PP Chawla’s lone wicket – that of RG Sharma who was caught by SM Curran for 12 – in this game gave him an aggregate of 151 wickets in IPL. He now stands third in the list of bowlers who have captured most wickets in IPL. Others are – SL Malinga {170} and A Mishra {157}.

PP Chawla was representing the third team in IPL and this was his first game for Chennai. He has represented two other teams in IPL – Kings Eleven Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders. He has captured 84 wickets while appearing for Kings Eleven Punjab and 66 wickets while representing Kolkata Knight Riders

The third wicket partnership of 115 runs between F du Plessis and AT Rayudu in Chennai’s innings provides the 200^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 26^th occasion of a three figure partnership by Chennai batsmen in IPL and provides the 37th occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket in the tournament.

The third wicket partnership of 115 runs between F du Plessis and AT Rayudu in Chennai’s innings provides the seventh occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket by Chennai batsmen in IPL and provides the third occasion of a three figure partnership by Chennai for the third wicket against Mumbai in the tournament.

The third wicket partnership of 115 runs between F du Plessis and AT Rayudu in Chennai’s innings provides the 24th occasion of a three figure partnership by batsmen against Mumbai in IPL and provides the fifth occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket against Mumbai in the tournament.

The five wicket victory for Chennai against Mumbai in the opening fixture of IPL 2020-21 season at Abu Dhabi on 13.09.20 was the one hundredth victory for Chennai under Mahendra Singh  Dhoni. Chennai has won 47 games by wicket margin and 53 games by runs margin.

Chennai has won three games by one to three wickets margin – one each by one wicket, two wickets and three wickets margin – and four games by nine wickets margin.  Chennai has won eight games by single digit margin {one to nine runs} and 13 games by 50 plus runs margin. Of these 13 games, three games have been won by 90 plus runs. The following table furnishes the games won against each opposition

No	Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	TW	TL	NR
1	v Deccan	10	06	04	0	0	0	0
2	v Delhi	20	14	06	0	0	0	0
3	v Punjab	21	12	08	0	0	1	0
4	v Kochi	2	01	01	0	0	0	0
5	v Kolkata	20	13	07	0	0	0	0
6	v Mumbai	29	12	17	0	0	0	0
7	v Pune	6	04	02	0	0	0	0
8	v Rajasthan	21	14	07	0	0	0	0
9	v Bangalore	24	15	08	0	0	0	1
10	v Sunrisers	12	09	03	0	0	0	0
	Total	165	100	63	0	0	1	1

Most wins have been achieved against Bangalore – 15 wins.  Against six teams ten or more games have been won.

No	Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	TW	TL	NR
1	v Bangalore	24	15	08	0	0	0	1
2	v Delhi	20	14	06	0	0	0	0
3	v Rajasthan	21	14	07	0	0	0	0
4	v Kolkata	20	13	07	0	0	0	0
5	v Punjab	21	12	08	0	0	1	0
6	v Mumbai	29	12	17	0	0	0	0

Channai has won most games – 40 – at Chennai.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	06 runs	Chennai	Apr 23, 2008
2	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	09 wkts	Chennai	Apr 26, 2008
3	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	18 runs	Chennai	May 10, 2008
4	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	Mar 31, 2010
5	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	23 runs	Chennai	Apr 03, 2010
6	Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	24 runs	Chennai	Apr 06, 2010
7	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	09 wkts	Chennai	Apr 13, 2010
8	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	02 runs	Chennai	Apr 08, 2011
9	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21 runs	Chennai	Apr 16, 2011
10	Chennai	Pune	Chennai	25 runs	Chennai	Apr 25, 2011
11	Chennai	Deccan	Chennai	19 runs	Chennai	May 01, 2011
12	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	08 wkts	Chennai	May 04, 2011
13	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	18 runs	Chennai	May 12, 2011
14	Chennai	Kochi	Chennai	11 runs	Chennai	May 18, 2011
15	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	58 runs	Chennai	May 28, 2011
16	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	Apr 12, 2012
17	Chennai	Pune	Chennai	13 runs	Chennai	Apr 19, 2012
18	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	07 wkts	Chennai	Apr 21, 2012
19	Chennai	Deccan	Chennai	10 runs	Chennai	May 04, 2012
20	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	09 wkts	Chennai	May 12, 2012
21	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	86 runs	Chennai	May 25, 2012
22	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	04 wkts	Chennai	Apr 13, 2013
23	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	Apr 22, 2013
24	Chennai	Sunrisers	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	Apr 25, 2013
25	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	14 runs	Chennai	Apr 28, 2013
26	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	15 runs	Chennai	May 02, 2013
27	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	33 runs	Chennai	May 14, 2013
28	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	01 run	Chennai	Apr 09, 2015
29	Chennai	Sunrisers	Chennai	45 runs	Chennai	Apr 11, 2015
30	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	97 runs	Chennai	Apr 25, 2015
31	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	02 runs	Chennai	Apr 28, 2015
32	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	24 runs	Chennai	May 04, 2015
33	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	12 runs	Chennai	May 10, 2015
34	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	05 wkts	Chennai	Apr 10, 2018
35	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	07 wkts	Chennai	Mar 23, 2019
36	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	08 runs	Chennai	Mar 31, 2019
37	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	22 runs	Chennai	Apr 06, 2019
38	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	07 wkts	Chennai	Apr 09, 2019
39	Chennai	Sunrisers	Chennai	06 wkts	Chennai	Apr 23, 2019
40	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	80 runs	Chennai	May 01, 2019