Rajasthan Royals after a sensational 72-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous game will be all set to face Punjab Kings at their another home venue Guwahati today. Punjab Kings are also coming after a win against Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous game but still looking at the team balance on paper RR looks like a much superior side, thus it will be very interesting to see if PBKS would be able to challenge this RR side in match number 8 of IPL 2023.
Numbers and Stats before start of RR vs PBKS game:
1 - Yuzvendra Chahal needs just one wicket to surpass Lasith Malinga and become the 2nd highest wicket-taker in the IPL history.
Most wickets in IPL:
Dwayne Bravo - 183
Lasith Malinga - 170
Yuzvendra Chahal - 170
1 - This will be the first IPL game to be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
1 - Kagiso Rabada needs one more wicket to complete the milestone of picking 100 wickets in IPL.
Most wickets by an overseas bowler in IPL:
Dwayne Bravo - 183
Lasith Malinga - 170
Sunil Narine - 153
Rashid Khan - 117
Kagiso Rabada - 99
3 - RR skipper Sanju Samson is just three runs away to become the leading run-scorer for RR in T20 Cricket history.
Most runs for RR in T20 history:
Ajinkya Rahane - 3098
Sanju Samson - 3096
Shane Watson - 2474
15 - Jos Buttler needs 15 more runs to surpass Shane Watson and become the 3rd highest run-scorer for RR in the IPL.
Most runs for RR in IPL:
Sanju Samson - 2904
Ajinkya Rahane - 2810
Shane Watson - 2372
Jos Buttler - 2358
Rahul Dravid - 1276
24 - PBKS Skipper Shikhar Dhawan needs 24 more runs to complete 600 runs against RR in IPL.
Most runs vs RR in IPL:
AB de Villiers - 652
Suresh Raina - 630
Dinesh Karthik - 614
Virat Kohli - 600
Shikhar Dhawan - 576
31 - Jos Buttler needs 31 more runs to surpass Colin Munro and become 10th highest run-scorer in T20 history.
Most runs by a batsman in T20 history:
Chris Gayle - 14562
Shoaib Malik - 12528
Kieron Pollard - 12175
Virat Kohli - 11408
Aaron Finch - 11392
David Warner - 11272
Alex Hales - 10916
Rohit Sharma - 10704
Brendon McCullum - 9922
Colin Munro - 9493
Jos Buttler - 9461
