RV Uthappa was playing for the fourth team in KPL. Prior to this he has represented Bangalore Brigadiers, Bellary Tuskers and Bijapur Bulls.

His run aggregate at the end of this game read 852. He became the eighth batsman to total 850 plus runs in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {1419}, R Jonathan {967}, B Chipli {959}, Amit Verma {924}, Mohd Taha {919} and R Vinay Kumar {892}. He also became the 13^th batsman to total 800 plus runs in the tournament.

He scored 81 in this game which was his seventh fifty of the tournament.He became the fifth batsman to score seven or more fifties in the tournament. Others are – MA Agarwal {09], B Chipli {08}, R Samarth {07} and  Mohd Taha {07}

RV Uthappa posted his highest individual score of the tournament when he scored 81 in this game. His previous best was 73 not out representing Bijapur Bulls against Hubli Tigers at Hubballi on 06.09.15.

RV Uthappa’s 81 in this game represent  the  third  fifty by Bengaluru Blasters in the tournament. Others are – 65 by M Viswanathan against Panthers at Mysore on 08.09.17 qnd 55 by Nikin Jose against Bellary Tuskers at Hubballi on 16.09.17. Thus RV Uthappa’s 81 in this game represent the highest score by a Bengaluru Blasters batsman in the tournament.

RV Uthappa’s 81 in this game provides the 27th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in KPL. He is the fourth captain to score 80 plus runs in the tournament.  Others are – 106* by KL Rahul for Hubli Tigers Vs Rockstars at Hubballi on 10.09.14, 95 by J Arunkumar for Panthers Vs Maharajaas at Bangalore  on 12.09.09 and 89 by B Chipli for Mangalore Vs Diamonds at Bangalore on 10.09.09

RV Uthappa’s 81 in this game represents his third score of fifty while leading a team in KPL. Other occasions are

No	Pos	*/+	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
2	03	*	RV Uthappa	67	Bulls	Shivamogga	Hubballi	24.09.16
2	03	*	RV Uthappa	51	Bulls	Hubli-T	Hubballi	19.09.16

Bangalore Blasters posted 228 for 5 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Hubli-T	245/6	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	10 Sep 2014
2	Mysuru-W	219/4	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	18 Sep 2016
3	Panthers	214/4	20.0	1	Rockstars	Mysore	01 Sep 2014
4	Panthers	210/4	20.0	1	Hubli-T	Hubballi	08 Sep 2015
5	Mangalore	201/3	20.0	1	Diamonds	Bangalore	29 Sep 2010
6	Panthers	201/2	20.0	1	Mangalore	Bangalore	14 Sep 2009

It also represent the second highest team total in  the tournament. 245 for 6 by Hubli Tigers against Rockstars at Hubblli  on 10.09.14 is  the highest team total posted in the tournament.

It also represents the highest team total posted in the matches played at Bengaluru in the tournament. The previous highest was 201 posted by two teams.  

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Mangalore	201/3	20.0	1	Diamonds	Bangalore	29 Sep 2010
2	Panthers	201/2	20.0	1	Mangalore	Bangalore	14 Sep 2009

RV Uthappa scored six boundary sixes in his knock of 81 which fetched him an aggregate of 34 boundary sixes inn KPL. He became the tenth batsman to score 30 plus boundary sixes in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {55}, Mohd Taha {51}, B Akhil {42}, B Chipli {41}, AA Joshi {37}, R Jonathan {37}, M Nidesh {36}, STR Binny {30} and SN Raju {30}

RV Uthappa’s six boundary sixes in this game provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring six or more boundary sixes in  the  tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Mohammed Taha	83	45	4	9	Bulls	v Hubli Tigers	Mysore	10 Sep 2017
2	MA Agarwal	103	58	5	7	Panthers	v Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	08 Sep 2015
3	Mohammed Taha	89	56	5	7	Hubli Tigers	v Bulls	Hubballi	19 Sep 2016
4	MA Agarwal	66*	31	3	7	Panthers	v Rockstars	Hubballi	28 Sep 2016
5	SV Lazars	70	34	4	6	Brigadiers	v Provident	Bengaluru	13 Sep 2009
6	KS Ponnappa	71	44	2	6	Panthers	v Mangalore	Bengaluru	14 Sep 2009
7	J Arunkumar	73	56	3	6	Panthers	v Bulls	Bengaluru	16 Sep 2009
8	B Chipli	75	53	5	6	Mangalore	v Provident	Bengaluru	22 Sep 2010
9	B Akhil	69*	22	6	6	Bulls	v Rockstars	Mysore	13 Sep 2015
10	J Suchith	54*	15	3	6	Mysuru-W	v Bulls	Mysore	14 Sep 2015
11	RV Uthappa	81	38	8	6	Blasters	v Panthers	Bengaluru	15 Aug 2018

KB Pawan’s KPL aggregate read 929 at the end of this game. He now stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {1419}, R Jonathan {967} and B Chipli {959}

HS Sharath was dismissed stumped for 49 in this game to provide the 85^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in KPL.

Bengaluru Blasters won  this game by 67 runs to provide the 16^th  occasion of a team  winning a game by fifty plus runs margin which includes two occasions of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs margin

Bengaluru Blasters posted its first win in the tournament. It had lost all the games in the previous edition.