IPL STATS : March 28- May 31, 2026

Most matches before captaining in IPL

200 - Ravindra Jadeja

153 - Manish Pandey

148 - Axar Patel

137 - Kieron Pollard

126 - Suryakumar Yadav

119 - Ishan Kishan* 🏀

Successful 200-plus chases for RCB in IPL

228 vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025

204 vs KXIP, Bengaluru, 2010

202 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2026*

201 vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2024

- This is also the second-highest successful chase against SRH after KXIP gunned down 206 runs at Hyderabad in 2014.

Least overs taken to complete a 200-plus chase in IPL

15.4 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2026*

15.5 - RR vs GT, Jaipur, 2025

16.0 - RCB vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2024

16.3 - MI vs RCB, Wankhede, 2023

17.3 - DC vs GL, Delhi, 2017

Virat Kohli in his first game:

IPL 2025: 59* (36) vs KKR, Kolkata

IPL 2026: 69* (38) vs SRH, Bengaluru

Virat Kohli’s last 5 scores vs SRH

100 (63)

42 (20)

51 (43)

43 (25)

69* (38) — today

Most runs in IPL chases

4027 - Virat Kohli*

3285 - David Warner

3238 - Rohit Sharma

2843 - Shikhar Dhawan

2832 - Robin Uthappa

Highest first 10 overs totals for RCB in IPL

129/0 vs KXIP, Bengaluru, 2016

128/0 vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013

126/2 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2026*

RCB has not successfully chased a 190-plus target against SRH in the previous six attempts.🥏

Pace vs Spin in this innings

Pace: 8/145 in 15 overs, ER: 9.66

Spin: 1/54 in 5 overs, ER: 10.8

Ishan Kishan as captain in T20s

Inngs: 29

Runs: 1158

Avg: 44.53

SR: 165.7

50s/100s: 5/4

HS: 113*

– Only Thisara Perera (166.27) has a higher strike rate than Ishan Kishan among captains with 1000-plus T20 runs.

Highest scores on IPL captaincy debut

119 - Sanju Samson (RR) vs PBKS, 2021

99* - Mayank Agarwal (PBKS) vs DC, 2021

93* - Shreyas Iyer (DC) vs KKR, 2018

88 - Faf du Plessis (RCB) vs PBKS, 2022

83 - Jieron Pollard (MI) vs PBKS, 2019

80 - Ishan Kishan (SRH) vs RCB, 2026*

Ishan Kishan in his first game:

2025: 106* (47) vs RR, Hyderabad

2026: 80 (38) vs RCB, Bengaluru

Least balls taken to 3000 IPL runs (Indian)

2028 - Rishabh Pant

2082 - Yusuf Pathan

2130 - Suryakumar Yadav

2135 - Suresh Raina

2152 - MS Dhoni

2180 - Ishan Kishan*

2203 - KL Rahul

Travis Head vs Jocob Duffy in T20s

Inngs: 4

Runs: 22

Balls: 19

Dismissals: 3

Avg: 7.33

SR: 115.8

16th time Abhishek Sharma has got off the mark with a six in T20 Cricket, this is the fifth instance in ipl

Above credit to cricbuzz below credit to Cricinfo

21 Number of balls Devdutt Padikkal took to complete his half-century against SRH, the fastest of his 13 fifty-plus scores in the IPL. It is his second fastest in all T20s, behind the 20-ball fifty against Jharkhand in 2019.

7 Fifty-plus scores for Virat Kohli against SRH in the IPL, the most by any batter, going past Faf du Plessis and Sanju Samson. Kohli's 874 runs against SRH are also the most against them in the league.

71.72 Partnership average between Kohli and Padikkal in IPL chases, the highest for any pair with 500-plus runs. The pair's run rate of 9.44 is the fourth highest among the 29 pairs with 500-plus runs in IPL chases. They have shared three 100-plus stands in 13 IPL chases, behind Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa's four.

3 for 22 Jacob Duffy's bowling figures against SRH are the fifth best for any bowler in their maiden IPL game for RCB. Only seven bowlers before him had taken three wickets in the powerplay for RCB.

3 Dismissals for Travis Head against Duffy in four T20 innings, for 22 runs in 19 balls. Abhishek Sharma, who also got out to Duffy, had previously scored 81 runs off 31 balls against him while being dismissed once.

24 Number of sixes Aniket Verma has hit in his IPL career so far, in just 160 balls. Aniket's balls per six ratio of 6.67 is the third best among all batters with 20-plus sixes, behind Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (5.08) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (6.43).

233 Number of T20 matches David Payne played before making his IPL debut, the most by any player. Dawid Malan played 227 T20 games before his IPL debut in 2021.

Payne had 304 T20 wickets before Saturday's debut, the most by any player at the time of IPL debut. Adil Rashid's 232 wickets are the second most, while Jacob Duffy, another debutant on Saturday, is third with 189 wickets

🪀 The Mumbai Indians lost their 13th consecutive opening game of a season in the IPL 2025. The last time MI won their opening match of a season was way back in 2012.

Most matches by an overseas player in the IPL

190 - Sunil Narine*

189 - Kieron Pollard

184 - AB de Villiers

184 - David Warner

161 - DJ Bravo

Stats

Most times successfully chasing 200-plus in IPL

8 - PBKS

6 - MI*

4 - RR

4 - SRH

4 - RCB

Most wins against an opponent at a venue in the IPL

11 - MI vs KKR at Wankhede (13 mats)*

9 - KKR vs PBKS at Kolkata (14 mats)

9 - SRH vs PBKS at Hyderabad (10 mats)

Most wins against a team in the IPL

25 - MI vs KKR (36 mats)*

21 - CSK vs RCB (35 mats)

21 - KKR vs PBKS (35 mats)

21 - MI vs CSK (39 mats)

21 - MI vs DC (37 mats)

The first win for the Mumbai Indians in the opening game of an IPL season since 2012 after losing 13th successive matches.

Highest successful IPL run-chases

262 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024

246 - SRH vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025

228 - RCB vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025

224 - RR vs PBKS, Sharjah, 2020

224 - RR vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024

221 - MI vs KKR, Wankhede, 2026*

The previous highest for MI was 219 runs against CSK at Delhi in 2021. The previous highest at Wankhede in IPL was 213 runs by MI vs RR in 2023.

Highest partnerships for MI in the IPL

167* - Rohit & Gibbs vs KKR, Kolkata, 2012 (2nd wkt)

163* - Dwayne Smith & S Tendulkar vs RR, Jaipur, 2012 (1st wkt)

148 - Rohit & Ricketton vs KKR, Wankhede, 2026 (1st wkt)*

143* - Suryakumar & Tilak Varma vs SRH, Wankhede, 2024 (4th wkt)

Most runs against an opponent in IPL

1161 - Rohit Sharma vs KKR*

1159 - Virat Kohli vs PBKS

1146 - Virat Kohli vs CSK

1134 - David Warner vs PBKS

1130 - Virat Kohli vs DC

1093 - David Warner vs KKR

Most 50-plus scores in IPL

72 - Virat Kohli

66 - David Warner

53 - Shikhar Dhawan

50 - Rohit Sharma*

45 - KL Rahul

23-ball is the quickest IPL fifty for Rohit Sharma. The previous fastest for him was 25 balls against CSK in the 2015 final at Eden Gardens.

Ajinkya Rahane in the season opener

IPL 2025: 56 (31) vs RCB, Eden Gardens

IPL 2026: 67 (40) vs MI, Wankhede

- 5 sixes is the joint-most Rahane hits in a T20 innings.

67 runs by Rahane is the highest individual score by a KKR captain against MI in the IPL.

Travis Head scores vs KKR

75* (47)

0 (2)

0 (1)

4 (2)

76 (40)

46 (21) — today

Highest Powerplay totals for SRH in IPL

125/0 vs DC, Delhi, 2024 🪀🏓

107/0 vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2024

94/1 vs RR, Hyderabad, 2025

84/2 vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2024

84/1 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2026*

This is also the second-highest powerplay total against KKR after 93/1 by PBKS at the same ground in 2024.

STAT: Ajinkya Rahane is the 11th player to play 200th IPL game

Chahal vs Gill in T20s

Inns: 9

Balls: 57

Runs: 69

Dismissals: 4

Avg: 17.25

SR: 121.05

Sai Sudharsan vs M Jansen in T20s

Inns: 4

Runs: 31

Balls: 25

Dismissals: 2

SR: 124.0

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five games this season have been won by the chasing side, and this is the first win for an away team.

Sameer Rizvi for DC

4 (4)

20 (15)

39 (35)

58* (25)

70* (47)

119* runs stand is also the second-highest by a pair after being four down for less than 30 runs in an IPL innings, behind 134* runs added by Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan for KKR against GL at Eden Gardens in 2016.

119* runs stand between Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs is DC’s highest for 5th wicket or lower in IPL, bettering 111* added by KL Rahul & Stubbs against RCB at Bengaluru last year.

Most successive wins for DC against a team

5 vs RR (2018-20)

5 vs SRH (2020-23)

5 vs LSG (2024-26)*

Most wickets picked by LSG inside Powerplay

4 vs MI, Lucknow, 2024

4 vs DC, Vizag, 2025

4 vs DC, Lucknow, 2026*

Most first ball wicket in IPL

5 - Mohammed Shami 🎟️

3 - Pravin Kumar

3 - Umesh Yadav

3 - Trent Boult

3 - Lasith Malinga

3 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar

3 - Ashok Dinda

3 - Pat Cummins

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2022: Shami on GT debut, dismissed KL Rahul (LSG) for a golden duck

2026: Shami on LSG debut, dismissed KL Rahul (DC) for a golden duck

KL Rahul vs Shami in IPL

Innings: 6

Runs: 43

Balls: 36

Dismissals: 3

Avg: 14.3

SR: 119.4

Dot%: 52.6

pacers today (by variations)

Slower ones: 3/10 off 13 balls, ER: 4.62

Other deliveries: 3/61 off 51 balls, ER: 7.17

*excluding wides

Pace vs Spin by DC today

Pace: 6/73 in 10.4 overs, ER: 6.84

Spin: 3/56 in 8 overs, ER: 7.0

LSG innings progression

Overs 1-6: 48/2 (RR: 8.0)

Overs 7-15: 73/4 (RR: 8.11)

Overs 16-18.4: 20/4 (RR: 5.45)

Lowest 1st innings total for LSG

141 vs DC, Lucknow, 2026*

153/8 vs PBKS, Pune, 2022

154/7 vs RR, Jaipur, 2023

158/6 vs GT, Wankhede, 2022

159/8 vs PBKS, Lucknow, 2023

Kuldeep vs LSG

Mats: 8

Wkts: 11

Avg: 21.1

SR: 16.7

ER: 7.56

Kuldeep vs Mitch Marsh in T20s

Innings: 6

Balls: 33

Runs: 49

Dismissals: 4

Avg: 12.25

SR: 148.5

Dot%: 39.3

Ngidi vs Pooran in T20s

Balls: 20

Runs: 29

Dismissals: 2

SR: 145.0

Dot%: 36.3

Markram vs Axar Patel in T20s

Innings: 9

Runs: 49

Balls: 40

Dismissals: 4

Avg: 12.25

SR: 122.5

Pant as an opener in IPL

69 (40)

2 (8)

32 (26)

1 (2)

21 (18)

7 (9) — today

Highest totals for SRH vs KKR in IPL

278/3 at Delhi, 2025

228/4 at Kolkata, 2023

226/8 at Kolkata, 2026*

209/3 at Hyderabad, 2017

4/41 by Muzarabani is the second best bowling figures for KKR against SRH after 4/30 by Prasidh Krishna at Hyderabad in 2018.

This is only the fourth win in 14 matches for SRH against KKR since 2020 and this is also SRH’s fourth win out of 12 IPL matches at Eden Gardens.

This is the first time since 2012, KKR lost their first two matches of an IPL season.

Lowest average vs SRH in IPL

10.9 - Sunil Narine*

16.8 - Hardik Pandya

20.9 - Axar Patel

22.3 - Dinesh Karthik

22.8 - Glenn Maxwell

*Min 15 innings

Rahane vs Unadkat in IPL

Inns: 7

Runs: 36

Balls: 36

Dismissals: 5 🏓

Avg: 7.2

SR: 100.0

Most runs scored in the first over of an IPL innings

26 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, 2023

24 - Prithvi Shaw (DC) vs KKR, 2021

24 - Finn Allen (KKR) vs SRH, 2026*

22 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs PBKS, 2025

21 - Naman Ojha (RR) vs KKR, 2009

21 - Sunil Narine (KKR) vs RR, 2018

Most runs scored in the first over of an IPL innings

26 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, 2023

24 - Prithvi Shaw (DC) vs KKR, 2021

24 - Finn Allen (KKR) vs SRH, 2026*

22 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs PBKS, 2025

21 - Naman Ojha (RR) vs KKR, 2009

21 - Sunil Narine (KKR) vs RR, 2018

82 runs stand between Klaasen and Nitish Reddy is SRH’s second-highest for 5th wicket or lower in IPL after 99 runs added by Klaasen and Manohar against MI at Hyderabad last year.

Most field catches for KKR in IPL

41 - Rinku Singh*

40 - Andre Russell

36 - Sunil Narine

30 - Manoj Tiwary

Abhishek Sharma vs Muzarabani in T20s

Inns: 4

Runs: 15

Balls: 15

Dismissals: 2

Most sixes for SRH in IPL

143 - David Warner

101* - Abhishek Sharma

89 - Heinrich Klaasen

64 - Kane Williamson

50 - Travis Head

CSK VS PUNJAB

Uncapped players winning multiple POTM awards vs CSK – two each by

Abhishek Sharma

Priyansh Arya

Priyansh Arya (39 off 11) is the second instance of a player winning POTM in IPL having faced 11 or fewer deliveries, having not bowled and not effected a fielding dismissal. The other to do so was Glenn Phillips (25 off seven balls for SRH vs RR in Jaipur in 2023).

Most successful 200+ chases in T20 cricket

9 Punjab Kings

7 Australia

Highest successful chases by Punjab Kings (IPL)

262 vs KKR Kolkata 2025

210 vs CSK Chennai 2026 *

206 vs CSK Abu Dhabi 2014

206 vs SRH Hyderabad 2014

206 vs RCB Navi Mumbai 2022

Most consecutive wins vs CSK at Chepauk (IPL)

5 Mumbai Indians (2012-19)

4 Punjab Kings (2023-26*)

Teams with a positive win-loss record vs CSK in IPL (10+ games)

Mumbai Indians (21-18)

Punjab Kings (17-16)

>> Only the second instance of CSK losing their first two games in a season after 2022

Sixth instance of CSK scoring 200+ against PBKS in IPL – joint most alongside an opponent alongside RCB; they have ended up losing four of the five previous instances with the only win coming in their inaugural match back in 2008.

Fifth time CSK have lost to PBKS after scoring 200+ - the most by a team against an

opponent in T20s surpassing West Indies’ four instances against Australia.

Shreyas vs R Chahar in T20s

Five innings 🍆

17 balls

Eight runs 🔥

Three dismissals

STAT: 44.8% false shots from Prabhsimran in the first 30 balls of his innings;in the last 10 years of IPL there was only one innings with a higher share of false shot % at the same point (Ryan Rickelton vs KKR at Wankhede in 2025)

STAT: 3.2 overs to 50 – the quickest team 50 against CSK in IPL and the joint fastest at Chepauk (RCB made 50 off 3.2 overs vs MI in Q2 in 2011)

Fielding one/two overseas players in the starting XI/XII (IPL)

1 PK vs SRH Hyderabad 2024

2 KKR vs CSK Chennai 2011

2 DC vs MI Mumbai BS 2022

2 MI vs RCB Pune 2022

2 MI vs SRH Mumbai WS 2024

2 MI vs KKR Kolkata 2024

2 CSK vs PK Chennai 2026 *

Sixth instance of CSK scoring 200+ against PBKS in IPL – joint most alongside an opponent alongside RCB; they have ended up losing four of the five previous instances with the only win coming in their inaugural match back in 2008.

Since IPL 2024, Arshdeep has bowled 51 wides🤣 – the joint most in the tournament alongside Mohd Siraj.

🏓STAT: Sarfaraz scores 30.5% of his runs against seamers in the ‘V’ behind the wicket (bw third man & long leg) – the highest share for any batter with 200+ runs against pace in the history IPL.🍣🍣🍊

Highest individual scores before turning 19 (IPL)

101 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi vs GT Jaipur 2025 (14y 32d) 🔥

94 Ayush Mhatre vs RCB Bengaluru 2025 (17y 291d) 🏓

73 Ayush Mhatre vs PK Chennai 2026 (18y 261d)

Ruturaj vs Chahal in T20s

Seven innings

52 balls

61 runs

Four dismissals

Avg 15.25

SR 117.30

Most 50+ scores in IPL before turning 19

3 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

2 Prithvi Shaw

2 Ayush Mhatre

At 18 years & 261 days, Mhatre is the youngest to score an IPL fifty at Chepauk.

Only the second instance of CSK fielding four players aged 21 or younger.

Ayush Mhatre (18y 261d)

Kartik Sharma (19y 342d)

Prashant Veer (20y 130d)

Noor Ahmad (21y 90d)

DC v MI

Most wins vs MI in IPL

18 - CSK (39 mats)

17 - PBKS (34 mats)

17 - DC (38 mats)*

15 - RCB (34 mats)

14 - RR (30 mats)

This is the second win in the last seven IPL matches for DC against MI. And this is DC’s just the second win in six games at Delhi since 2025 (another came via Super over against RR).

Highest score by an impact player in IPL

108* - Sai Sudharsan vs DC, Delhi, 2025

107* - Jos Buttler vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024

90 - Sameer Rizvi vs MI, Delhi, 2026*

89 - Karun Nair vs MI, Delhi, 2025

Sameer Rizvi’s last 3 scores in IPL

58* (25) vs PBKS

70* (47) vs LSG

90 (51) vs MI

Sameer Rizvi's innings today

vs Pace: 63 off 33 balls, SR: 190.9 (5x4s, 5x6s)

vs Spin: 27 off 18 balls, SR: 150.0 (2x4s, 2x6s)

– Sameer Rizvi scored 52 runs (26 balls, SR: 200.0) on the off side, just 32 runs (24 balls, SR: 133.3) towards the on side, and six runs off 1 ball in the straight zone today.

🏓90 runs by Sameer Rizvi is third highest score by a DC batter against MI in IPL after 95* by Sehwag in 2013 and 91* by Jason Roy in 2018. Seven sixes by him is also the joint-most a DC batter hit against MI alongside Pant in 2019 and Stubbs in 2024.🔥

At the 10th over mark

MI: 73/3

DC: 73/3

Most wickets in the first over in IPL

32 - Trent Boult (104 mats)

27 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (136 mats)

16 - Deepak Chahar (84 mats)*

15 - Praveen Kumar (89 mats)

13 - Sandeep Sharma (78 mats)

12 - Zaheer Khan (65 mats)

KL Rahul vs Deepak Chahar in IPL

Inngs: 13

Runs: 160

Balls: 103

Dismissals: 1 (today)

SR: 155.3

Rahul's 160 runs vs Deepak Chahar is the most runs a batter has scored off a bowler without ever being dismissed in IPL

Pace vs Spin by DC today

Pace: 4/84 in 10 overs, ER: 8.4

Spin: 2/77 in 10 overs, ER: 7.7

DC pacers today (by variations)

Slower ones: 2/31 off 24 balls, ER: 7.75

Other deliveries: 2/51 off 36 balls, ER: 8.5

S Rutherford vs leg-spin post IPL 2025 (T20s)

Runs: 86

Balls: 89

Dismissals: 6

Avg: 14.33

SR: 96.62

Dot%: 42.8

A half-century for the MI captain

MI's Suryakumar Yadav has started well today and is well poised to make a 60+ score. View Complete Forecast...

Most sixes vs an opponent in IPL

61 - Chris Gayle v PBKS

54 - Chris Gayle v KKR

51 - Rohit Sharma v DC*

50 - MS Dhoni v RCB

48 - Virat Kohli v CSK

47 - Rohit Sharma v KKR

Rohit vs Axar in IPL

Inns: 11

Runs: 67

Balls: 77

Dismissals: 4

Avg: 16.75

SR: 87.01

Dot%: 39.7

Tilak Varma vs Mukesh Kumar in IPL

Inns: 5

Runs: 26

Balls: 15

Dismissals: 4

Avg: 6.5

SR: 173.3

RR V GT

Bishnoi’s spell (by lengths)

Good: 1/15, 9 balls, ER: 10

Back-of-a-length: 3/21, 15 balls, ER: 8.4

Short: 0/4, 1 ball, ER: 24

GT run-chase

Overs 1-6: 56/0 at 9.33 RPO

Overs 7-15: 105/7 at 11.66 RPO

Overs 16-20: 43/1 at 8.6 RPO

This was the 16th instance of a team losing seven wickets (or more) in Overs 7-15 in an IPL innings, all resulting in defeats.

GT batting second in the IPL

2022 & 2023: 18 matches, 14 wins, 4 defeats, W/L: 3.5

Since 2024: 16 matches, 8 wins, 8 defeats, W/L: 1

- The 43-run stand between Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada is the second-highest for 8th wicket or lower for GT in the IPL, behind 88* between Rashid and Alzarri Joseph vs MI at Wankhede in 2023 (which is also an all-time IPL record).

4-plus wicket hauls from 7th bowling position or lower in the IPL

5/18 - Wanindu Hasaranga (RCB) vs SRH, Mumbai WS, 2022

4/6 - Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers) vs MI, Centurion, 2009

4/29 - Paul Valthaty (PBKS) vs Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad, 2011

4/29 - Yuvraj Singh (PWI) vs DC, Mumbai DYP, 2011

4/37 - Yash Thakur (LSG) vs PBKS, Mohali, 2023

4/41 - Ravi Bishnoi (RR) vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2026

45 dots in the RR innings. Of the 27 instances they have breached 200 in the IPL, only three have had a higher number of dot balls.

The team batting first has gone past 200 in eight of the 10 matches in Ahmedabad in the IPL since 2025 (including today), the two exceptions being GT’s 196/8 vs MI and RCB’s 190/9 vs PBKS (final) last year - both resulting in wins.

🏓🍣🍊

RAVI BISHNOI become youngest Indian bowler with 200 - T20 WKTS

Jaiswal-Sooryavanshi opening partnerships in the IPL

85

52

166 (vs GT)

1

5

76

37

75

70 (today) wow

Already 500 in less innings than GAMBHIR and SHEWAG did

500 runs as a pair for Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi. Of the 113 pairs to have aggregated min. 500 runs (for any wicket) in IPL history, only Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma (12.57) and Phil Salt and Sunil Narine (12.46) have gone at a quicker rate than these two (12.02).

500 runs as a pair for Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi. Of the 113 pairs to have aggregated min. 500 runs (for any wicket) in IPL history, only Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma (12.57) and Phil Salt and Sunil Narine (12.46) have gone at a quicker rate than these two (12.02).

Lucknow vs SRH This is LSG’s fifth win in seven H2H contests against SRH including three wins at Hyderabad out of four IPL games.

Rishabh Pant vs SRH Inngs: 19 Runs: 626 Avg: 44.71 SR: 143.24 100s/50s: 1/1 ball is Rishabh Pant’s second-slowest fifty in IPL, after 46 balls fifty by him for DC against RCB in 2021. This is also the slowest fifty in this IPL season.

This is LSG’s fifth win in seven H2H contests against SRH including three wins at Hyderabad out of four IPL games.

Rishabh Pant vs SRH Inngs: 19 Runs: 626 Avg: 44.71 SR: 143.24 100s/50s: 1/1

Pooran’s scores in 2026 (T20s) 12 17 33 14 17 17 2 8 1 – 9 innings, 121 runs at 13.44, SR: 117.5

SRH innings of two halves First 10 overs: 35/4 (1 X 4s, 1 X 6s) Last 10 overs: 121/5 (10 X 4s, 7 X 6s) Pace vs Spin by LSG today Pace: 6/79 in 12 overs, ER: 6.58 Spin: 2/75 in 8 overs, ER: 9.37 LSG pacers today (by variations) Slower ones: 3/9 off 16 balls, ER: 3.38 Other deliveries: 3/69 off 56 balls, ER: 7.39 *excluding wides

156/9 is the highest totals for SRH after being 4 down for less than 30 runs in IPL, bettering 154/9 against GT at Ahmedabad in 2023 when they were 29/4. 116-run stand

between Klaasen and Nitish Reddy is SRH’s highest for 5th wicket or lower in IPL, bettering 99 runs added by Klaasen and Manohar for 6th wicket against MI at Hyderabad last year.

Lowest first 10 overs totals in IPL 31/3 - KKR vs Deccan, Cape Town, 2009 32/5 - RR vs RCB, Cape Town, 2009 32/4 - MI vs KXIP, Wankhede, 2015 35/4 - SRH vs LSG,

Hyderabad, 2026* Lowest powerplay (1-6 overs) total for SRH in IPL [/b] 14/3 vs RR, Pune, 2022 20/3 vs PBKS, Sharjah, 2021 21/3 vs RR, Hyderabad, 2013 22/3 vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2026* 24/4 vs MI,

Hyderabad, 2025 This is also the lowest powerplay score against LSG by any team

Most wickets in powerplay in IPL since 2023 32 - Trent Boult 25 - Mohammed Shami* 25 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar 24 - Mohammed Siraj 24 -

Lowest aggregated by SRH top 3 in an IPL innings 6 vs RR, Jaipur, 2013 8 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2025 8 vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2026*

RCB vs CSK

RCB defending totals vs CSK

2008-2021: 16 matches, 5 wins, 11 defeats

Since 2022: 6 matches, 5 wins, 1 defeat

Most 200-plus totals in the IPL

37 - CSK

36 - RCB

33 - PBKS

32 - MI

30 - KKR

This is RCB's second-biggest win vs CSK (by runs), after their 50-run victory at Chepauk last year.

Most consecutive wins vs CSK in the IPL

5 - MI (2018-2019)

5 - PBKS (2021-2024)

4 - DC (2020-2021)

4 - RR (2021-2023)

4 - RCB (2024-2026*)

14 different batters hit at least one six in this game, a record in the IPL, bettering 13 each in two other games: DC vs MI, Delhi 2024 and PBKS vs KKR, Indore, 2018.

This is now CSK's second-longest losing streak to kick-off an IPL season; they had started their 2022 campaign with four straight defeats.

Highest scores for CSK in Overs 1-6

100/2 vs PBKS, Mumbai WS, 2014

90/0 vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2015

79/0 vs LSG, Chennai, 2023

77/3 vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2026

Three out of the above four in chases

Highest run-rate for partnership of min. 30 balls in IPL

20.68 - 131(38) - Abhishek Sharma & Travis Head vs DC, Delhi, 2024

17.27 - 167*(58) - Abhishek Sharma & Travis Head vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2024

17.02 - 105(37) - Chris Lynn & Sunil Narine vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017

16.97 - 99*(35) - Tim David & Rajat Patidar vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2026 ☘️🏓

The first three were for the opening wicket

Most sixes from No.5 or lower for RCB

9 - Yuvraj Singh vs DC, 2014

8 - AB de Villiers vs SRH, 2014

8 - Tim David vs CSK, 2026

(All in Bengaluru)

Highest aggregates in Overs 11-20 in an IPL innings

172/2 - RCB vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016

162/2 - PBKS vs CSK, Cuttack, 2014

159/2 - SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024

159/2 - RCB vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2026

19 sixes is the third most by RCB in an IPL innings, and the most for any team against CSK, surpassing 17 each by KKR (Chennai, 2018) and RR (Sharjah, 2020)

Highest inns totals for RCB

263/5 vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013

262/7 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2024

250/3 vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2026

248/3 vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016

241/7 vs PBKS, Dharamsala, 2024

200-plus first inns totals for RCB vs CSK (chronologically)

205/8 - Chennai, 2012 (Lost off the final ball)

205/8 - Bengaluru, 2018 (Lost with 2 balls to spare)

218/5 - Bengaluru, 2024 (Won by 27 runs)

213/5 - Bengaluru, 2025 (Won by 2 runs)

250/3 - Bengaluru, 2026 (today)

All previous four were last-over thrillers (effectively) - CSK needed 10 off the last two balls to qualify in 2024.

RCB inns progression

Overs 1-6: 51/1 at 8.50 RPO

Overs 7-15: 102/2 at 11.33 RPO

Overs 16-20: 97/0 at 19.40 RPO 🔥🔥

97 is the joint second-most scored by a team in Overs 16-20 in an IPL innings, alongside as many for DC vs GT in Delhi in 2024. RCB hold the record, having scored 112/2 in this phase vs Gujarat Lions at this venue in 2016.

Stat- Padikkal’s IPL strike-rate was 123.14 in 64 innings from debut (2020) to 2024; it has been 163.47 since last year.

Seamers going back-of-a-length or shorter in IPL in Bengaluru since 2025

Wickets: 14 (including Kohli’s dismissal today)

Avg: 17.21

SR: 14

ER: 7.37

14 of the 21 wickets for seamers in this phase have come via short balls. Hard lengths have been the most effective here among the 13 IPL venues since 2025 in terms of wickets, average and strike-rate.

CSK quicks in PP by lengths

Full: 0/1, 1 ball

Good: 0/40, 29 balls

Back-of-a-length: 1/9, 6 balls

Stat- This was just the fourth instance that no boundary was hit in the first three over of an IPL innings since 2024. The last such instance for RCB was against the same opponent - at DY Patil in 2022