On Saturday (6th April) evening, the host side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinched a 22-run victory against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
After the home team decided to bat first, they managed to score 160/3 in 20 overs. In reply, KXIP only managed to score 138/5 (20 overs).
Brief Scores: CSK – 160/3 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 54, MS Dhoni 37*; Ravichandran Ashwin 3/23)
KXIP – 138/5 in 20 overs (Sarfraz Khan 67, KL Rahul 55; Harbhajan Singh 2/17)
Result – CSK won by 22 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
CSK
i) CSK won the match by 22 runs.
- It was CSK’s third consecutive victory against KXIP at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). Last time KXIP beat the Chennai franchise at this venue on 28th April 2012.
(Players’ stats)
Faf du Plessis
i) Faf du Plessis scored his ninth 50+ score for CSK.
- It is second most number of 50+ scores by an overseas CSK batsman. While he surpassed Matthew Hayden (eight 50+ scores), only Michael Hussey (18 50+ scores) is now ahead of him.
Ravichandran Ashwin
i) By the end of this match, Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up 51 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
- Ravichandran Ashwin is the first player to take 50 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
- Ravichandran Ashwin became the fourth Indian bowler to take 50 or more T20 wickets on a particular ground. Amit Mishra (70 wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi), Harbhajan Singh (53 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai) and Yuzvendra Chahal (54 wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru) were the first three Indians to achieve this feat.
ii) KXIP captain Ravichandran Ashwin had the bowling figures of 4-0-23-3.
- It is the second best bowling figures by a KXIP bowler against CSK. The record is 4/30 by Parvinder Awana at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 2nd October 2014.
KL Rahul-Sarfraz Khan
i) KXIP batsmen KL Rahul and Sarfraz Khan had a 110-run partnership for the third wicket.
- It is the second highest third-wicket partnership for KXIP against CSK. The record is 135 runs partnership between David Miller and Glenn Maxwell at Cuttack on 7th May 2014.
- It is the joint third highest T20 partnership for KXIP against CSK for any wicket.
Harbhajan Singh
i) CSK off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bowled a maiden over in this match.
- Harbhajan Singh is the first spinner to bowl a maiden over in the match between CSK and KXIP. Before him, four bowlers (two CSK bowlers and two KXIP bowlers) bowled maiden overs in the T20 match history between CSK and KXIP, but they were all pacers.