Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their ninth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday (October 17).
Rajasthan Royals who have six points from eight matches have lost five of their last six matches and are in a position from where they can't afford any more losses so it's a must-win contest for them to get their campaign back on track.
Captain Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson have to step up with bat and in bowling Jofra Archer has been doing very well but he isn't getting much support from other bowlers and that's a major worry for the team.
On the other side, Royal Challengers Bangalore with ten points from eight matches is sitting at third position but they're coming with a loss in the last match and will look to bounce back. In the last match their batting in middle overs was very poor and the demotion of AB de Villiers didn't work either.
Aaron Finch has to give a quick start and captain Kohli needs to attack in the middle overs and de Villiers too has to bat sensibly. In the bowling they have been good so far and except Siraj all other bowlers are in fine form and once again they need to step up.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 33rd match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 21
Rajasthan Royals won - 10
Royal Challengers Bangalore won - 9
No results - 2
6.84 - Shreyas Gopal's bowling average against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. He has taken 13 wickets in just 5 matches against them.
14 - Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 14 wickets at 12.50 in 10 matches against Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
17 - AB de Villiers needs 17 more runs to go past Suresh Raina's tally of 609 runs and become leading run scorer against Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
200 - Virat Kohli needs to hit 3 more sixes to complete 200 sixes in Indian Premier League.
1000 - Steven Smith needs 78 more runs to complete 1000 runs for Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
2017 - Ben Stokes hasn't scored a fifty plus score in Indian Premier League since 2017. He has gone 27 innings without scoring a fifty in the IPL since then.
4000 - AB de Villiers needs 46 more runs to complete 4000 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
