IPL 2019, Match 18: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab - Statistical Highlights
Published - 07 Apr 2019, 10:04 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 03:55 AM
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The host side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) claimed a 22-run victory against the visiting side Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on Saturday evening at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
MS Dhoni, the home team’s captain, decided to bat first after winning the toss. They managed to score 160/3 (20 overs) in the first innings. Chasing down that target, 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) After beating KXIP by 22 runs, CSK claimed their third successive victory against KXIP at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). Since April 2012, KXIP has never beat CSK at this venue.
Players’ stats
CSK
i) Faf du Plessis scored 54 runs in this match. It was his ninth 50+ score for CSK which is the second most number of 50+ scores by a CSK overseas batsman. On this evening, he surpassed Matthew Hayden who played eight 50+ scores for CSK. Only Michael Hussey is now ahead of him as the former CSK cricketer played 18 times 50+ scores.
ii) Harbhajan Singh delivered a maiden over in this match. The off-spinner is the first spinner to bowl a maiden over in the T20 match history between CSK and KXIP.
KXIP
i) Ravichandran Ashwin has bagged 51 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). The off-spinner is the first bowler to take 50 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). CSK star Dwayne Bravo, who missed this match, has taken 49 T20 wickets at this venue.
ii) Also, it was the fourth time when an Indian bowler took 50+ wickets on a particular venue. Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal were the first three Indian bowlers to achieve this feat. Amit Mishra (70 wickets) achieved this feat at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi) while Harbhajan Singh (53 wickets) and Yuzvendra Chahal (54 wickets) completed this feat at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) and M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru) respectively.
iii) In this match, Ravichandran Ashwin finished with the incredible bowling figures of 4-0-23-3. Only once the KXIP bowlers have produced better bowling performance than this. Parvinder Awana had the bowling figures of 4-0-30-4 at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 2nd October 2014.
iv) KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan had the 110-run partnership for the third wicket. KXIP has only one higher third-wicket partnership against CSK than this. On 7th May 2014, David Miller and Glenn Maxwell put 135 runs partnership for the third-wicket against CSK at Cuttack.
