On Wednesday (1st May) night, the host side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) claimed a big victory against Delhi Capitals (DC) at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). The Chennai franchise won that match by 80 runs. Here we are with some statistical highlights of this match.
The visiting side decided to bowl first after winning the toss. The host side managed to score 179/4 (20 overs) in the first innings while DC was bundled out for just 99 runs (16.2 overs) in the second innings.
Brief Scores: CSK – 179/4 in 20 overs (Suresh Raina 59, MS Dhoni 44*; Jagadeesha Suchith 2/28)
DC – 99 in 16.2 overs (Shreyas Iyer 44, Shikhar Dhawan 19; Imran Tahir 4/12)
Result – CSK won by 80 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
CSK
i) CSK scored 179/4 (20 overs) in the first innings.
- It is the second highest total for CSK against the Delhi franchise at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). The record is 222/5 (20 overs) on 25th May 2012.
ii) CSK won this match by 80 runs.
- It is the second largest victory (by runs) for CSK at their home venue, MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). The record is winning by 97 runs against Kings XI Punjab on 25th April 2015.
DC
i) DC was bundled out for just 99 runs.
- It is the lowest completed total for the Delhi franchise at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). Their previous lowest was 114/5 (20 overs) against CSK on 12 May 2012.
- It is the third lowest completed total for the Delhi franchise against CSK. The top two records are 83 (at Delhi on 18th April 2013) and 84 (at Abu Dhabi on 21st April 2014).
(Players’ stats)
Shane Watson
i) During this match, Shane Watson scored his fourth duck for CSK.
- It is the joint most number of ducks by a CSK overseas cricketer. Albie Morkel also scored four ducks for this side.
Suresh Raina
i) By the end of this match, Suresh Raina has taken 100 IPL catches.
- Suresh Raina is the first player to take 100 catches in IPL history.
Imran Tahir
i) CSK leggie Imran Tahir had the bowling figures of 3.2-0-12-4.
- It is the best bowling figures by a spinner against the Delhi franchise. The previous record holder was the off-spinner Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) with the bowling figures of 4-0-13-4 at Kolkata on 3rd April 2013.
- It is the best bowling figures in a match between CSK and the Delhi franchise. The previous record was 4-0-24-4 by Shadab Jakati (CSK) at Johannesburg on 2nd May 2009.
ii) The CSK leg-spinner Imran Tahir has picked up 21 wickets (13 matches) in IPL 2019.
- It is the most wickets for a CSK spinner in an IPL season. The off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the previous record holder with 20 wickets (16 matches) in IPL 2011.
- Imran Tahir is the fifth most wicket-taker for CSK in an IPL season.
| Player | Matches | Wickets | IPL season |
| Dwayne Bravo | 18 | 32 | 2013 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 17 | 26 | 2015 |
| Mohit Sharma | 16 | 23 | 2014 |
| Ashish Nehra | 16 | 22 | 2015 |
| Imran Tahir | 13 | 21 | 2019 |
Ravindra Jadeja
i) By the end of this match, the left-handed middle-order batsman Ravindra Jadeja has scored 1,016 T20 runs for CSK.
- Ravindra Jadeja is the 10th CSK batsman to score 1,000+ T20 runs.
ii) The left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has taken 105 IPL wickets.
- In IPL history, Ravindra Jadeja is the second most wicket-taker as a left-arm bowler. While he surpassed the left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan (102 IPL wickets) during this match, only the left-arm pace bowler Ashish Nehra (106 IPL wickets) is ahead of him.