Chennai Super Kings was led by MS Dhoni. It had the following cricketers who had led various teams in earlier editions of IPL. SR Watson, DJ Bravo, SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh. MS Dhoni has also led Rising Pune Supergiant in the earlier seasons

Chennai won this game against Mumbai by one wicket with a ball to spare to provide the 24^th occasion of a team winning an IPL game with a ball to spare.

Chennai with its win with a ball to spare in this game posted its fourth win with a ball to spare in IPl.  Chennai became the third team to win a game with a ball to spare on three occasions. Bangalore and Mumbai are the other two teams to win a game with a ball to spare on three occasions.

Chennai became the second team in the history of IPL to win a game by one wicket with a ball to spare. Kolkata is the other team to win a game by one wicket with a ball to spare. It had defeated Punjab by one wicket with a ball to spare at Kolkata on 09.05.15

Chennai became the second team to win a game against Mumbai with a ball to spare. Delhi  had won by five wickets with a ball to spare against Mumbai at Delhi on 24.05.08