Match Number 01 – Chennai Vs Bangalore at Chennai on 22.03.24 – Chennai won by six wickets

RD Gaekwad became the 66^th captain to lead a team in the tournament. He also became the fourth captain to lead Chennai in the tournament.  Others are – MS Dhoni, SK Raina and RA Jadeja.

Mustafizur Rehman returned with four for 29 – his maiden four wicket haul in the tournament

V Kohli’s run aggregate against Chennai  read 1006 at the end of this game. He became the second batsman to score 1000 plus runs against Chennai in the tournament. S  Dhawan has scored 1057 runs against Chennai in the tournament.

Match Number 02 – Delhi Vs Punjab at Mullanpur on 23.03.24 – Punjab won by four wickets

Mullanpur became the 36^th venue to host an IPL game in the tournament. RR Pant was playing his first cricket match after his life threatening car accident in Dec 2021

Match Number 03 – Kolkata Vs Sunrisers at Kolkata on 23.03.24 – Kolkata won by four runs

SS Iyer scored zero and PD Salt scored 54 in this game to provide the second occasion of a captain and wicket keeper from the same team scoring zero and fifty in a game in the tournament.

PD Salt scored 54 and H Klassen scored 63 in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of rival wicket  keepers scoring fifties in the tournament.

Kolkata won this game by four runs to provide the 92^nd occasion of a team winning a game by single digit runs in the tournament.  It also provides the eighth occasion of Kolkata winning a game by single digit runs in the tournament.  It also provides the 13th occasion of a team winning the tournament by exact four runs.