Match No 76 – Final – Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai on 27.05.12 – Kolkata Knight Riders won by five wickets with two balls to spare

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the tenth occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the third occasion of Kolkata winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL. Kolkata now holds the record for winning most games with two balls to spare in IPL. Bangalore, Chennai and Rajasthan are the other teams to have won two games with two balls to spare in IPL. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the fourth occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL 2012. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Chennai lost this game with two balls to spare providing the third occasion of Chennai losing a game with two balls to spare in IPL. Bangalore, Deccan and Punjab are the other three teams to have lost two games with two balls to spare. The complete list is furnished below

Kolkata and Chennai are the only two opposing teams to have won and lost the two games with two balls to spare in a single edition of IPL. Kolkata won two games against Chennai at Chennai by five wickets margin in IPL 2012 – on 30.04.12 and 27.05.12

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 82^nd and 83^rd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 23rd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below.

MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 17^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the eleventh and twelfth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Kolkata in IPL.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fifth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first two wickets in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

MEK Hussey and SK Raina scored 54 and 73 in this game providing the 65^th and 66^th    occasion of Chennai batsmen scoring fifties in IPL, It also represents the ninth and tenth   occasion of Chennai batsmen scoring fifties against Kolkata in IPL.

MS Bisla and JH Kallis added 136 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 75^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand provides the 23rd  occasion of a three figure partnership for the second wicket in IPL which are listed below

This stand also represents the eighth occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL.

This stand also represents the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership against Chennai in IPL.

This stand also represents record partnership against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 127 runs partnership for the first wicket between GC Smith and SA Asnodkar of Rajasthan at Chennai on 24.05.08

MS Bisla and JH Kallis added 139 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen in IPL. This stand provides the 15^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket by Kolkata batsmen in IPL which are listed below

This stand provides the eighth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen against in IPL which are listed below

This stand represents the record partnership for any wicket by Kolkata batsmen against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 99 runs partnership for the first wicket between G Gambhir and BB McCullum at Kolkata on 14.05.12

This stand represents the record partnership for second wicket by Kolkata batsmen against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 90 runs partnership between BJ Hodge and BB McCullum at Centurion on 18.05.09

MS Bisla and JH Kallis scored 89 and 64 in this game to provide the 45^th and 46^th   occasion of Kolkata batsmen scoring a fifty in IPL. These two knocks represent the   seventh and eighth occasion of Kolkata batsmen scoring fifties against Chennai in IPL which are listed below

MS Bisla’s 89 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Kolkata batsman against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was 81 by BB McCullum at Centurion on 18.05.09

JH Kallis’s 69 in this game represent his 16^th fifty in IPL. He now shares the record for most fifties in IPL with G Gambhir who also has scored 16 fifties.

JH Kallis’s run aggregate in IPL read 1965 at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman to total 1900 runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {2254}, G Gambhir {2065}, SR Tendulkar {2047} and RG Sharma {1975}

JH Kallis has an aggregate of 207 boundary fours in IPL at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman to score 200 plus boundary fours in IPL. Others are – SR Tendulkar {257}, G Gambhir {240}, V Sehwag {225} and R Dravid {204}

SK Raina’s 73 in this game represent his 14^th fifty in IPL. He became the seventh batsman to score 14 or more fifties in IPL. Others are – G Gambhir {16}, JH Kallis {16}, CH Gayle {15}, V Sehwag {15}, RG Sharma {15} and SE Marsh {14}

SK Raina’s aggregate of boundary sixes read 97 at the end of this game. He stands second to CH Gayle who has scored most sixes in IPL – 129

Kolkata Knight Riders won the title for the first time in the five editions of IPL. The complete results read thus –