Mohali: Facing the prospect of a seventh-straight defeat, Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore will face a Kings XI Punjab side that has won four out of the seven games so far in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
RCB are yet to register a victory in this year’s IPL and lie right at the bottom of the table. KXIP, although strong at home, enter this game at the back of a defeat against Mumbai Indians.
Here are some stats and figures ahead of the much anticipated clash in Mohali.
Head to Head
Matches played: 22
KXIP: 12
RCB: 10
Batting Stats
Highest total in this fixture: KXIP 232/2 (20 overs) in Dharamsala, 17th May 2011.
Lowest total: KXIP 88 (13.4 overs) in Bangalore, 6th May 2015 & 88 (15.1 overs) in Indore, 14th May 2018.
Highest individual score: 117 by Chris Gayle in Bangalore, 6th May 2015.
Most runs: 634 runs by Chris Gayle.
Biggest win by runs: RCB’s 138 runs win in Bangalore, 6th May 2015.
Bowling Stats
Most wickets in this fixture: 17 wickets by Yuzvendra Chahal.
Best bowling figures: 4/14 by Sreenath Aravind in Bangalore, 6th May 2011.
Biggest win by wickets: RCB’s 10 wickets win in Indore, 14th May 2018.
Predicted XI
KXIP: Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain), KL Rahul (W), Chris Gayle, Sarfaraz Khan, Karun Nair, Nicolas Pooran, Sam Curran, Mandeep Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami and Mujeeb ur Rahman.
RCB: Virat Kohli (Captain), Parthiv Patel (W) AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Akshdeep Nath, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Live Streaming
TV: The Star Network
Stream: Hotstar
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