Match No 63 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Chennai Super Kings at Kolkata on 14.05.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by five wickets on the last ball of the match

Chennai won this game on the last ball of the match providing the 15^th  occasion of a team winning the match on the last ball of the match in IPL. All the fifteen such occasions are listed below

Chennai’s win on the last ball of the match in this game provide the seventh such win in IPL 2012 which are listed below

Chennai’s win on the last ball of the match in this game provide the fourth such win for Chennai in IPL which are listed below. Chennai now shares the record for most last ball wins in IPL with Mumbai which has also four such wins to its credit

G Gambhir has an aggregate of 1944 runs at the end of this game which includes his 62 in this game. He now stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most run in IPL. The first place is occupied by SK Raina who has an aggregate of 2137 runs

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game was his 16^th fifty in IPL. He now holds the record for most fifties in IPL. He went past V Sehwag, JH Kallis and RG Sharma who have scored 15 fifties on his way to the first spot.

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game represent the 79^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the 17^th occasion of a Kolkata captain scoring a fifty in IPL which are listed below

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game represent the tenth occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Chennai in IPL.

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game represent his tenth fifty as captain in IPL. He became the fourth captain to score ten or more fifties in IPL. Others are – V Sehwag {12}, SR Tendulkar {11} and AC Gilchrist {10}

G Gambhir earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to score six fifties in a single editon of IPL. He achieved the feat in IPL 2012. His performance is listed below

G Gambhir became the fourth batsman to score six or more fifties in a single edition of IPL. Others are CH Gayle of Bangalore – 07 fifties in 2012 ; JH Kallis of Bangalore – six fifties in 2009 and SE Marsh of Punjab – 06 fifties in 2008

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 25^th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL which are listed below

G Gambhir’s 62 in this game was in a losing cause providing the third occasion of a Kolkata captain’s fifty in vain in IPL which are listed below

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 99 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 60^th occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL.

This stand represents the 18^th occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below

This stand represents the seventh occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership against Chennai in IPL which are listed below

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

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 77^th occasion of Chennai batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the 21^st occasion of Chennai batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the tenth occasion of Chennai batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Kolkata in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Chennai batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket against Kolkata in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game which is a record partnership for the first wicket by Chennai batsmen against Kolkata in IPL. The previous best was the 66 runs partnership between PA Patel and ML Hayden at Chennai on 26.04.08

MEK Hussey scored 56 in this game providing the 62^nd occasion of Chennai batsmen scoring a fifty in IPL. His knock represents the occasion of a Chennai batsman scoring a fifty against Kolkata in IPL which are listed below

BB McCullum was run out in this game providing the 27^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL. It also represent the third occasion of a Kolkata wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL which are listed below