Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will meet on Sunday’s (08/04/2018) second encounter of IPL 2018 at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). Both teams are looking for a victory in their season opener.
KKR is the two-time IPL champions (2012 and 2014) while RCB has no IPL trophy. However, RCB has reached the final for thrice (2009, 2011 and 2016) but never claimed that trophy.
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Before the start of the match, we are looking at some important stats of KKR and RCB, which are related to the upcoming match.
Head-to-head IPL records between KKR vs RCB
| KKR vs RCB | Matches | KKR won | RCB won | Tied/No result |
| In overall venue | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0/0 |
| At Eden Gardens (Kolkata) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0/0 |
Important IPL stats at Eden Gardens (Kolkata)
| Stats | Overall | KKR | RCB |
| Highest total | 204/2 (18.2 overs) by KXIP against KKR on April 4, 2010 | 200/3 (20 overs) against KXIP on April 4, 2010 | 186/1 (18.4 overs) against KKR on May 16, 2016 |
| Lowest total (completed innings) | 49 (9.4 overs) by RCB against KKR on April 23, 2017 | 109 (19.2 overs) against CSK on March 16, 2010 | 49 (9.4 overs) against KKR on April 23, 2017 |
| Highest individual score | 110* by Mahela Jayawardene (KXIP) against KKR on April 4, 2010 | 93 by Gautam Gambhir against RCB on April 28, 2012 | 102* by Chris Gayle against KKR on April 22, 2011 |
| Best bowling in an innings | 5/19 by Sunil Narine (KKR) against KXIP on April 15, 2012 | 5/19 by Sunil Narine against KXIP on April 15, 2012 | 3/16 by Yuzvendra Chahal against KKR on April 23, 2017 |
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Important IPL stats between KKR and RCB
(Team stats)
| Stats | KKR | RCB |
| Highest total | 222/3 (20 overs) at Bengaluru on April 18, 2008 | 186/1 (18.4 overs) at Kolkata on May 16, 2016 |
| Lowest total (completed innings) | 131 (19.3 overs) at Kolkata on April 23, 2017 | 49 (9.4 overs) at Kolkata on April 23, 2017 |
| Largest victory (by runs) | 140 runs at Bengaluru on April 18, 2008 | – |
| Largest victory (by wickets) | 7 wickets at Kolkata on March 14, 2010 | 9 wickets for twice |
(Individual stats)
| Stats | KKR | RCB |
| Highest individual score | 158* by Brendon McCullum at Bengaluru on April 18, 2008 | 102* by Chris Gayle at Kolkata on April 22, 2011 |
| Best bowling in an innings | 4/18 by Lakshmipathy Balaji at Bengaluru on April 10, 2012 | 3/16 by Yuzvendra Chahal at Kolkata on April 23, 2017 and by Varun Aaron at Sharjah April 24, 2014 |
| Most runs scored (in career) | 475 by Gautam Gambhir | 532 by Chris Gayle |
| Most wickets were taken (in career) | 13 by Sunil Narine | 13 by Vinay Kumar |
Other important IPL stats
- This match will be the 150th IPL match for Robin Uthappa and all as non-captain. He will become to play most IPL matches as non-captain. Currently, Uthappa has levelled with Yusuf Pathan in this list as both have played 149 IPL matches as non-captain.
- RCB has never beat KKR in IPL when they batted first. They have won nine times against KKR in IPL and all of those times they were chasing.
- It will be also the 150th IPL match for Virat Kohli and he has played all those matches for RCB. Kohli will become the first ever player to play 150 IPL matches for any single team.
- RCB batsman Brendon McCullum (8,992 runs) will need just 8 runs to complete 9,000 runs in his T20 career. After Chris Gayle (11,068 runs), McCullum will be the second player to reach 9,000 runs mark in T20 career.
