IPL 2024 Spotlight: Match 30 RCB vs SRH Stats Preview And Approaching Milestones

Underfire Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match 30 of the ongoing IPL 2024 season at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, April 15. In the ongoing IPL season, the Royal Challengers have started the season slowly, winning one match and losing five matches so far. RCB are currently at the bottom of the points table and badly wants to win to keep their playoff hopes alive. On the flip side, Sunrisers Hyderabad has won three and lost two matches, and currently, they are fifth in the points table. Thus, the Sunrisers would like to continue their winning momentum. Sunrisers are unlikely to make any changes to their team as they continue to build momentum around the halfway stage of the IPL 2024 season.

Underfire RCB bowlers brace for Sunrisers' batting fireworks at Chinnaswamy

Speaking about the last game of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, skipper Faf du Plessis 61(40) got back among much-needed runs that helped the Challengers post a par total against Mumbai Indians. Rajat Paidar came back to form, smashing 50 off 26 balls. He stitched a superb partnership of 82 runs off 47 deliveries. In the end, Dinesh Karthik 53 (23) entertained the fans with the finishing touches, which helped RCB to post a par score of 196 in Wankhede. However, the bowler's form is a bit of concern as all the RCB bowlers were expensive, with an economy rate above 10, which is always a problem while defending par totals, especially on a batting-friendly track.

Speaking about the last game of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Young all-rounder Nithish Reddy 64(37) played magnificent Innings that helped the Sunrisers post a decent total of 182 against Punjab Kings. In the end, Abdul Samad 25 (11) entertained the fans with the finishing touches, which helped SRH to post a par score on batting-friendly Mullanpur Stadium. However, the Sunrisers bowlers were in control with the ball led by skipper Pat Cummins (4-0-22-1), who bowled superbly, along with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (4-1-32-2) and T Natarajan (4-0-33-1) helping Sunrisers to defend the target and win by a narrow margin of just two runs.

Meanwhile, here's a look at the stats and numbers game ahead of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad clash:

Head-to-Head:

RCB and SRH have met each other 22 times in the Indian Premier League history with the Royal Challengers winning on 10 occasions and the Sunrisers clinching 11 victories. While one game resulted in a tie.

Stats That Matter:

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won just two of their eight matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and have the worst win percentage among all IPL teams at the venue.

2. Dinesh Karthik (243.90) and Heinrich Klaasen (263.15) are among the quickest scorers in the death overs this IPL season. It will be interesting to watch the battle of the finishers.

3. RCB's bowling average in the powerplay this IPL season is 91.75 - by far the worst for any team in any season. Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018 had the previous worst powerplay bowling average in a season (68.38)

Approaching Milestones:

2 - Mayank Agarwal (98) needs two sixes to reach 100 sixes in the IPL.

4 - Virat Kohli (246) needs another four sixes to reach 250 sixes.

5 - Glenn Maxwell (45) needs five more catches to reach 50 catches in IPL.

5 - Jaydev Unadkat (95) needs another five wickets to reach 100 wickets in IPL.

9 - Faf du Plessis (391) needs another nine fours to reach 400 fours in IPL.

98 - Aiden Markram (902) needs another ninety-eight runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL.