IPL 2022: DC vs RCB, Stats Preview – Upcoming records and approaching milestones

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be squaring off in the 27th match of IPL 2022 to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams have reached the playoffs but couldn’t make the finals last season, with DC finishing third and RCB finishing fourth.

So far in this season, RCB has won three matches and DC has won two matches, while both the teams have lost two. Delhi Capitals are playing their first match at Wankhede this season, while RCB defeated RR in their only match at this ground.

Meanwhile, let’s have a look at some of the important stats and numbers ahead of match 27 between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to head – Both teams have faced each other 27 times in the IPL, with RCB winning 16 and DC winning only 10. One of the games ended in a no result.

913 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli against Delhi Capitals in the IPL, which is the most by any player against them. He also has a remarkable average of 53.70 against them. He requires more 87 runs to complete 1000 runs against DC.

35 – Runs needed by Prithvi Shaw to reach 1500 runs in the IPL for Delhi Capitals. He will become the sixth player to score as many runs for the team after Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and David Warner.

50 – Mohammed Siraj will be playing his 50th IPL match for RCB, becoming the fourth specialist bowler to play 50 or more matches for the team. The first three are Yuzvendra Chahal, Vinay Kumar and Harshal Patel.

3 – Mohammed Siraj needs to take three more wickets to overtake Sreenath Aravind and Anil Kumble, and enter the top-five in most wickets for RCB in the IPL.

4 – Delhi Capitals have won four of their last five IPL matches at the Wankhede Stadium.

877 – Runs scored by David Warner against RCB in T20 cricket, the most by any player against them. His average of 51.59 is also the highest among all players who batted at least ten innings against RCB.

1 – David Warner needs to hit one more six to become the first player to hit 50 sixes against RCB in T20 cricket.

131 – Runs scored by Dinesh Karthik in this IPL season. He has been dismissed only once.

1 – Glenn Maxwell (99) is one match away from featuring in 100 IPL matches.

2 – Axar Patel (48) requires two sixes to complete the milestone of 50 maximums in the league.