Chennai openers SM Curran and F du Plessis scored zero and 58 and Delhi openers PP Shaw and S Dhawan scored zero and 101 not out in this game providing the 47^th and 48th occasion of openers scoring zero and a fifty in the tournament

This game threw up unusual stats in the history of Indian Premier League. Chennai openers SM Curran and F du Plessis scored zero and 58 and Delhi openers PP Shaw and S Dhawan scored zero and 101 not out providing the second such occasion of openers from rival teams scoring zero and a fifty. The first such occasion was witnessed in the game between Bangalore and Delhi at Bangalore on 17.04.16. Bangalore openers CH Gayle and V Kohli scored zero and 70 while Delhi openers Q de Kock and SS Iyer scored 106 and zero. The following table lists this feat

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	CH Gayle	00	Ban	Del	Bangalore	17.04.16
	V Kohli	70	Ban	Del	Bangalore	17.04.16
2	Q de Kock	106	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
	SS Iyer	00	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
1	SM Curran	00	Che	Del	Sharjah	17.10.20
	F du Plessis	58	Che	Del	Sharjah	17.10.20
2	PP Shaw	00	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20
	S Dhawan	101*	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

It is interesting to note in the captioned two instances, the openers of the team which batted second scored zero and century.

This game witnessed Delhi openers PP Shaw and S Dhawan scored zero and 101 not out to provide the fourth such occasion of openers scoring zero and a century in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	AJ Finch	00	Del	Dec	HydRGS	05.05.11
	V Sehwag	119	Del	Dec	HydRGS	05.05.11
2	Q de Kock	106	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
	SS Iyer	00	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
3	AM Rahane	105	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
	SV Samson	00	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
4	PP Shaw	00	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20
	S Dhawan	101*	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

F du Plessis’ 58 in this game represent his 16^th fifty of the tournament. He has scored 2218 runs with 198 boundary fours and 69 boundary sixes.

S Dhawan’s 101 not out in this game provide his 40^th fifty of the tournament. He became the fourth batsman in the tournament to score 40 fifties. Others are – DA Warner {50}, V Kohli {43} and AB de Villiers {40}

S Dhawan’s run aggregate at the end of this game read 4938 in the tournament. He became the fifth batsman in the tournament to total 4900 plus runs. The following table lists the five batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	V Kohli	186	178	29	5759	113
2	SK Raina	193	189	28	5368	100*
3	RG Sharma	197	192	28	5158	109*
4	DA Warner	135	135	18	5037	126
5	S Dhawan	168	167	23	4938	101*

S Dhawan requires 62 more runs for his 5000 runs in the tournament. If he scores them, he would become the fifth batsman to total 5000 plus runs in the tournament.

S Dhawan’s 101 not out in this game provides the 61^st occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the tournament. It also provides the ninth occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a century in the tournament.

S Dhawan’s 101 not out in this game contained 14 boundary fours to provide the 33^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a century with ten or more boundary fours. It also provides the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a century with 14 or more boundary fours. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	4s	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	PC Valthaty	120*	19	Pun	Che	Mohali	13.04.11
2	de Villiers	133*	19	Ban	Mum	Mumbai	10.05.15
3	M Vijay	113	15	Che	Del	Chennai	25.05.12
4	Q de Kock	108	15	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
5	RR Pant	128*	15	Del	Sun	Delhi	10.05.18
6	Jayawardene	110*	14	Pun	Kol	Kolkata	04.04.10
7	LMP Simmons	100*	14	Mum	Pun	Mohali	21.05.14
8	KL Rahul	132*	14	Pun	Ban	Dub-DSC	25.09.20
9	S Dhawan	101*	14	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

S Dhawan’s 101 not out contained one boundary six to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the tournament with one boundary six. All such occasions are listed below. S Dhawan became the second batsman in the tournament to score a century with one boundary six. V Kohli has achieved the feat on two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	100*	1	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16
2	V Kohli	108*	1	Ban	RPun	Bangalore	07.05.16
3	S Dhawan	101*	1	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

S Dhawan’s 101 not out in this game came in 58 balls to provide the 16^th occasion of a batsman scoring century in the tournament in 58 and less than 58 balls. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	107	49	Ban	Pun	Bangalore	06.05.11
2	V Kohli	113	50	Ban	Pun	Bangalore	18.05.16
3	MA Agarwal	106	50	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
4	Q de Kock	108	51	Del	Ban	Bangalore	17.04.16
5	de Villiers	129*	52	Ban	Guj	Bangalore	14.05.16
6	A Symonds	117*	53	Dec	Raj	HydRGS	24.04.08
7	DA Warner	109*	54	Del	Dec	HydRGS	10.05.12
8	CH Gayle	102*	55	Ban	Kol	Kolkata	22.04.11
9	WP Saha	115*	55	Pun	Kol	Bangalore	01.06.14
10	SV Samson	102*	55	Raj	Sun	HydRGS	29.03.19
11	V Sehwag	119	56	Del	Dec	HydRGS	05.05.11
12	JM Bairstow	114	56	Sun	Ban	HydRGS	31.03.19
13	SR Watson	117*	57	Che	Sun	Mumbai	27.05.18
14	M Vijay	113	58	Che	Del	Chennai	25.05.12
15	S Dhawan	101*	58	Del	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20
16	V Sehwag	122	58	Pun	Che	Mumbai	20.05.14

S Dhawan’s 101 not out in this game came in 58 balls to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring century in the tournament in exact 58 balls. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	M Vijay	113	58	Che	Del	Chennai	25.05.12
2	V Sehwag	122	58	Pun	Che	Mumbai	20.05.14
3	S Dhawan	101*	58	Dehi	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

This game was won by Delhi with a ball to spare to provide the 32nd occasion of a team winning a game with a ball to spare in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Rajasthan	3 wkts	1	215	v Deccan	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	Delhi	5 wkts	1	177	v Mumbai	Delhi	24.05.08
3	Bangalore	5 wkts	1	140	v Kolkata	Durban	29.04.09
4	Punjab	3 wkts	1	169	v Deccan	Kimberley	09.05.09
5	Delhi	5 wkts	1	143	v Punjab	Mohali	13.03.10
6	Mumbai	4 wkts	1	169	v Punjab	Mohali	25.04.12
7	Punjab	4 wkts	1	159	v Bangalore	Bangalore	02.05.12
8	Chennai	4 wkts	1	166	v Bangalore	Chennai	13.04.13
9	Punjab	7 wkts	1	186	v Pune	Mohali	21.04.13
10	Chennai	5 wkts	1	186	v Rajasthan	Chennai	22.04.13
11	Mumbai	5 wkts	1	160	v Kolkata	Kolkata	24.04.13
12	Rajasthan	4 wkts	1	172	v Bangalore	Jaipur	29.04.13
13	Rajasthan	5 wkts	1	179	v Pune	Jaipur	05.05.13
14	Mumbai	4 wkts	1	166	v Rajasthan	Kolkata	24.05.13
15	Bangalore	4 wkts	1	156	v Sunrisers	Bangalore	04.05.14
16	Bangalore	5 wkts	1	139	v Chennai	Ranchi	18.05.14
17	Delhi	5 wkts	1	166	v Punjab	Pune	15.04.15
18	Kolkata	7 wkts	1	166	v Chennai	Kolkata	30.04.15
19	Kolkata	1 wkt	1	184	v Punjab	Kolkata	09.05.15
20	Bangalore	6 wkts	1	081	v Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	15.05.15
21	Chennai	3 wkts	1	140	v Bangalore	Ranchi	22.05.15
22	Mumbai	5 wkts	1	163	v Bangalore	Mumbai	01.05.17
23	Ris Pune	5 wkts	1	162	v Gujarat	Pune-MCA	01.05.17
24	Chennai	1wkt	1	166	v Mumbai	Mumbai	07.04.18
25	Chennai	5 wkts	1	203	v Kolkata	Chennai	10.04.18
26	Sunrisers	6 wkts	1	164	v Delhi	Hyd-RGS	05.05.18
27	Rajasthan	4 wkts	1	177	v Chennai	Jaipur	11.05.18
28	Rajasthan	7 wkts	1	159	v Bangalore	Jaipur	02.04.19
29	Punjab	6 wkts	1	151	v Sunrisers	Mohali	08.04.19
30	Chennai	6 wkts	1	175	v Sunrisers	Chennai	23.04.19
31	Rajasthan	5 wkts	1	158	v Sunrisers	Dub-DSC	10.10.20
32	Delhi	5 wkts	1	180	v Chennai	Sharjah	17.10.20

This game was won by Delhi with a ball to spare to provide the fourth occasion of Delhi winning a game with a ball to spare in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Delhi	5 wkts	1	177	Mum	Delhi	24.05.08
2	Delhi	5 wkts	1	143	Pun	Mohali	13.03.10
3	Delhi	5 wkts	1	166	Pun	Pune	15.04.15
4	Delhi	5 wkts	1	180	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20

This game was won by Delhi with a ball to spare to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a game with a ball to spare in the tournament against Chennai. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
16	Bangalore	5 wkts	1	139	Che	Ranchi	18.05.14
18	Kolkata	7 wkts	1	166	Che	Kolkata	30.04.15
27	Rajasthan	4 wkts	1	177	Che	Jaipur	11.05.18
32	Delhi	5 wkts	1	180	Che	Sharjah	17.10.20