IPL 2024: Eliminator, RR vs RCB Stats Preview – Players approaching milestones, stats, and records

RR vs RCB ( Photo source : IPL )

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Eliminator of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday, May 24, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. Both teams met each other in the 19th match of the ongoing IPL at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, in Jaipur, where the Rajasthan Royals defeated the Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets.

Speaking about the Royals, The middle-order players were very consistent as both Riyan Parag and Skipper Sanju Samson aggregated 531 and 504 runs, respectively. They both have scored 500+ runs in the ongoing tournament in 12 and 13 Innings and have an average of 59.0 and 56.0 respectively. They also average 50+ in the ongoing tournament, striking at 152.59 and 156.52, respectively. In the bowling department, Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker for Royals who has picked 17 wickets in just 13 Innings with an average of 27.58 and strike Rate of 17.64 and has conceded runs with an economy of just 9.38, also bowling at death. Royals would look to beat Challengers and make their way to the Qualifier 2.

Speaking about the King, Virat Kohli is in magnificent form and is the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 708 runs in just 14 Innings, at a fantastic average of 64.36 and a superb strike rate of 155.60. Also, Kohli has smashed his century against the same opponents in the ongoing league. In the bowling department, Yash Dayal is the leading wicket-taker for Challengers who has picked 15 wickets in just 13 Innings with an average of 28.13 and strike Rate of 18.86 and has conceded runs with an economy of just 8.94. He has bowled most of the matches at Chinnaswamy which is always difficult ground for bowlers to bowl. Challengers would also look to beat Royals and make their way to the Qualifier 2.

Speaking about the last game of the Royals, unfortunately, the last game of the Royals was abandoned because of rain. Speaking about the last game of the Challengers, Skipper Faf Du Plessis 54(39) played magnificent innings which helped the Royals to post the huge total in a must-win game. Virat Kohli 47(29) and Rajat Patidar 41(23) played fantastic Innings and gave excellent support to Faf Du Plessis.

Challengers also got very good support from other batters, as a result, they posted a huge total of 218. Speaking about the bowling of Challengers, Glenn Maxwell (4-0-25-1) bowled beautifully in the high-scoring game which helped Challengers to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 191, where they had to restrict CSK under 200 to qualify for playoffs.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru clash:

RR vs RCB Head-to-Head: RR and RCB have met 30 times in the tournament’s history with the Royals winning on thirteen occasions and the Challengers clinching just fifteen victories. Two games resulted in No Result.

3 – Ravichandran Ashwin (47) needs three catches to reach 50 catches in IPL.

3 – Glenn Maxwell (47) needs three more catches to reach 50 catches in the IPL.

5 – Lockie Ferguson (45) needs another five wickets to reach 50 wickets in IPL.

29 – Virat Kohli needs 29 runs to reach 8000 runs in IPL.