The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered their first defeat in IPL 2019 after Mumbai Indians (MI) beat them by 37 runs at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on Wednesday (3rd April) night.
CSK captain MS Dhoni decided to field first after winning the toss. The host side MI managed to score 170/5 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, CSK only managed to score 133/8 (20 overs).
Brief Scores: MI – 170/5 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 59, Krunal Pandya 42; Ravindra Jadeja 1/10)
CSK – 133/8 in 20 overs (Kedar Jadhav 58, Suresh Raina 16; Hardik Pandya 3/20)
Result – MI won by 37 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
MI
i) MI won the match by 37 runs.
- It was MI’s third-largest T20 victory (by runs) against CSK. Their top two in this list are winning by 60 runs and 41 runs.
- Since May 2013, it was MI’s first victory against CSK at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) during the IPL round-robin stages.
ii) MI won their 100th IPL match (including the victory in super-over).
- MI is the first team to win 100 IPL matches.
(Players’ stats)
Kieron Pollard
i) MI cricketer Kieron Pollard has hit 30 IPL sixes against CSK.
- It is the joint-most number of IPL sixes for any batsman against CSK. Virat Kohli has also hit 30 IPL sixes against CSK.
Dwayne Bravo
i) BY the end of this match, Dwayne Bravo has picked up 100 IPL wickets for CSK.
- Dwayne Bravo is the first CSK bowler to take 100 IPL wickets.
- He is the second Caribbean cricketer to take 100 or more IPL wickets for a team. Sunil Narine was the first Caribbean cricketer to achieve this feat as he has taken 112 IPL wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
- Dwayne Bravo is the fourth bowler to take 100 IPL wickets for a team. The first three cricketers were Lasith Malinga (MI), Harbhajan Singh (MI) and Sunil Narine (KKR).
Suresh Raina
i) Suresh Raina has scored 803 IPL runs against MI.
- It is the most runs for any batsman against a particular side in IPL history. Suresh Raina has surpassed Chris Gayle who scored 797 IPL runs against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).
MS Dhoni
i) By the end of this match, MS Dhoni has scored 4,010 T20 runs for CSK.
- MS Dhoni is the second batsman to score 4,000 or more T20 runs for CSK. Suresh Raina (5,087 T20 runs for CSK) was the first player to achieve this feat.
Lasith Malinga
i) MI pacer Lasith Malinga has picked up 26 IPL wickets against CSK.
- Lasith Malinga is the most wicket-taker in IPL history against CSK. He surpassed Harbhajan Singh who picked up 24 IPL wickets against CSK.