IPL 2019, Match 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians – Statistical Highlights
Mar 29, 2019 at 12:46 AM
On Thursday (28th March) night, Mumbai Indians (MI) beat the host side Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). It was the first victory for MI in this IPL season.
RCB captain Virat Kohli decided to field first after winning the toss. The visiting side MI scored 187/8 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, the host side managed to score 181/5 (20 overs). MI won the match by six runs.
Brief Scores: MI – 187/8 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 48, Suryakumar Yadav 38; Yuzvendra Chahal 4/38)
RCB – 181/5 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 70*, Virat Kohli 46; Jasprit Bumrah 3/20)
Result – MI won by six runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
MI
i) MI scored 187/8 in 20 overs.
- It was the third highest total for MI at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). Their top two T20 totals in this list are 209/7 (20 overs) and 191/4 (20 overs) both against RCB.
(Players’ stats)
Rohit Sharma
i) Rohit Sharma has scored 661 IPL runs against RCB.
- Rohit Sharma is the joint second most run-scorer against RCB in the IPL history (Suresh Raina has also scored 661 IPL runs against RCB). MS Dhoni is leading the table with 710 IPL runs against RCB.
Kieron Pollard
i) By the end of this match, Kieron Pollard has scored 2,502 IPL runs for MI.
- Kieron Pollard is the second batsman to score 2,500+ IPL runs for MI. Rohit Sharma (3,385 IPL runs for MI) was the first man to achieve this feat.
Yuzvendra Chahal
i) RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had the bowling figures of 4-0-38-4.
- It was the second best bowling figures by a spinner in the T20 encounters between RCB and MI. The record is 4/9 by Samuel Badree (RCB) at Bengaluru on 14th April 2017.
ii) By the end of this match, Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up 53 T20 wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).
- Yuzvendra Chahal is the third Indian bowler to pick up 50 or more T20 wickets on a single ground. Amit Mishra (69 T20 wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi) and Harbhajan Singh (53 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai) were the first two Indians to achieve this feat.
Virat Kohli
i) By the end of this match, Virat Kohli has scored 5,000 IPL runs. He has scored all of these runs for RCB.
- Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score 5,000 IPL runs for a team.
- Virat Kohli is the second batsman to score 5,000 or more IPL runs. Suresh Raina (5,034 runs) was the first batsman to achieve this feat.
ii) Virat Kohli has scored 675 runs against MI.
- Virat Kohli is the second most T20 run-scorer against MI. He surpassed MS Dhoni who has scored 669 T20 runs against MI. The record holder is Suresh Raina who has scored 813 runs against the Mumbai franchise.
AB de Villiers
i) By the end of this match, AB de Villiers has scored 4,032 IPL runs.
- He is the first South African batsman to score 4,000 or more IPL runs.
- AB de Villiers is the third overseas cricketer to score 4,000 or more IPL runs. David Warner (4,099 runs) and Chris Gayle (4,093 runs) were the first two overseas cricketers to achieve this feat.
- AB de Villiers became the tenth batsman to score 4,000 or more IPL runs.