Stats highlights of Match 49 of IPL 2020
Chennai won this game by six wickets on the last ball of the match to provide the 28th occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Chennai | 4 wkts | 0 | Delhi | Delhi | 08.05.08 |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 5 wkts | 0 | Mumbai | Jaipur | 26.05.08 |
| 3 | Rajasthan | 3 wkts | 0 | Chennai | Mumbai | 01.06.08 |
| 4 | Punjab | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | P Elizabeth | 03.05.09 |
| 5 | Deccan | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Johannesburg | 16.05.09 |
| 6 | Kolkata | 7 wkts | 0 | Chennai | Centurion | 18.05.09 |
| 7 | Mumbai | 7 wkts | 0 | Pune | Mumbai | 20.04.11 |
| 8 | Mumbai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 22.05.11 |
| 9 | Mumbai | 5 wkts | 0 | Deccan | Vizag | 09.04.12 |
| 10 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Bangalore | Chennai | 12.04.12 |
| 11 | Bangalore | 6 wkts | 0 | Pune | Bangalore | 17.04.12 |
| 12 | Chennai | 7 wkts | 0 | Rajasthan | Chennai | 21.04.12 |
| 13 | Mumbai | 2 wkts | 0 | Chennai | Mumbai | 06.05.12 |
| 14 | Punjab | 4 wkts | 0 | Deccan | Mohali | 13.05.12 |
| 15 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 14.05.12 |
| 16 | Rajasthan | 3 wkts | 0 | Delhi | Delhi | 12.04.15 |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 6 wkts | 0 | Sunrisers | Vizag | 16.04.15 |
| 18 | Gujarat | 3 wkts | 0 | Mumbai | Mumbai | 16.04.16 |
| 19 | Gujarat | 3 wkts | 0 | Ris Pune | Pune-MCA | 29.04.16 |
| 20 | Delhi | 6 wkts | 0 | Sunrisers | Raipur | 20.05.16 |
| 21 | Ris Pune | 4 wkts | 0 | Punjab | Vizag | 21.05.16 |
| 22 | Ris Pune | 6 wkts | 0 | Sunrisers | Pune-MCA | 22.04.17 |
| 23 | Sunrisers | 1 wkt | 0 | Mumbai | Hyd-RGS | 12.04.18 |
| 24 | Delhi | 7 wkts | 0 | Mumbai | Mumbai | 14.04.18 |
| 25 | Mumbai | 3 wkts | 0 | Punjab | Mumbai | 10.04.19 |
| 26 | Chennai | 4 wkts | 0 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 11.04.19 |
| 27 | Punjab | 8 wkts | 0 | Bangalore | Sharjah | 15.10.20 |
| 28 | Chennai | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Dub-DSC | 29.10.20 |
Chennai won this game by six wickets on the last ball of the match to provide the sixth occasion of Chennai winning a game on the last ball of the match in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Chennai | 4 wkts | 0 | Delhi | Delhi | 08.05.08 |
| 2 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Bangalore | Chennai | 12.04.12 |
| 3 | Chennai | 7 wkts | 0 | Rajasthan | Chennai | 21.04.12 |
| 4 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 14.05.12 |
| 5 | Chennai | 4 wkts | 0 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 11.04.19 |
| 6 | Chennai | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
Chennai won this game by six wickets on the last ball of the match to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in the tournament against Kolkata. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Punjab | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | P E’beth | 03.05.09 |
| 2 | Deccan | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Jo’burg | 16.05.09 |
| 3 | Mumbai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 22.05.11 |
| 4 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 14.05.12 |
| 5 | Chennai | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
Chennai won this game by six wickets on the last ball of the match to provide the fifth occasion of Chennai winning a game on the last ball of the match in the tournament against Kolkata. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Chennai | 5 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | Kolkata | 14.05.12 |
| 2 | Chennai | 6 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
Chennai won this game by six wickets on the last ball of the match to provide the second occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in the ongoing edition of the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Punjab | 8 wkts | 0 | Bangalore | Sharjah | 15.10.20 |
| 2 | Chennai | 8 wkts | 0 | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
With the score board reading 166 for 4, Chennai required seven runs from two balls. RA Jadeja scored a six of Nagarkoti’s fifth delivery of the last over of the match and the scores were level with 172 for 4. Chennai now required one run of one delivery to win the game. RA Jadeja scored a six of the last delivery of the match to win the game for Chennai. Chennai chased a total of 172 in this game.
All the participating teams scored 10 or more points in this edition. It has happened for the first time in the history of the tournament.
RA Jadeja was appearing in his 250th T20 game and made it memorable by scoring two consecutive boundary sixes of the last two deliveries of the match and securing a win of the last delivery of the match for his team Chennai in Indian Premier League 2020.
RA Jadeja became the 56th cricketer to appear in 250 plus T20 games. He also became the twelfth Indian cricketer to appear in 250 plus T20 games. The following table details them with their performances in T20 games.
| No | Player | Mat | Runs | C | W | 5 | Ct | St |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 337 | 8902 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 136 | 0 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni | 330 | 6821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 84 |
| 3 | SK Raina | 319 | 8392 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 4 | KD Karthik | 301 | 5877 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 59 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 293 | 9324 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 130 | 0 |
| 6 | YK Pathan | 274 | 4852 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 7 | S Dhawan | 271 | 7765 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 8 | RV Uthappa | 266 | 6664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 39 |
| 9 | Harbhajan | 265 | 1508 | 0 | 235 | 1 | 82 | 0 |
| 10 | MK Pandey | 252 | 5678 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 124 | 2 |
| 11 | G Gambhir | 251 | 6402 | 0 | – | – | 51 | 0 |
| 12 | RA Jadeja | 250 | 2542 | 0 | 163 | 1 | 93 | 0 |
This game was the 183rd game for RA Jadeja in the tournament. He now stands seventh in the list of batsmen who have played most matches in the tournament. The following table details these seven cricketers with their performances in the tournament.
| No | Player | Mat | Runs | C | W | 5 | Ct | St |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 203 | 4632 | 0 | – | – | 112 | 39 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 197 | 5158 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
| 3 | KD Karthik | 195 | 3823 | 0 | – | – | 114 | 30 |
| 4 | SK Raina | 193 | 5368 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 189 | 5836 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 6 | RV Uthappa | 187 | 4571 | 0 | – | – | 86 | 32 |
| 7 | RA Jadeja | 183 | 2159 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 68 | 0 |
MS Dhoni was dismissed for one in this game to provide the 40th occasion of his dismissed for scores zero to nine in the tournament.
MS Dhoni was dismissed for one in this game to provide the fifth occasion of his dismissed for score of exact one in the tournament. All the five occasions are listed below
| No | R | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 1 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 04.05.08 |
| 2 | 1 | Chennai | Punjab | Chennai | 28.04.12 |
| 3 | 1 | Chennai | Kolkata | Kolkata | 30.04.15 |
| 4 | 1 | Ris Pune | Punjab | Mohali | 17.04.16 |
| 5 | 1 | Chennai | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
MS Dhoni was dismissed bowled for one in this game to provide the sixth occasion of his dismissed bowled for scores zero to nine in the tournament.
| Inn | R | MoD | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 2 | bowled | Chennai | Punjab | Durban | 20.05.09 |
| 2 | 7 | Bowled | Chennai | Chargers | Nagpur | 10.04.10 |
| 3 | 1 | bowled | Chennai | Kolkata | Kolkata | 30.04.15 |
| 4 | 7 | Bowled | Ris Pune | Mumbai | Mumbai | 24.04.17 |
| 5 | 9 | Bowled | Chennai | Sunrisers | Mumbai | 22.05.18 |
| 6 | 1 | bowled | Chennai | Kolkata | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
Chennai and Kolkata’s performance in the tournament at the end of this game read thus
| Team | Mat | Won | Lost | T | TW | TL | NR |
| Chennai | 178 | 105 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kolkata | 191 | 97 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Chennai and Kolkata have met each other on 22 occasions in the tournament. Chennai has won 14 games, while Kolkata has won 08 games.
LH Ferguson returned with none for 54 in this game to provide the 165th occasion of a bowler conceding fifty plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the 19th occasion of a Kolkata bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Kolkata bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament against Chennai. All such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that all these four bowlers are overseas bowlers
| No | Bowlers | W-R | Oppn | Ground | Date |
| 1 | JH Kallis | 0-50 | Chennai | Chennai | 28.04.13 |
| 2 | PJ Cummins | 1-54 | Chennai | Kolkata | 30.04.15 |
| 3 | MG Johnson | 0-51 | Chennai | Kolkata | 03.05.18 |
| 4 | LH Ferguson | 0-54 | Chennai | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
LH Ferguson returned with none for 54 in this game to provide the 73rd occasion of a bowler conceding fifty plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Kolkata bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Bowlers | W-R | Oppn | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Mashrafe Mortaza | 0-58 | Deccan | Jo’burg | 16.05.09 |
| 2 | JH Kallis | 0-50 | Chennai | Chennai | 28.04.13 |
| 3 | MG Johnson | 0-51 | Chennai | Kolkata | 03.05.18 |
| 4 | Prasidh Krishna | 0-56 | Sunrisers | Kolkata | 25.05.18 |
| 5 | Prasidh Krishna | 0-52 | Bangalore | Kolkata | 19.04.19 |
| 6 | LH Ferguson | 0-54 | Chennai | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |
It also provides the third occasion of a Kolkata bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the tournament against Chennai. All such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that all these three bowlers are overseas bowlers. LH Ferguson became Kolkata’s most expensive bowler against Chennai in the tournament when a bowler failed to capture a wicket.
| No | Bowlers | W-R | Oppn | Ground | Date |
| 1 | JH Kallis | 0-50 | Chennai | Chennai | 28.04.13 |
| 2 | MG Johnson | 0-51 | Chennai | Kolkata | 03.05.18 |
| 3 | LH Ferguson | 0-54 | Chennai | DubDSC | 29.10.20 |