RCB will have to stay away from the pair of Cummins-Klasen

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Bengaluru. In the 30th match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. Hyderabad’s record at Chinnaswamy ground is not good. They have played a total of nine matches on this ground, out of which they have won only two matches. Let’s take a look at some interesting statistics related to this match.

Another record can be added to Kohli’s account

If Kohli scores 118 more runs in Chinnaswamy, he will become the first player to score 3000 runs on any one ground in IPL. Kohli’s strike rate (about 140) against Hyderabad is the highest in IPL. Also, the winning percentage of Hyderabad team in Chinnaswamy is only 25. In such a situation, Kohli has every chance to reach this record.

excessive change

The RCB team has used 19 players so far in IPL 2024. In terms of making the most changes, he is second only to Delhi Capitals (20 changes). After the first match, RCB has made a total of 10 changes so far. Mohammad Siraj is the only bowler in the bowling order who has played every match so far. However, so far he has been able to take only four wickets this season and his economy has been 10.4.

Difficult to handle Klaasen in the last overs

In the last four years in T20 cricket, Heinrich Klaasen has taken his strike rate in the death overs from 149 to 243. In IPL, he has scored a total of 163 runs during the death overs since 2023 and his strike rate has been 187. This season, he has batted during the death overs in three innings and during this he has scored 109 runs at a strike rate of 235. Klaasen has the second highest strike rate when facing at least 40 balls during the death overs in this IPL. Dinesh Karthik remains at the first position with a strike rate of 250.

Brilliant bowling by Captain Cummins

The performance of Australian fast bowlers has been very poor in this IPL season. Apart from Pat Cummins, no Australian bowler has taken even five wickets. Also, apart from Cummins, every Australian bowler has bowled with an economy of more than nine. However, Cummins has performed brilliantly with the ball, taking six wickets with an economy of only 7.3.

Poor performance of RCB bowlers in powerplay

RCB have had their worst bowling figures in the powerplay so far this season. They have taken only four wickets in all the matches played so far, which is the least compared to any team. Also, he has bowled with an economy rate of 10.2. In this IPL, no bowler of his team has taken more than one wicket in the powerplay. Also, his team’s bowling average during powerplay is 91.8, which is the highest in IPL 2024.

–INS

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