The fixture which has produced some of the most electrifying moments will return to our screens when the Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Chennai Superkings in Dubai. Be it the first over from Dale Steyn, a yorker that knocked out Suresh Raina, or the gutsy slower one from Umesh Yadav off the final ball to Dhoni, Parthiv Patel running out Shardul Thakur to give RCB a 1 run win, the game between the two Southern giants never fails to produce moments that will forever stay in our memories. While it is all about who performs better on the day in a derby of such huge magnitude, we look at 5 pieces of statistics and trivia from over the years.

747 - With 747 runs against CSK, Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer against Chennai in IPL history. Virat also averages 37.35 which is the second-highest for any batsman in the IPL, only behind Shane Watson’s 43.63.

30 - Virat Kohli has hit 30 Sixes against the Chennai Superkings. He is tied in second place with Chris Gayle in the list.

1/6 - Yuzvendra Chahal’s figures vs CSK in 2019 was the joint-most economical spell in IPL history. Chahal achieved this feat in 2019 in Chennai. The economy rate of 1.5 ranks as the best ever against CSK in an innings.

3 - Zaheer Khan registered figures of 4/17 from 2 overs in 2013 vs CSK in Bangalore. The strike rate of 3 is the best ever against CSK in a single spell in IPL history. RCB went on to win the rain-curtailed game by 24 runs.

24 - AB De Villiers needs one more six to reach 25 sixes against CSK in IPL history. AB de Villiers is also one of only five batsmen to have scored a hundred against CSK. AB’s unbeaten 105 came off only 54 balls in 2009 when he was playing for the Delhi Daredevils at the time.