Match No 20 : Chennai Super Kings vs Warrirors at Port Elizabeth on 22.09.10 : Chennai Super Kings won by 10 runs

CSK won this game by 10 runs providing the fourth occasion of a team winning a CLT20 game by ten runs and less than 10 runs margin. The other three occasions are – Lions won by nine runs against Mumbai by nine runs at Johannesburg on 10.09.10, Trinidad & Tobago won by three runs against Deccan Chargers at Hyd-RGS on 14.10.09 and Mumbai won by two runs against RCB at Johannesburg on 19.09.10

CSK became the second IPL team to qualify for the semi finals in the tournament, the first being Royal Challengers Bangalore

MEK Hussey scored 51 in this game providing the 51^st occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock represents the 13^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number one in the tournament. It also provides the 31^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

MEK Hussey is the second batsman to score exact 50 in the tournament. M Klinger of South Australia had scored exact 50 against Mumbai at Durban on 14.09.10

MEK Hussey’s 50 in this game represent the fifth fifty scored by a CSK batsman in the tournament.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 64 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 64^th occasion of batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also represents 19^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the tournament and also the fourth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership posted by CSK batsmen.

JM Kemp of CSK and CA Thyssen of Warriors were dismissed for zero and 1 respectively in this game providing the 54^th and 55^th occasion of batsmen dismissed run out in the tournament.

JM Kemp became the first CSK batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. His dismissal for zero provides the ninth occasion of a batsman run out without scoring in the tournament.

JM Kemp’s dismissal for zero in this game provides the 57^th occasion of a batsman scoring a duck in the tournament. He became the 52^nd batsman to score a duck

J Kreusch {3 for 19} and R Ashwin (3 for 24} captured three wickets in this game providing the 42^nd and 43^rd occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

R Ashwin’s feat in this game provides the fifth occasion of a CSK bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

J Kreusch’s 3 for 19 in this game provide the 15th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets conceding 20 and less than 20 runs in the tournament.

CSK, NSW and RCB share the record of most three or more wickets haul by a team in the tournament. All the three teams have five occasions each.

R Ashwin has captured three or more wickets on two occasions in the tournament – 4 for 18 vs Wayamba at Centurion on 15.09.10 and 3 for 24 vs Warriors at P Elizabeth on 22.09.10. He became the eighth bowler in the tournament to capture three plus wickets on two more occasions, Others are – DJ Bravo of Tri & Tob {03}, SR Clark of NSW {03}, CJ Mckay of Victoria {02}, DP Nannes of Delhi {02}, MC Henriques of NSW {02}, JH Kallis of RCB {02} and J Theron of Warriors {02}

JP Kreusch {3 for 19} and R Ashwin {3 for 24} captured three wickets in this game providing the sixth occasion of rival bowlers capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

MS Dhoni effected two stumpings in this game which gave him an aggregate of eleven dismissals in the tournament. He became the first wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals.

Summarised scores : CSK 136 or 6 in 20 overs {MEK Hussey 50, M Vijay 35, MS Dhoni 31, JP Kreusch 3 for 19} beat Warriors 126 for 8 in 20 overs {DA Jacobs 32, JP Kreusch 25, MV Boucher 25, R Ashwin 3 for 24, M Muralitharan 2 for 19} by ten runs