IPL 2022: LSG vs RCB, Stats Preview – Upcoming records and approaching milestones

Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be facing each other in the 31st match of IPL 2022, to be played at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams have played six matches in the season so far, winning four of them and losing two. However their record at DY Patil Stadium this season contrasts, with LSG winning all their two matches and RCB winning one and losing two matches. The winner of the match has a chance to get to the top of the table.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 31 between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2022:

1 – Wicket needed by Harshal Patel (72) to become the leading wicket-taker among pacers for RCB in the IPL, overtaking Vinay Kumar. Overall, Yuzvendra Chahal (139) has taken more wickets for the franchise.

1 – Mohammed Siraj needs one more wicket to overtake Anil Kumble and Sreenath Aravind, and enter the top five in the RCB’s all-time leading wicket-taker list in the IPL. He needs five more wickets to reach 50 wickets for RCB in the IPL.

38 – Marcus Stoinis needs 38 runs to reach 1000 runs in the IPL.

45 – Deepak Hooda needs 45 runs to reach 1000 runs in the IPL.

83.50 – Batting average of KL Rahul against RCB in the IPL. This is the highest average by any player against an opposition in the IPL (min: 10 inns). He has scored 501 IPL runs against RCB at an impressive strike rate of 151.36.

197 – Runs scored by Dinesh Karthik in this IPL season at a strike rate of 209.57, while being dismissed only once.

98 – Virat Kohli (6402) needs 98 runs to complete 6500 runs in the IPL.

6 – KL Rahul (144) requires six maximums to complete 150 sixes in the league.

23 – KL Rahul (5977) requires 23 runs to complete the milestone of 6000 runs in the T20 games.

1 – Faf du Plessis (99) is one inning away from appearing in 100 IPL innings.

5 – Hooda (45) is five big hits away from completing 50 maximums in the tournament.

32 – Quinton de Kock (2468) needs 32 runs to get to 2500 IPL runs.

3 – Krunal Pandya (47) requires three sixes to complete 50 maximums in the cash-rich league.

5 – Mohammed Siraj (45) needs five scalps to reach 50 wickets for RCB in the IPL.