May 29,RCB Playoff Stats: Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face each other in the first qualifier of IPL 2025 today. Both the teams have geared up for this match to be played at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh from 7.30 pm today. While Punjab got two days of rest before Qualifier-1, the Bangalore team will play this important match only after a gap of one day. However, the manner in which the RCB team defeated Lucknow Super Giants in their last match would have boosted the team’s confidence. RCB achieved their biggest target in IPL history.
All their batsmen appeared in form in this match. In such a situation, the team would like to make it directly to the final by winning Qualifier-1. However, RCB’s record in the playoffs has not been anything special. The team is looking for its first title. The Bangalore team has reached the playoffs 10 times, but has never won the title. This time they have the best chance. Let us know about Bangalore’s record in the playoffs before the Qualifier-1 match between Punjab and RCB in Mullanpur. Also, let us know who scored the most runs and who took the most wickets for them in the playoffs…
Bengaluru’s poor record in the playoffs
Bengaluru has played a total of 15 matches in the playoffs so far, which is very less for a team that has reached the playoffs 10 times. This is because the team could not cross the knockout matches on most occasions. The team has lost 10 out of these 15 matches, while they have won five. The team has played the Qualifier-1 match twice in 2011 and 2016. In 2011, they were defeated by Chennai Super Kings. After this, RCB defeated Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-2 and made it to the finals. Then in the final, CSK once again defeated RCB. At the same time, in 2016, RCB defeated Gujarat Lions by four wickets. However, the team had to face defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.
Kohli and Arvind have been in the lead
Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in the playoffs for RCB. He has scored 341 runs in 15 innings at an average of 26.23 and a strike rate of 121.78. At the same time, AB de Villiers is at number two with 268 runs and Chris Gayle is at number three with 250 runs. Sreenath Arvind has taken the most wickets in the playoffs for RCB. He has taken 10 wickets in seven innings in the playoffs. After this, Yuzvendra Chahal is at second place with nine wickets and Mohammad Siraj is at third place with seven wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (captain), Swastik Chikara, Jitesh Sharma, Phil Salt, Manoj Bhandaage, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Tushara, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathi, Abhinandan Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Blessing Muzarabani, Tim Seifert, Lungi Ngidi.
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