In the 29th game of IPL 2018, hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will meet against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru) on Sunday night. In the latest points table (updated till April 28), KKR is at the fourth position with 6 points while RCB is at the seventh position with 4 points.
KKR has played seven games in this season and won thrice of them. Meanwhile, RCB has played six game in this season out of which they have won twice. The Sunday night game will be the fifth home game of this season for RCB while it will be also the fourth away game of this season for KKR.
Earlier, they met once each other in this season at Kolkata on April 8 where KKR beat RCB by 4 wickets with 7 balls to spare.
Before the beginning of the new game, we are looking at some important stats of RCB and KKR, which are related to the upcoming match.
Form in the IPL 2018
RCB (in last five matches) – Won, Lost, Lost, Won and Lost
KKR (in last five matches) – Lost, Won, Won, Lost and Lost
Early meeting in this season: KKR won by 4 wickets with 7 balls to spare at Kolkata on April 8.
(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)
(Total wickets taken with different bowling styles) 
(Men in-form) 
Head-to-head IPL records between RCB and KKR
Important IPL stats at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)
Important IPL stats between RCB and KKR
(Team Stats)
(Individual Stats)
Other important stats
- KKR leg-spinner Piyush Chawla (48 wickets) needs to take 2 more wickets to complete his 50 IPL wickets for KKR. After Sunil Narine (103 IPL wickets for KKR), he will be the second KKR bowler to achieve this feat.
- KKR batsman Robin Uthappa (1,969 runs) needs to score 31 more runs to complete his 2,000 IPL runs for KKR. He will be the second KKR batsman to achieve this feat after former KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir (3,035 IPL runs for KKR).
- KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik (19,995 runs) needs to score 5 more runs to complete 20,000 runs in his professional cricketing career.
- RCB pacer Umesh Yadav (497 wickets) needs to take 3 more wickets to complete his 500 wickets in the professional cricketing career.
