The defending champions Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match of IPL 2019. These two teams have faced each other 22 times in the past with CSK winning on 14 occasions and RCB on just 7 (one match produced no result).
These two teams have also met each other in the final of the IPL once, in the 2011 edition. On that occasion, it was CSK who came out on top, defeating RCB by 58 runs to lift their second IPL trophy.
Let us now take a look at some of the key stats from the CSK vs RCB matches.
Batting performances
208/5 scored by CSK in IPL 2012 is the highest team total in CSK vs RCB matches.
82/6 by CSK in IPL 2013 is the lowest team total in CSK vs RCB matches.
732 runs scored by Virat Kohli of RCB is the highest number of runs scored by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
95 by Murali Vijay of CSK in the final of the 2011 IPL is the highest individual score by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
16 half-centuries have been scored in CSK vs RCB matches.
263 sixes have been hit in CSK vs RCB matches.
35 sixes hit by MS Dhoni of CSK is the highest number of sixes by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
6 half-centuries scored by Virat Kohli is the highest number of half-centuries by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
Bowling performances
15 wickets taken by Albie Morkel of CSK is the highest number of wickets by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
4/10 by Ashish Nehra of CSK is the best bowling performance by a player in CSK vs RCB matches.
Wicket-keeping performances
18 dismissals by MS Dhoni are the most by a wicket-keeper in CSK vs RCB matches.
Fielding performances
10 catches taken by Suresh Raina of CSK is the highest number of catches by a player(s) in CSK vs RCB matches.
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