Sunrisers' test for RCB's batting might

9.60 Run rate for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the season; they are the only team with a rate of more than nine. Sunrisers Hyderabad have a run rate of 7.99, which is the sixth best. Between overs 6.1 and 20, Royal Challengers have a run rate of 10.32, while the next best is 8.62, by Mumbai Indians.

7.82 Sunrisers's economy rate; they are the only side to concede fewer than eight runs per over, and have the best run rates in the Powerplays (6.77) and the last five overs (8.97). Royal Challengers have an economy rate of 8.71, the poorest among all teams.

74 Percentage of runs scored by Royal Challengers' top three; they have scored 1967 out of 2672 runs. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have scored 60% of the team's runs.

78 Wickets for Sunrisers' seamers, easily the highest among all teams this season. The next best is 54, by Gujarat Lions. The Sunrisers' seamers average (24.58) and economy rate (7.50) is also the best among all teams this season.

5 Wickets for Sunrisers' spinners, the lowest among all teams this season. Their average (86.20) and economy rate (8.88) are also the worst among all teams.

20 Wickets for Yuzvendra Chahal, four times as many as the number that Sunrisers' spinners have collectively taken. Chahal's haul is the best among all spinners this season; the next best is 13, by Amit Mishra and Axar Patel. In his last six games, Chahal has taken 13 wickets at an average of 13.23 and an economy rate of 7.47; in his first six, he took seven wickets at an average of 27.71 and an economy rate of 8.75.

1 Win-loss ratio for both teams when batting first; Royal Challengers have a 5-5 record, while Sunrisers have won and lost four each. They are the only teams to win as many games as they've lost when batting first. All other sides have lost at least twice as many games as they have won when batting first.

16.79 The average runs per wicket for Sunrisers' middle order (Nos. 3-7), the poorest among all teams. Their strike rate of 114.85 is also the least among all teams. Royal Challengers' middle order have the best average (36.86) and the best strike rate (155.83).

34 Percentage of RCB's runs scored by Kohli - 919 out of 2672 (excluding extras). Warner has scored 33% of Sunrisers' runs - 779 out of 2355. The aggregates for Kohli and Warner are the two highest ones for any batsman in an IPL season.

668 Partnership runs for the first wicket between Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, the most by any opening pair in an IPL season. The previous record also belonged to them: last year, they added 622 runs in 14 innings. The overall record for any wicket is 913, by Kohli and de Villiers this season.