MS Dhoni who became the first captain to lead in 75 T20 games extended his record to 76 games by leading Chennai in this game. AC Gilchrist is the other captain to lead a team in 51 T20 games. This game was AC Gilchrist’s 51st game as captain in T20 games.
MS Dhoni now owns the record for leading a team in IPL on most occasions. This game was his 45th game of leading Chennai. He went past SK Warne who has led Jaipur on 44 occasions.
S Badrinath and SK Raina share the record for most capped cricketer in IPL> Both have appeared in 48 games.
S Aniruddha was dismissed by the first ball of the match in this game providing the tenth occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in IPL. He became the second batsman to suffer such an ignominy in IPL 2011. MA Agarwal of Bangalore was dismissed by the first ball of the match against Mumbai on at Bangalore on 12.04.11.
S Aniruddha and SK Raina collected the first ball duck in this game taking number of occasions of a batsman collecting the first ball duck to 29 in IPL and to four in IPL 2011. SK Raina collected his first duck in IPL when he failed to open his account in this game.
S Aniruddha and M Vijay scored zero and 74 respectively in this game providing the tenth occasion of openers scoring zero and fifty in IPL.
M Vijay and S Badrinath added 124 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 41st occasion of a century stand in IPL> This stand represents the tenth occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket in IPL
This partnership represents the ninth century stand by Chennai batsmen in IPL and fifth occasion for the third wicket. This stand also represents the seventh occasion of a century stand against Mohali in IPL. This stand is the second third wicket century stand for the third wicket against Mohali in IPL. The first occasion was – 100 runs stand between ML Hayden and MS Dhoni of Chennai at Centurion on 07.05.09.
This stand represents the second best century stand for any wicket against Mohali in IPL. The best stand is – 135 runs partnership for the first wicket by Jaipur batsmen at Durban on 05.05.09
S Badrinath’s 66 not out in this game represent not only his sixth fifty in IPL but also his highest score in IPL. He became the 17th batsman in IPL to score six or more fifties. His knock represents his sixth IPL half century and he became the 16th batsman in IPL to score six or more half centuries.
PC Valthaty scored 120 not out in this game providing the 13th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in IPL. The complete list read thus – 158* by BB McCullum of Kolkata vs Bangalore at Bangalore on 18.04.08: 116* by MEK Hussey of Chennai vs Mohali at Mohali on 19.04.08: 117* by A Symonds of Hyderabad vs Jaipur at Hyd-RGS on 24.04.08: 109* by AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad vs Mumbai at Mumbai on 27.04.08: 114* by ST Jayasuriya of Mumbai vs Chennai at Mumbai on 14.05.08: 115 by SE Marsh of Mohali vs Jaipur at Mohali on 28.05.08: 105* by AB de Villiers of Delhi vs Chennai at Durban on 23.04.08: 114* by MK Pandey of Bangalore vs Hyderabad at Centurion on 21.05.09: 100 by YK Pathan of Jaipur vs Mumbai at Mum-BS on 13.03.10: 107* by DA Warner of Delhi vs Kolkata at Delhi on 29.03.10: 127* by M Vijay of Chennai vs Jaipur at Chennai on 03.04.10 and 110* by DPMD Jayawardene of Mohali vs Kolkata at Kolkata on 04.04.10
PC Valthaty became the fourth Indian batsman to score a hundred in IPL after MK Pandey, YK Pathan and M Vijay
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