- Harshal Patel (2-19) is unchallenged for the purple cap with 32 wickets in 15 matches.
- Virat Kohli’s 39 was the team’s top score as the team scored just 138 runs. Interestingly, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has lost all the matches in which they scored 148 runs or less in this IPL.
- Kohli’s 39 is his best score in his last 5 innings since his 51 against Mumbai Indians.
- RCB did not hit any sixes in their innings. The first six of the match was scored in the second over of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) innings by Venkatesh Iyer.
- Sunil Narine, who had a sub-par tournament so far struck form and picked up 4 wickets, his first four wicket haul of the tournament. He is now eighth in the all-time leading wicket takers list in IPL.
- Lockie Ferguson (2-30) has been among the wickets in all matches he has played in this IPL so far (6 matches and 12 wickets).
- This is the fourth instance of Eoin Morgan remaining unbeaten in this tournament and on all those occasions, KKR has successfully chased the target.
- Mohammed Siraj’s wicket of Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik (RCB’s last 2 wickets in IPL 2021) were just his 10th and 11th wickets in 15 matches in this tournament.
- Karthik was also Siraj’s 50th IPL wicket.
- RCB has never been to an IPL final since 2016, so their quest for their first IPL tournament win continues.
- Harshal Patel finished with 32 wickets and is also tied with Dwayne Bravo for all-time record of 32 wickets in a single IPL season.
- AB de Villiers (11), ever since his unbeaten 75 against Delhi Capitals in April, has scored just 109 runs in 9 innings.
Stamazers 