EJG Morgan led Kolkata in this game to become the 51^st cricketer to lead a team in the tournament. He also became the fifth cricketer to lead Kolkata in the tournament. Others are – G Gambhir, KD Karthik, SC Ganguly and BB McCullum

EJG Morgan led Kolkata in this game to become the 27^th overseas cricketer to lead a team in the tournament. He also became the second overseas cricketer to lead Kolkata in the tournament. Other cricketer was BB McCullum. The following table details the 27 overseas cricketers who have led various teams in the tournament.

No	Player	Teams	Team	Team
1	AC Gilchrist	Deccan	Punjab
2	SK Warne	Rajasthan
3	KC Sangakkara	Deccan	Punjab	Sunrisers
4	DA Warner	Delhi	Sunrisers
5	GJ Bailey	Punjab
6	M Jayawardene	Delhi	Punjab	Kochi
7	SPD Smith	Pune	Rajasthan	Ris Pune
8	KS Williamson	Sunrisers
9	SR Watson	Rajasthan	Bangalore
10	DL Vettori	Bangalore
11	KP Pietersen	Delhi	Bangalore
12	JP Duminy	Delhi
13	BB McCullum	Gujarat	Kolkata
14	GJ Maxwell	Punjab
15	DJ Hussey	Punjab
16	CL White	Deccan	Sunrisers
17	AJ Finch	Pune
18	DA Miller	Punjab
19	RT Ponting	Mumbai
20	AD Mathews	Pune
21	SM Pollock	Mumbai
22	DJG Sammy	Sunrisers
23	JR Hopes	Delhi
24	DJ Bravo	Mumbai
25	KA Pollard	Mumbai
26	LRPL Taylor	Pune
27	EJG Morgan	Kolkata

EJG Morgan scored 39 not out on his captaincy debut in the tournament.

RG Sharma scored five boundary fours in his knock of 35 in this game which fetched him 451 boundary fours in the tournament. He became the sixth batsman in the tournament to aggregate 450 plus boundary fours. The following table lists all these six batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	4s
1	S Dhawan	167	166	22	4837	549
2	V Kohli	185	177	29	5716	497
3	SK Raina	193	189	28	5368	493
4	G Gambhir	154	152	16	4217	492
5	DA Warner	134	134	17	4990	480
6	RG Sharma	196	191	28	5149	451

Q de Kock scored 78 not out in this game to provide the 186th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 18^th occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

It also provides the occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament against Kolkata. It also provides the third occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament against Kolkata. All the three occasions are listed below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	AT Rayudu	63	Kolkata	Kolkata	13.05.17
2	Ishan Kishan	62	Kolkata	Kolkata	09.05.18
3	Q de Kock	78*	Kolkata	A Dhabi	16.10.20

Q de Kock’s 78 not out in this game represent the highest score by a Mumbai Wicket keeper batsman against Kolkata in the tournament. Previous best was AT Rayudu’s 63 at Kolkata on 13.05.17

No	Batsman	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Q de Kock	78*	Kolkata	A Dhabi	16.10.20
2	AT Rayudu	63	Kolkata	Kolkata	13.05.17

S Gill was caught by KA Pollard in this game which gave Pollard an aggregate of 89 catches in the tournament. He now stands second in the list of fieldsmen who have pouches most catches in the tournament. SK Raina with 102 catches to his credit occupies the first place. RG Sharma {87} and AB de Villiers {85} are the other two fieldsmen who have pouched 80 plus catches in the tournament

S Gill was caught by KA Pollard in this game which gave Pollard an aggregate of 299 catches in T20 games. He now needs one more catch for his 300 catches. If he pouches one more catch, he would then become the first fieldsman in the history of T20 games to pouch 300 catches.

This game was the 27^th game for Mumbai against Kolkata in the tournament. It represents the most games played by Mumbai against any opposition in the tournament. Mumbai has won 21 games against Kolkata in the tournament