Match Number 05 : Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore on 14.03.10. Deccan Chargers won by 31 runs

AC Gilchrist and RP Singh’s appearance in this game gave them the record for most capped cricketers in IPL. Both were playing their 32^nd game.

AC Gilchrist became the first batsman in IPL to aggregate 1000 runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 15 during the course of his knock of 38 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1023.

A Symonds scored 50 runs in this game, which was his second IPL half century and third fifty. It was his seventh T20 half century and also his ninth T20 fifty.

AC Gilchrist hit three sixes in this game and his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games stood at 70 at the end of this game. He became the ninth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 70 plus sixes

JA Morkel hit three sixes in this game to take his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games to 71 at the end of this game. He became the tenth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 70 plus sixes

The following is the list of batsmen who have hit 70 plus sixes in T20 games. LRPL Taylor {115}, DJ Hussey {107}, BB McCullum {105}, ST Jayasuriya {84}, CL White 82}, Yuvraj Singh {78}, OA Shah {77}, SB Styris {74}, JA Morkel {71} and AC Gilchrist {70}

This game was JA Morkel’s 94th T20 game. He became the second most capped T20 cricketer in the history of T20 games. The record for most appearances in T20 games is held by DJ Hussey who has played 95 T20 games. DJ Hussey and JA Morkel are the only two cricketers to play 90 plus T20 games.

With three sixes in this game, A Symonds took his aggregate of boundary sixes to 50 in T20 games. He became the 24^th batsman to aggregate 50 plus sixes in T20 games. The complete list read thus

No	Batsmen	Mat	6s	No	Batsmen	Mat	6s
1	LRPL Taylor	67	115	13	RG Sharma	59	64
2	DJ Hussey	95	107	14	BJ Hodge	82	62
3	BB McCullum	79	105	15	DA Warner	46	61
4	ST Jayasuriya	72	84	16	T Henderson	75	57
5	CL White	62	82	17	JM Kemp	60	56
6	Yuvraj Singh	60	78	18	AD Brown	61	54
7	OA Shah	70	77	19	HH Gibbs	74	54
8	SB Styris	82	74	20	MR Ramprakash	52	53
9	JA Morkel	94	71	21	GA Hick	37	52
10	AC Gilchrist	47	70	22	Imran Nazir	39	52
11	LL Bosman	38	66	23	NM Carter	62	51
12	YK Pathan	49	66	24	A Symonds	49	50

RJ Sharma {54}, HH Gibbs {54} and JM Kemp {56} are the other three batsmen who played this game and increased their tally of 50 plus sixes to the number mentioned in the parenthesis against their name. RG Sharma, HH Gibbs and JM Kemp hit a six each in this game.

AC Gilchrist with two dismissals in this game has effected 27 dismissals in IPL, one shy of the record of 28 dismissals effected by KRD Karthik

AC Gilchrist stumping dismissal {JM Kemp of PP Ojha for 22} in this game gave him his 10^th stumping dismissal in IPL. He now holds the record for most stumping dismissal in IPL games. He wrested the record from KRD Karthik who has nine stumping dismissals to his credit.

This game was the 50^th T20 game for RP Singh and he became the 110^th cricketer to appear in fifty plus T20 games.

SK Raina’s lone six in this game gave him 40 boundary sixes in IPL. He is the third batsman in IPL to hit 40 plus boundary sixes. The other two batsmen are – AC Gilchrist {54} and YK Pathan {45}

AC Gilchrist hit four boundary fours in this game which gave him 112 boundary fours in IPL. He now holds the record for most boundary fours by a batsman in IPL. He wrested the record from G Gambhir who has 109 boundary fours to his credit.

At the end of this game Gilchrist owns four IPL records – Most runs {1023}, Most fifties {08}, Most boundary fours {112} and most boundary sixes {54}. He shares the IPL record for most appearances – 32 with his team mate RP Singh

RP Singh took three catches in this game to become the sixth fieldsman to pouch three or more catches in an IPL game. The other five are – SR Tendulkar {04} – Mumbai vs Kokata at Mumbai on 16.05.08, AM Nayar {03} – Mumbai vs Bangalore at Bangalore on 20.04.08, RV Uthappa {03} – Bangalore vs Delhi at Mumbai on 04.05.08, PP Chawla {03} – Mohali vs Bangalore at Durban on 01.05.09 and AB de Villers {03} – Delhi vs Chennai at Jo’burg on 02.05.09