In the 53rd game of IPL 2018, the hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) will meet against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur) on Saturday afternoon. It is the must-win game for both teams as RCB and RR are at the fifth and sixth position respectively with 12 points each.

Both teams have played 13 games in this season and both have won six matches. Earlier in this season, they met once at Bengaluru on April 15 when RR beat RCB by 19 runs.

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

Also read: Match 53 (RR vs RCB) – Five things to Look out for

Form in the IPL 2018

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

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

Early meeting in this season: RR won by 19 runs at Bengaluru on April 15

(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)
(Notes: excluded the over-reduction innings. For RR: excluded their away game against Delhi Daredevils.)

(Total wickets taken with different bowling styles) 

(Men in-form) 
 

Head-to-head IPL records between RR and RCB

Important IPL stats at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur)     

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Important IPL stats between RR and RCB

(Team Stats)

(Individual Stats)

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Other important stats

• RCB skipper Virat Kohli (398 sixes) needs to hit two more sixes to complete 400 sixes in his professional career.
• RCB skipper Virat Kohli (195 sixes) needs to hit five more sixes to complete 200 sixes in T20 career on the Indian soil. He will be the 6th batsman to achieve that feat.
• RCB skipper Virat Kohli (4,944 runs) needs to score 56 more runs to complete 5,000 runs in IPL career. There is no batsman to achieve this feat in IPL career.