Chennai won this game by four runs to provide the 60^th occasion of a team winning  an IPL game by single digit margin. It also provide the seventh occasion of Chennai winning an IPL game by single digit margin. It also provide the ninth occasion of a team winning an IPL game by exact four runs

SK Raina scored 54 not out in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 4658 runs in IPL. He now owns the record for most run aggregate by a batsman in IPL. He went past V Kohli who has an aggregate of 4649 runs  in IPL

SK Raina scored two boundary sixes in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 176 boundary sixes in IPL. He now stands third in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in IPL. CH Gayle {286} and RG Sharma  {179} are the other two batsmen  who  have scored more boundary sixes than SK Raina in IPL.

SK Raina and AT Rayudu added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 171^st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 31^st  occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in IPL.

SK Raina and AT Rayudu added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 20^th occasion of Chenani  batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the sixth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in IPL.

AT Rayudu was dismissed run out for 79 in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. It also provides the tenth occasion of  a Chennai batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL

AT Rayudu was dismissed run out for 79 in this game to provide the second occasion of his being  dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. He became the eleventh batsman in the history of IPL to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on two or more occasions in IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No		Pos	Batsman	Score	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1		04	AB de Villiers	57	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Bangalore	29.04.15
	2		03	AB de Villiers	66	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Pune-SRS	20.05.15
2	1		03	AT Rayudu	53	Mumbai	Kochi	Mumbai	15.04.11
	2		04	AT Rayudu	79	Chennai	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	22.04.18
3	1	*	02	G Gambhir	54	Kolkata	Punjab	Kolkata	04.05.16
	2	*	02	G Gambhir	51	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	16.05.16
4	1		03	JP Duminy	62	Mumbai	Chennai	P E’beth	16.05.09
	2		04	JP Duminy	55	Deccan	Delhi	Hyd-RGS	05.05.11
5	1	*	04	M Jayawardene	55	Kochi	Kolkata	Kochi	05.05.11
	2	*	02	M Jayawardene	76	Kochi	Punjab	Indore	13.05.11
6	1		02	MEK Hussey	88	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chenani	21.04.13
	2		02	MEK Hussey	56	Mumbai	Delhi	Mumbai	23.05.14
7	1		02	ML Hayden	81	Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	23.04.08
	2		02	ML Hayden	65	Chennai	Bangalore	P E’beth	20.04.09
8	1	+	01	RV Uthappa	70	Kolkata	Punjab	Kolkata	04.05.16
	2	+	03	RV Uthappa	59	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	28.04.17
9	1		04	S Badrinath	54	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	07.05.11
	2		04	S Badrinath	55	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	12.05.11
10	1		03	SK Raina	50	Chennai	Kochi	Kochi	18.04.11
	2		03	SK Raina	87	Chennai	Punjab	Mumbai	30.05.14
	3	*	03	SK Raina	77	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Delhi	04.05.17
11	1		05	YK Pathan	56	Rajasthan	Chennai	Mum-DYP	01.06.08
	2		05	YK Pathan	100	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10

KS Williamson scored 84 in this game to provide the 214^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 24th occasion of a Sunrisers captain scoring a fifty in IPL

KS Williamson scored 84 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 79^th occasion of a captain’s fifty in an innings going in vain in IPL. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Sunrisers captain’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL