IPL 2019, Match 50: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals - Statistical Highlights

The home side and the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), secured a big-margin victory against Delhi Capitals (DC) at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) on Wednesday (1st May) night.

The DC captain Shreyas Iyer decided to field first after winning the toss. Despite a slow start, the host side managed to score 179/4 (20 overs) in the first innings, thanks to Suresh Raina’s 59 runs and MS Dhoni’s unbeaten 44 runs. Chasing down that challenging total, DC was bundled out for just 99 runs (16.2 overs). CSK finally won that match by 80 runs.

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) which is their second-highest total against the Delhi franchise at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). Earlier, CSK scored 222/5 (20 overs) against the Delhi franchise at this venue on 25th May 2012.

ii) CSK won this match by 80 runs which is their second largest victory (by runs) at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). On 25th April 2015, CSK achieved their 97-run victory against Kings XI Punjab, and it is their largest victory at this venue.

DC

i) DC managed to score just 99 runs (16.2 overs) before losing their all wickets. It is the third lowest completed T20 total for the Delhi franchise against CSK. Their two lowest completed totals are 83 (at Delhi on 18th April 2013) and 84 (at Abu Dhabi on 21st April 2014).

Players’ stats

CSK

i) Australian cricketer Shane Watson scored his fourth duck for CSK. Former South African cricketer Albie Morkel also scored four ducks for this side while no other overseas batsman has scored more than three ducks for CSK.

ii) The left-handed batsman Ravindra Jadeja becomes the 10th batsman to score 1,000 T20 runs for CSK. He has scored 1,016 T20 runs for CSK.

iii) The leg-spinner 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 after breaking the previous record of 4-0-13-4 by Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) at Kolkata on 3rd April 2013. Meanwhile, it is also the best bowling record in a T20 match history between CSK and the Delhi franchise. The previous record holder was Shadab Jakati with the bowling figures of 4-0-24-4 at Johannesburg on 2nd May 2009.

iv) Imran Tahir has bagged 21 wickets in 13 matches in the ongoing IPL season. The leg-spinner breaks the previous record of Ravichandran Ashwin’s 20 wickets (16 matches) in IPL 2011 and becomes the most wicket-taker for CSK as a spinner in an IPL season.

v) The left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has taken 105 IPL wickets till the date. As a left-arm bowler, Ravindra Jadeja is the second most wicket-taker in IPL history. Only the former left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra is ahead of him with 106 IPL wickets.

vi) Suresh Raina becomes the first player to take 100 IPL catches. By the end of this match, he has taken the exact 100 IPL catches.