Match No 37 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings Eleven Punjab at Chennai on 27.04.12 – Kings Eleven Punjab won by seven runs

Mandeep Singh and SE Marsh added 68 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 55^th occasion of Punjab batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the 12^th occasion of Punjab batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below

Mandeep Singh and SE Marsh added 68 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the tenth^h occasion of Punjab batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against Chennai in IPL. All the ten partnerships are listed below

This stand also represents the third occasion of Punjab batsmen posting a 50 plus runs stand for the first wicket against Chennai. All the three occasions are listed below

This stand represents the record first wicket partnership by Punjab batsmen against Chennai. The previous best was the 61 runs partnership between PC Valthaty and AC Gilchrist at Mohali on 13.04.11

Mandeep Singh’s 61 in this game provide the 48^th occasion of a Punjab batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the eighth occasion of a Punjab batsman scoring a fifty against Chennai in IPL. All the eight occasions are listed below

PP Chawla failed to score in this game providing the sixth occasion of his collecting a duck in IPL. Other batsmen who have collected six or more ducks in IPL are – A Mishra {07}, SK Warne {07}, M Manhas {06}, P Kumar {06}, PA Patel {06} and AC Gilchrist {06}.

PP Chawla with his two wickets in this game has now an aggregate of 68 wickets in IPL. He now occupies the second place amongst the most wicket takers in IPL. The first place is held by SL Malinga who has an aggregate of 72 wickets. PP Chawla went past RP Singh who has an aggregate of 67 wickets on his way to second place.

JA Morkel with his three wickets in this game took his total IPL wickets to 61. He became the eighth  bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in IPL. The complete list reads thus

With his three wickets in this game, JA Morkel took his aggregate wickets in T20 games to 146, while PP Chawla’s total T20 wickets stood at 91 at the end of this game which includes his two wickets in this game.

DJ Hussey and JA Morkel occupy the first and second place amongst the cricketers who have played most T20 games. This was the 180^th game for DJ Hussey and 176^th game for JA Morkel. DJ Hussey became the first cricketer to appear in 180 T20 games.

MS Dhoni’s lone catch in this game gave him 70 dismissals in T20 games. He became the seventh wicket keeper to effect 70 plus dismissals in T20 games. Others are – Kamran Akmal {105}, KC Sangakkara {90}, AC Gilchrist {79}, KD Karthik {73}, PA Nixon {73} and JC Foster {70}

MS Dhoni’s lone catch in this game gave him a total of 20 catches in IPL. He became the fifth wicket keeper to pouch 20 plus catches in IPL. Others are – AC Gilchrist {34}, KC Sangakkara {33}, KD Karthik {27} and RV Uthappa {23}

SE Marsh and B Sharma of Punjab and MS Dhoni of Chennai were dismissed run out in this game providing the 371^st, 372^nd and 373^rd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in IPL

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of captain dismissed run out in IPL, It also provide the fourth occasion of a Chennai captain dismissed run out in IPL

MS Dhoni became the second Chennai captain to be dismissed run out against Punjab after SK Raina who was dismissed run out at Chennai on 21.03.10

MS Dhoni’s run out dismissal in this game provide the 26^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL,

MS Dhoni’s run out dismissal in this game was his third run out dismissal as a wicket keeper batsman in IPL. He became the second wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out on three occasons after PA Patel. The following table lists out the run out dismissals of both these wicket keepers

S Badrinath was caught by substitute in this game providing the 40^th occasion of a batsman caught by substitute fielder in IPL

N Saini of Punjab and F du Plessis of Chennai were dismissed caught and bowled in this game providing the 95^th and 96^th occasion of a batsman dismissed caught and bowled in IPL

SK Raina was dismissed stumped in this game providing the 120^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in IPL.

SE Marsh became the first batsman to complete 1500 runs representing Punjab. His aggregate at the end of this game read 1515. He became the fifth batsman to total 1500 runs representing a single team in IPL. Others are – SK Raina of Chennai – 1966, SR Tendulkar of Mumbai – 1803, V Sehwag of Delhi – 1693, MS Dhoni of Chennai – 1557

SE Marsh became the ninth batsman to total 1500 runs in IPL. The complete list read thus

SE Marsh’s aggregate boundary fours read 150 including his four boundaries in this game. He became the ninth batsman to score 150 plus boundary fours in IPL. The complete list read thus