 116 runs to reach the 1500-run mark.