Chennai Super Kings (11/10) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8/11)

12 April 2022

• Chennai Super Kings have won 10 of their last 12 games against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (L2), including their last three on the bounce; in fact, against no other team have Chennai won more games in the competition than Bangalore (18).
• This is only the second instance when Chennai Super Kings have lost four consecutive matches in the Indian Premier League; the only other instance was in 2010 edition, however the team from Chennai ended the season winning the competition.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore have averaged a boundary once every 5.9 balls while batting in the Indian Premier League, the best rate for any active team excluding the new entrants in the competition (tied with Mumbai Indians).
• Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings – 50 wickets) requires two more wickets in the last over of an innings (Over number 20) to become the highest wicket-taker in such overs in Indian Premier League history, only Lasith Malinga (51) has more such wickets than the West Indies bowler in the competition.
• Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore - 149) is one dismissal away in becoming the second wicketkeeper in Indian Premier League history to rack up 150 dismissals; only MS Dhoni (161) has more dismissals in the tournament than Karthik.