Match No 59 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Daredevils at Chennai on 12.05.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by nine wickets

Chennai won this game by nine wickets providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning a game by nine or more wickets in IPL. All the 25 occasions are listed below

Chennai’s win by nine wickets in this game provides the fourth occasion of Chennai winning the game by nine wickets in IPL which are listed below. Chennai became the first team in IPL to trounce Delhi by nine wickets margin in IPL.

DPMD Jayawardene’s lone catch in this game gave him an aggregate of 52 dismissals in T20 games. He became the 12^th fieldsman to pouch 50 or more catches in the annals of T20 games which are listed below. Barring M van Jaarsveld, all the eleven cricketers are appearing in the ongoing edition of IPL. The list includes two Indian cricketers – RG Sharma and SK Raina who have taken 54 and 52 catches respectively.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 75 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 76^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in IPL. It also provide the 20^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 75 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the    seventh occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against Delhi in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 75 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the    third occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket against Delhi in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 75 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the    record partnership for the first wicket against Delhi in IPL, The previous best was the 62 runs partnership between S Vidyut and SP Fleming at Delhi on 08.05.08

SK Raina’s aggregate in T20 games read 3022 at the end of this game. He became the   tenth batsman to total 3000 runs in the history of T20 games. Others are – DJ Hussey {4549}, BJ Hodge {4471}, BB McCullum {3923}, OA Shah {3841}, CH Gayle {3809}, DA Warner {3564}, HH Gibbs {3227}, LRPL Taylor {3109} and RG Sharma {3002}