Stats: A Day Of RCB's Familiar Meltdown

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.



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* 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.





It was Royal Challengers Bangalore's one of the worst batting performances that saw their 10 players restricted into single figure scores.



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.



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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