M Chinnaswamy Stadium IPL Records: Bangalore Cricket Ground T20 Records and Highest Innings Totals

Much like Mohali and Hyderabad, the ongoing 16th season of the Indian Premier League will also present a chance to Bengaluru for hosting an IPL match for the first time since 2019. Hence, it wasn’t a surprise to see thousands of people visiting the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB Unbox Event last Sunday.

The city’s first IPL match in almost four fours will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians tonight. A clash between two arch-rivals is an apposite manner to restart proceedings with respect to the biggest T20 league in the world being played at one of the most cherished cricketing venues in the country.

Been playing here since the inception of the tournament, Royal Challengers have won 41 and lost 40 out of their 86 home matches over the years. Indians, on the contrary, have a far better T20 record at this stadium on the back of winning 10 and losing three out of their 14 T20s here. It is one of the major reasons behind MI’s authoritative head-to-head record against RCB.

M Chinnaswamy Stadium IPL Records (updated on April 25, 2023)

Highest IPL run-scorers in Bengaluru are Virat Kohli (2,545), AB de Villiers (1,960), Chris Gayle (1,561), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (464) and Mandeep Singh (413). With the hosts’ batters scoring at an average run rate of 8.87 here, one understands the reason behind a one-sided domination by their all-time leading run-scorers.

With both de Villiers and Gayle no longer part of IPL 2023 squads, current IPL batters who have done well here are Manish Pandey (402), Ambati Rayudu (394), Quinton de Kock (384), KL Rahul (362) and David Warner (349).

Highest wicket-takers in IPL matches played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium are Yuzvendra Chahal (52), Zaheer Khan (28), R Vinay Kumar (27), Sreenath Aravind (25) and Umesh Yadav (25). RCB pacers Harshal Patel (19) and Mohammed Siraj (16) and veteran MI spinner Piyush Chawla (15) are other active bowlers in addition to Chahal and Yadav who have performed well at this venue.

Bangalore Cricket Ground T20 Records (updated on April 25, 2023)

There isn’t much change in all T20s at this stadium as Kohli (2,961), de Villiers (1,991), Gayle (1,813) and Dhoni (632) top the batting charts here as well. Among current IPL players, Warner (489), Pandey (486), de Kock (463), Rayudu (436) and Rahul (431) are behind the likes of Kohli and Dhoni in this list.

As far as active bowlers are concerned, Chahal (57), Yadav (25), Patel (16), Siraj (15), Chawla (15), Jaydev Unadkat (13), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (12), Ravichandran Ashwin (12), Ravindra Jadeja (12) and Karn Sharma (11) have picked more than 10 T20 wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Highest Innings Totals in T20s at the Chinnaswamy Stadium (updated on April 25, 2023)

Score	Overs	Team	Opposition	Year
263/5	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors India	2013
248/3	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Gujarat Lions	2016
242/6	20	Chennai Super Kings	Dolphins	2014
227/4	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2016
226/3	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kings XI Punjab	2015

Although there has never been an iota of doubt around the high-scoring nature of this venue, 200+ innings totals getting registered here more than 20 times in the shortest format provides confirmed evidence in the matter.

Royal Challengers, who have sealed three out of the five run-chases in excess of 200 runs here, hold the record for the highest successful run-chase in Bengaluru T20s. It was in a Champions League T20 2011 match when the home team had chased down a 215-run target against South Australia. The match is fondly remembered for Arun Karthik hitting a match-winning last-ball six off Daniel Christian.