Standing in the way of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first IPL title are Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. One to watch out for and wary of from a RCB perspective is PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer has scored 363 runs in seven innings played in Ahmedabad with a best of 97 off 42 balls earlier in the season against the Gujarat Titans. His average at the venue is a staggering 121.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In the last three innings, all in the IPL, he has not been dismissed while scoring 58* (24), 97* (42) and 87* (41) against Sunrisers Hyderabad, GT and Mumbai Indians.
Shreyas will walk into his second consecutive IPL final on Tuesday evening, having led the Kolkata Knight Riders to glory last season.
Iyer has been Punjab Kings' best batter this season with 603 runs at an average of 54.82 and a strike rate of 175.80.
He also made a match-winning 41-ball 87 not out against MI in Qualifier 2 to help guide PBKS into the final.
In terms of the head-to-head record between the sides, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings have played each other 36 times, with both teams winning 18 times each.
The two teams have met three times this season, with PBKS winning once and RCB winning twice. Punjab won the first encounter of the season between the teams, while Bengaluru emerged triumphant in the second match and Qualifier 1.
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