IPL 2015 – Game 02 – Chennai Vs Delhi at Chennai on 09.04.15 – Chennai won by one run
IPL 2015 – Game 02 – Chennai Vs Delhi at Chennai on 09.04.15 – Chennai won by one run
Chennai won this game by one run to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning the IPL game by one run. The following table lists all such wins.
| No | Winner | Margin | Target | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Punjab | 1 run | 190 | Mumbai | Mumbai | 21 May 2008 |
| 2 | Punjab | 1 run | 135 | Deccan | Johannesburg | 17 May 2009 |
| 3 | Delhi | 1 run | 153 | Rajasthan | Delhi | 29 Apr 2012 |
| 4 | Mumbai | 1 run | 121 | Pune | Pune | 03 May 2012 |
| 5 | Chennai | 1 run | 151 | Delhi | Chennai | 09 Apr 2015 |
DJ Bravo’s two wickets in this game fetched him a tally of 81 wickets in IPL. He became the 12th bowler to capture 80 plus wickets in IPL. The complete list of bowlers who have captured 80 plus wickets in IPL read thus
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | M | Runs | W | BBI | Ave | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | SL Malinga | 84 | 84 | 325.3 | 5 | 2129 | 119 | 5/13 | 17.89 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | A Mishra | 87 | 87 | 318.5 | 4 | 2285 | 103 | 5/17 | 22.18 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | PP Chawla | 99 | 99 | 338.5 | 2 | 2556 | 98 | 4/17 | 26.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh | 97 | 95 | 343.3 | 4 | 2319 | 93 | 5/18 | 24.93 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | R Vinay Kumar | 87 | 86 | 297.4 | 0 | 2459 | 91 | 4/40 | 27.02 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DW Steyn | 83 | 83 | 322.0 | 7 | 2119 | 89 | 3/8 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | PP Ojha | 92 | 90 | 316.3 | 1 | 2332 | 89 | 3/11 | 26.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | RP Singh | 78 | 78 | 283.5 | 2 | 2227 | 87 | 4/22 | 25.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DJ Bravo | 75 | 73 | 231.5 | 1 | 1871 | 81 | 4/42 | 23.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | R Ashwin | 84 | 82 | 302.4 | 4 | 1977 | 81 | 3/16 | 24.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | JA Morkel | 86 | 82 | 273.1 | 3 | 2212 | 80 | 4/32 | 27.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | IK Pathan | 98 | 97 | 330.3 | 10 | 2562 | 80 | 3/24 | 32.02 | 0 | 0 |
A Nehra’s three wickets in this game fetched him a tally of 70 wickets in IPL. He became the 16th bowler to capture 80 plus wickets in IPL. The complete list of bowlers who have captured 70 plus wickets in IPL read thus
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | M | Runs | W | BBI | Ave | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | SL Malinga | 84 | 84 | 325.3 | 5 | 2129 | 119 | 5/13 | 17.89 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | A Mishra | 87 | 87 | 318.5 | 4 | 2285 | 103 | 5/17 | 22.18 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | PP Chawla | 99 | 99 | 338.5 | 2 | 2556 | 98 | 4/17 | 26.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh | 97 | 95 | 343.3 | 4 | 2319 | 93 | 5/18 | 24.93 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | R Vinay Kumar | 87 | 86 | 297.4 | 0 | 2459 | 91 | 4/40 | 27.02 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DW Steyn | 83 | 83 | 322.0 | 7 | 2119 | 89 | 3/8 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | PP Ojha | 92 | 90 | 316.3 | 1 | 2332 | 89 | 3/11 | 26.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | RP Singh | 78 | 78 | 283.5 | 2 | 2227 | 87 | 4/22 | 25.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DJ Bravo | 75 | 73 | 231.5 | 1 | 1871 | 81 | 4/42 | 23.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | R Ashwin | 84 | 82 | 302.4 | 4 | 1977 | 81 | 3/16 | 24.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | JA Morkel | 86 | 82 | 273.1 | 3 | 2212 | 80 | 4/32 | 27.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | IK Pathan | 98 | 97 | 330.3 | 10 | 2562 | 80 | 3/24 | 32.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | L Balaji | 73 | 73 | 252.1 | 2 | 2028 | 76 | 5/24 | 26.68 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Z Khan | 70 | 69 | 258.4 | 3 | 1976 | 75 | 4/17 | 26.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MM Patel | 61 | 61 | 218.5 | 5 | 1641 | 73 | 5/21 | 22.47 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | A Nehra | 59 | 59 | 212.5 | 1 | 1675 | 70 | 3/13 | 23.92 | 0 | 0 |
The result summary of both the teams in IPL read thus
| No | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Tie+W | Tie+L | NR |
| 1 | Chennai | 116 | 70 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Delhi | 106 | 44 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chennai’s win by one run in this game gave its 70th win in IPL. Chennai is the only team in IPL to win 70 games. Delhi has lost 60 IPL games and holds the record for most losses by a team in IPL. Delhi is the only team to lose 60 games in IPL
MS Dhoni’s captaincy record in IPL read thus – Captained 113 : Won 69 : Lost 43 : Tied 00 and NR 01. His record in all T20 games read thus – Captained 185 : Won 109 : Lost 72 : Tied 02 and NR 02. The matches played, matches won and matches lost in IPL and in all T20 matches are records in itself.
Chennai is hosting IPL this year. Last year there were no matches played at Chennai.
Delhi was led by JP Duminy in this game. He became the eighth captain to lead Delhi in IPL. Delhi earned the distinction of being led by most captains in IPL. Punjab and Mumbai are lead by six captains
| No | Teams | Captain | Captain | Captain | Captain | Captain | Captain |
| 1 | Delhi | V Sehwag | G Gambhir | JR Hopes | KD Karthik | Jayawardene | DA Warner |
| Delhi | KP Pietersen | JP Duminy | |||||
| 2 | Punjab | AC Gilchrist | Yuvraj Singh | Sangakkara | Jayawardene | DJ Hussey | GJ Bailey |
| 3 | Mumbai | SR Tendulkar | Harbhajan Singh | SM Pollock | DJ Bravo | RT Ponting | RG Sharma |
JA Morkel’s 73 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 224th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also provides the 29th occasion of a Delhi batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL
A Nehra was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance of 3 for 25 in this game. With this award Chennai played have been awarded the Man of the Match Award on 71 occasions – the most occasions in IPL. This is A Nehra’s third Man of the Match Award in IPL
| No | Player | Team | Runs | W | R | Opposition | M# | Venue | Season |
| 1 | Nehra A | Mumbai | 0 | 3 | 13 | Rajasthan | 27 | Mum-DYP | 2007-08 |
| 2 | Nehra A | Delhi | 0 | 2 | 27 | Mumbai | 35 | East London | 2008-09 |
| 3 | Nehra A | Chennai | 3 | 25 | Delhi | 02 | Chennai | 2014-15 |