IPL 2021: RR vs DC, Stats Preview: Upcoming records and approaching milestones
Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals will clash in the seventh match of this edition of IPL on 15th April 2021. This game will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This will be a battle of two young captains Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson, who are leading for the first time in IPL this season.
Delhi Capitals registered a comfortable victory in their first match against CSK. They chased down a total of 189 runs with 10 balls to spare in that game. Sanju Samson smashed a marvellous century in his first match as captain against Punjab Kings. Though RR could not win that high-scoring clash, they did show some fight.
Let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the clash between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals:
175 – In the last 5 IPL matches played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, the average first innings score has been 175. The last game at this ground saw both teams scoring over 215 runs. The chasing teams have won 3 of the 5 games at the venue.
102– Prithvi Shaw has scored 898 IPL runs in 39 innings and needs 102 more runs to reach the 1000 mark.
11– Shikhar Dhawan has aggregated 5282 runs in IPL and needs 11 runs to become the third-highest run-getter in the league.
249 – Ravi Ashwin has picked up 249 wickets in 248 T20 matches so far. He needs 1 more wicket to become the third Indian bowler after Piyush Chawla (262) and Amit Mishra (256) to complete 250 T20 wickets.
67 – Ajinkya Rahane has accumulated 3933 runs in 140 IPL innings. He is 67 runs away from completing 4000 runs in the tournament.
157.41 – With Ben Stokes getting ruled out of the whole season, Jos Buttler might open the innings for Rajasthan Royals against DC. His strike rate of 157.41 as an opener is the best in IPL history with a minimum of 1000 runs scored.
30 – Amit Mishra has picked up 30 wickets in 19 matches he has played against Rajasthan Royals, which is the most by any bowler against the franchise. He has bowled at an economy of 6.90 and an average of 16.10 in these games.
225 – Among the current players, Delhi captain Rishabh Pant has scored the most runs (225) in the matches between these two sides. He is followed by Shreyas Iyer (193), Shikhar Dhawan (192), and Sanju Samson (160).