IPL 8: CSK vs RCB - Interesting statistics, figures and trivia

As Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers in Qualifier 2 today for the final berth against Mumbai Indians, we give you all there is to know about these two teams and their clashes

Mumbai: As two-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers in Qualifier 2 today for the final berth against Mumbai Indians to be played on Sunday, we give you interesting statistics and figures about these two teams’ clashes.

Captain:

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Pic/ PTI

Chennai Super Kings – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli

Coach:
Chennai Super Kings – Stephen Fleming
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Daniel Vettori

Home ground:
Chennai Super Kings - M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Royal Challengers Bangalore - M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Karnataka

IPL Head-to-head:

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore teams. Pic/ PTI

Chennai Super Kings - 11 matches
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 7 matches.
No-result – 1

Most player appearances (CSK vs RCB):
Chennai Super Kings – Suresh Raina (20)
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Virat Kohli (20)

Highest run scorer in IPL 8:

AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum. Pic/ PTI

Chennai Super Kings – Brendon McCullum (436 runs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – AB de Villiers 9512 runs)

Highest wicket taker in IPL 8:
Chennai Super Kings – Dwayne Bravo (23 wickets)
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Yuzvendra Chahal (21 wickets)

Cricketers who played for both teams:
Albie Morkel – CSK (2008-2013), RCB (2014)
Muttiah Muralitharan: CSK (2008-2010), RCB (2012-2014)
Parthiv Patel: CSK (2008-2010), RCB (2014)

Tweets on CSK vs RCB:

thestupidclevermohit @mkshah1579
Its sad to see AB and dinda playing for the same side #CSKvsRCB. The former is class of cricket and the other is arse of cricket
Match script-csk will bat frst, ms will cm to bat quick, will score 50+ Chris n ab will b out soon. Kholi will hit winning runs.

νιu00d1u008fατ ρu00d1u008fεu00d0u00bc kou00d0u00bdlι @ViratMyLife
Big Game today! #CSKvsRCB

~ Dhoni VS Kohli
~ Super Kings VS Royals
~ Captain Cool VS Captain Hot

CAN'T WAIT FOR IT..!!!

Broken Cricket @BrokenCricket
Virat Kohli Scored 694 runs vs CSK in IPL which is most by any player against a Single team in IPL history..

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