In the 35th game of IPL 2018, hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune) on Saturday afternoon. In the latest points table (updated till May 4), CSK is at the second position with 12 points while RCB is at the sixth position with 6 points.

In the ongoing IPL season, CSK has played nine games and won six of them while RCB has played eight games and won three of them. The Saturday game will be the third away game for RCB while CSK will play their fifth home game in this season at the same time.

Earlier in this season, CSK and RCB met once at Bengaluru on April 25 where CSK clinched a thrilling 5-wicket victory with just 2 balls to spare.

Before the beginning of the game, we are looking at some important stats of CSK and RCB, which are related to the upcoming match.

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Form in the IPL 2018

CSK (in last five matches) – Won, Won, Lost, Won and Lost

RCB (in last five matches) – Lost, Won, Lost, Lost and Won

Early meeting in this season: CSK won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls to spare) at Bengaluru on April 25.

 (Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)  

 (Total wickets taken with different bowling styles) 

(Men in-form)

Head-to-head IPL records between CSK and RCB

Important IPL stats at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune)

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Important IPL stats between CSK and RCB

(Team Stats)

(Individual stats)

Other important stats

• CSK has won all their last five IPL games against RCB.
• CSK batsman Ambati Rayudu (99 sixes) needs to hit one more six to complete his 100 IPL sixes. The right-handed batsman will be 16^th IPL cricketer to achieve this feat.
• CSK batsman Shane Watson (2,939 runs) needs to score 61 more runs to complete his 3,000 IPL career runs.
• RCB pacer Umesh Yadav (499 wickets) needs to take one more wicket to complete his 500 wickets in professional cricket.