IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, Game 8 – Stats Preview

Rajasthan Royals will square off against Punjab Kings in the eighth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Wednesday. After making a winning start to their campaign, both of these two teams will want to carry the winning impetus ahead in the tournament.

RR had won against Sunrisers Hyderabad convincingly by 72 runs whereas PBKS had bested Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs (DLS method).

Here we take a look at the stats preview for the match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings.

Punjab Kings fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has scalped 43 wickets in 38 matches and thus he is seven wickets away from the landmark of 50 scalps.

PBKS gun fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who joined the team on Monday, has taken 99 wickets in 63 matches of the IPL. Rabada will become the first South African bowler to take 100 wickets in the tournament if he takes one wicket against RR.

RR’s finisher Shimron Hetmyer has so far amassed 853 runs in the tournament and ergo he is 147 runs away from reaching the 1000-run mark.

RR talismanic opener Jos Buttler has scored 2885 runs in 83 IPL matches and he needs to score another 115 runs to get to the landmark of 3000 runs. Buttler will become the first England player to reach the 3000-run mark in the IPL.

Trent Boult has snared 94 wickets in 79 IPL matches and the gun pacer will become the first from New Zealand to take 100 wickets in the IPL after taking six more scalps.

Yuzvendra Chahal has bagged 170 wickets in 156 IPL matches and he is currently leveled with Lasith Malinga, for the second-most wickets in the tournament. Thus, one more wicket for Chahal will help him leapfrog the Sri Lankan’s great tally.