A much-awaited Indian Premier League 2019 opener witnessed one of the worst batting performances in the tournament history. Royal Challengers Bangalore who has one of the best batting line-ups, suffered another familiar collapse and bowled out on just 70-runs against the defending champion Chennai Super Kings in their forte, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai and handed CSK a 7-wicket win.
It was the third time when RCB has played a season opener and every time they have been on the losing side. It is hard to believe that despite having a few of the world's best batsmen, RCB has the worst possible numbers in the tournament's history. On the other hand, CSK continued their dominance over RCB and won the 7th game in a row against their counterparts.
Stats:
RCB in season openers
| Result | Margin | Opponent | Year |
|---|
| Lost |
140 runs |
KKR |
2008 |
Lost |
35 runs |
SRH |
2017 |
Lost |
7 wickets |
CSK |
2019 |
Most consecutive wins vs a team in IPL
| Wins | For | Against | Time Period |
|---|
| 8 |
MI |
KKR |
2015-18* |
8 |
RCB |
DD (DCS) |
2011-15 |
8 |
KKR |
KXIP |
2014-17 |
7 |
CSK |
DD (DCS) |
2012-15 |
7 |
RR |
DD (DCS) |
2013-18 |
7 |
CSK |
RCB |
2014-19* |
* Yet to lose
Royal Challengers Bangalore's total of 70 is their 3rd lowest and 6th overall in the tournament's history. The lowest total also belongs to them.
Lowest totals for RCB in IPL (Below 100)
| Total | Opponent | Venue | Year |
|---|
| 49 |
KKR |
Kolkata |
2017 |
70 |
RR |
Abu Dhabi |
2014 |
70 |
CSK |
Chennai |
2019 |
82 |
KKR |
Bengaluru |
2008 |
87 |
CSK |
Port Elizabeth |
2009 |
96 |
RPS |
Pune |
2017 |
It was Royal Challengers Bangalore's one of the worst batting performances that saw their 10 players restricted into single figure scores.
Most single figure scores in an innings in IPL
| S.F.S | For | Against | Venue | Year |
|---|
| 11 |
RCB |
KKR |
Kolkata |
2017 |
10 |
RCB |
KKR |
Bangaluru |
2008 |
10 |
RCB |
RPS |
Pune |
2017 |
10 |
RCB |
CSK |
Chennai |
2019 |
Before the start of the play, Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli were 15 and 52 runs away from becoming the first batsman to reach 5,000 runs in IPL and it was the former who got there first in his 173rd innings.
TOP 5 batsman with most runs in IPL
| SN | Batsman | Matches | Runs | 100 | 50 | SR |
|---|
| 1. |
Suresh Raina |
177 |
5,004 |
1 |
35 |
138.16 |
2. |
Virat Kohli |
164 |
4,954 |
4 |
34 |
130.76 |
3. |
Rohit Sharma |
173 |
4,493 |
1 |
34 |
131.02 |
4. |
Gautam Gambhir |
154 |
4,217 |
0 |
36 |
123.88 |
5. |
Robin Uthappa |
165 |
4,129 |
0 |
23 |
131.70 |
First to reach in IPL:
1000 Runs - Adam Gilchrist
2000 Runs - Suresh Raina
3000 Runs - Suresh Raina
4000 Runs - Virat Kohli
5000 Runs - Suresh Raina*
- Now Harbhajan Singh has the joint most wickets (23) against the Royals Challengers Bangalore along with Ashish Nehra.
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