S Dhawan was dismissed by the first ball of match in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of the IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Pos	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	01	PA Patel	Chennai	Rajasthan	Jaipur	04.05.08
2	01	G Gambhir	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
3	01	JH Kallis	Bangalore	Delhi	P Elizabeth	26.04.09
4	02	K Goel	Punjab	Rajasthan	Cape Town	26.04.09
5	01	BB McCullum	Kolkata	Bangalore	Durban	29.04.09
6	01	ST Jayasuriya	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
7	01	S Badarinath	Chennai	Punjab	Centurion	07.05.09
8	01	MJ Lumb	Rajasthan	Kolkata	Ahmedabad	20.03.10
9	01	MK Tiwary	Kolkata	Deccan	Mum-DYP	12.03.10
10	01	S Aniruddha	Chennai	Punjab	Mohali	13.04.11
11	01	BB McCullum	Kochi	Pune	Mum-DYP	13.04.11
12	01	MA Agarwal	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	12.04.11
13	01	PA Patel	Deccan	Pune	Cuttack	01.05.12
14	01	MK Pandey	Pune	Deccan	Cuttack	01.05.12
15	02	M Vijay	Chennai	Delhi	Delhi	10.04.12
16	01	U Chand	Delhi	Kolkata	Kolkata	03.04.13
17	01	MDKJ Perera	Rajasthan	Pune	Pune-MCA	11.04.13
18	01	JH Kallis	Kolkata	Delhi	Dubai {CA}	19.04.14
19	01	DR Smith	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	30.04.15
20	01	CH Gayle	Bangalore	Kolkata	Bangalore	07.05.17
21	01	MJ Guptill	Punjab	Ris Pune	Pune-MCA	14.05.17
22	01	SA Yadav	Mumbai	Bangalore	Mumbai	17.04.18
23	01	S Dhawan	Sunriseres	Chennai	Mumbai	22.05.18

S Dhawan was dismissed by the first ball of match in this game to provide the 45^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the innings while batting at number one in the history of the IPL.

S Dhawan was dismissed by the first ball of match in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match against Chennai in the history of the IPL. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Pos	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	01	G Gambhir	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
2	01	S Dhawan	Sunriseres	Chennai	Mumbai	22.05.18

KS Willamson’s run aggregate in IPL 2018 read 685 at the end of this game. He now owns the record for most runs in IPL 2018. He went past RR Pant who had totalled 684 runs.

SN Thakur of Chennai returned with figures of one for 50 in this game to provide the 129th occasion of a bowler conceding fifty plus runs in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 12^th occasion of a Chennai bowler conceding fifty plus runs in an inningsin IPL.

Chennai won this game by two wickets and entered the  finals of  IPL 2018. It is the seventh occasion that Chennai is appearing in the finals of the tournament. The other six occasions are tabulated below.

No	Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Runners	Margin	Ground	Date
1	IPL (in India)	2008	Rajasthan	Chennai	03 wkts	Mumbai	01.06.08
2	IPL (in South Africa)	2009	Deccan	Bangalore	06 runs	Jo’burg	24.05.09
3	IPL (in India)	2010	Chennai	Mumbai	22 runs	Mumbai	25.04.10
4	IPL (in India)	2011	Chennai	Bangalore	58 runs	Chennai	28.05.11
5	IPL (in India)	2012	Kolkata	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	27.05.12
6	IPL (in India)	2013	Mumbai	Chennai	23 runs	Kolkata	26.05.13
7	IPL (in UAE and in India)	2014	Kolkata	Punjab	03 wkts	Bangalore	01.06.14
8	IPL (in India)	2015	Mumbai	Chennai	41 runs	Kolkata	24.05.15
9	IPL (in India}	2016	Sunrisers	Bangalore	08 runs	Bangalore	29.05.16
10	IPL (in India}	2017	Mumbai	Ris Pune	01 runs	Hyd-RGS	21.05.17

Chennai won the trophy in 2010 and 2011 and was Runners up in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015

Winners – Chennai
No	Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Runners	Margin	Ground	Date
1	IPL (in India)	2010	Chennai	Mumbai	22 runs	Mumbai	25.04.10
2	IPL (in India)	2011	Chennai	Bangalore	58 runs	Chennai	28.05.11

 

Runners – Chennai
No	Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Runners	Margin	Ground	Date
1	IPL (in India)	2008	Rajasthan	Chennai	03 wkts	Mumbai	01.06.08
2	IPL (in India)	2012	Kolkata	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	27.05.12
3	IPL (in India)	2013	Mumbai	Chennai	23 runs	Kolkata	26.05.13
4	IPL (in India)	2015	Mumbai	Chennai	41 runs	Kolkata	24.05.15