Top spot up for grabs in clash of high-flying LSG and RCB
With Dinesh Karthik in red-hot form, LSG could look to target his legspin weakness and hold back Ravi Bishnoi
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Stats that matter
- Jason Holder seems to enjoy playing against Royal Challengers. He has taken two or more wickets three times in five innings against them. In all, he has picked up nine wickets in five innings against them at an average of 14.33 and economy rate of 7.58.
- Glenn Maxwell has dismissed Rahul twice in four T20 innings while giving up just 20 runs off 18 balls.
- Karthik's first-ten-balls strike rate of 214 is the best among batters with a minimum of 75 runs this season.
- Super Giants (8.61) and Royal Challengers (7.86) have the worst and third-worst economy rates in the powerplay in IPL 2022.
- Avesh Khan has bagged five wickets each in the powerplay and death in IPL 2022. T Natarajan is the only other bowler with at least five wickets each in these two phases.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo