Salient Stats of Match No 33 – Kolkata vs Chennai at Kolkata on 03.05.18  

Salient Stats of Match No 33 – Kolkata vs Chennai at Kolkata on 03.05.18  

MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in IPL at the end of this game read 180. Other batsmen who have scored 180  plus boundary sixes in IPL are – CH Gayle {288}, RG Sharma {181}, AB de Villiers {180} and SK Raina {180}. Thus MS Dhoni occupies the joint third place with AB de Villiers and SK Raina in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in IPL.

MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in IPL representing Chennai at the end of this game read 150. He became the second Chennai batsman to score 150 plus boundary sixes in IPL after SK Raina. SK Raina has scored 157 boundary sixes in IPL.

MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games at the end of this game read 260. He became the twelfth batsman to aggregate 260 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games. The following table lists  all the twelve batsmen.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 CH Gayle 327 320 46 11320 175* 41.31 21 69 20 849 842
2 KA Pollard 420 377 105 8124 89* 29.86 0 40 15 523 525
3 BB McCullum 334 329 33 9114 158* 30.79 7 47 19 861 445
4 DR Smith 318 310 26 7603 110* 26.77 5 45 27 726 367
5 SR Watson 267 259 29 6772 124* 29.44 4 39 15 584 357
6 DA Warner 243 242 25 7668 135* 35.33 6 59 15 765 319
7 RG Sharma 278 266 42 7226 118 32.25 4 51 17 628 299
8 AB de Villiers 245 228 44 6449 133* 35.04 3 42 13 526 292
9 SK Raina 284 270 43 7614 126* 33.54 4 44 11 680 290
10 LRPL Taylor 245 229 54 5426 111* 31.00 1 27 11 378 266
11 AD Russell 245 201 48 3715 100 24.28 1 13 11 261 264
12 MS Dhoni 286 258 103 5906 79* 38.10 0 24 7 408 260

MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games at the end of this game read 260. He became the third Indian batsman to aggregate 260 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games after RG Sharma {299} and SK Raina {290}. The following table lists all the three batsmen.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 RG Sharma 278 266 42 7226 118 32.25 4 51 17 628 299
2 SK Raina 284 270 43 7614 126* 33.54 4 44 11 680 290
3 MS Dhoni 286 258 103 5906 79* 38.10 0 24 7 408 260

MS Dhoni with 150 boundary sixes for Chennai became the sixth batsman in the history of IPL to score 150 plus boundary sixes representing a single team in IPL. The performance of all these six batsmen are listed below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 CH Gayle Bangalore 85 84 11 3163 175* 43.32 5 19 5 248 239
2 V Kohli Bangalore 157 149 25 4767 113 38.44 4 33 6 413 171
3 AB de Villiers Bangalore 107 98 23 3082 133* 41.09 2 22 6 252 167
4 SK Raina Chennai 140 136 22 3935 100* 34.51 1 27 7 347 157
5 KA Pollard Mumbai 130 119 33 2419 78 28.12 0 12 3 162 151
6 MS Dhoni Chennai 138 125 45 3316 79* 41.45 0 18 3 236 150

MS Dhoni’s IPL runs aggregate read 3890 at the end of this game. He now occupies  the seventh place in the  list of batsmen who  have scored most runs in  IPL. Others are – SK Raina {4776}, V Kohli {4767}, RG Sharma {4403], G Gambhir {4217}, DA Warner {4014} and RV Uthappa {3983}

MS Dhoni’s IPL runs aggregate read 3983 at the end of this game. He now occupies the sicth place in the  list of batsmen who  have scored most runs in  IPL. Others are – SK Raina {4776}, V Kohli {4767}, RG Sharma {4403], G Gambhir {4217} and DA Warner {4014}.  RV Uthappa requires 17 more runs for his 4000 runs in IPL.

Kolkata posted its 82nd win in IPL. It is the third team in IPL to post 80 plus wins. Others are – Mumbai {93} and Chennai {85}. This win also represents its seventh win against Chennai in 18 outings.

SK Raina’s run aggregate in IPL representing Chennai read 3935 at the end of this game. He needs 65 more runs for his 4000 runs.

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