Match No 75 – Second Qualifier – Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Daredevils at Chennai on 23.05.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs

Chennai posted 222 for 5 in this game providing the 31^st occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the seventh occasion of Chennai posting 200 plus runs in IPL which are listed below. Chennai now has the record for posting 200 plus runs in an innings on most occasions – seven. The previous record was six which was held by Punjab

Chennai won this game by 86 runs providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in IPL. The following table lists such victories

Chennai has won seven games with a victory margin of 50 plus runs in IPL which are detailed below. Chennai’s seven wins are a record for a team winning most games by 50 plus runs margin in IPL.

Chennai won this game by 86 runs providing the third occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in IPL 2012. The following table lists such victories. Chennai’s win represents the largest victory by runs margin in IPL 2012

M Vijay and MEK Hussey added 68 runs for the first wicket and M Vijay and SK Raina added 69 runs for the second wicket this game providing the 80^th and 81^st occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL.

M Vijay and MEK Hussey added 68 runs for the first wicket providing the 22nd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay and SK Raina added 69 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 16^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay and MEK Hussey added 68 runs for the first wicket and M Vijay and SK Raina added 69 runs for the second wicket this game providing the eighth and ninth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Delhi in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay and MEK Hussey added 68 runs for the first wicket and M Vijay and SK Raina added 69 runs for the second wicket this game providing the fourth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnerships for the first two wickets in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay scored 113 in this game providing the 24^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay scored 113 in this game providing the 24^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay scored 113 in this game providing the third occasion of a Chennai batsman scoring a hundred in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay with his 113 in this game became the second batsman to score a hundred against Delhi in IPL.  CH Gayle is the other batsman to achieve the feat. He scored 128 not out representing Bangalore at Delhi on 17.05.12

M Vijay’s 113 in this game represent his second hundred in IPL. Prior to this, he had scored 127 against Rajasthan at Chennai on 03.04.12. M Vijay became the fourth batsman to score two or more hundreds in IPL. Others are – CH Gayle {03}, AC Gilchrist {02} and DA Warner {02}. The following table lists out the performances of these four batsmen.

M Vijay earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian batsman to score two hundreds in IPL. His hundreds are listed below

M Vijay’s 113 in this game represent the 64^th occasion of Chennai batsman scoring 50 plus runs in IPL. It also represents the sixth occasion of a Chennai batsman’s scoring a fifty against Delhi in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay’s 113 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Chennai batsman against Delhi in IPL. The previous best was 93 by ML Hayden at Delhi on 19.03.10

M Vijay’s 113 contained 15 boundary fours in this game providing the 63^rd  occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings in IPL. His feat provides the fifth occasion of a Chennai batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings which are listed below

M Vijay’s 113 contained 15 boundary fours in this game represent the record for most boundary fours by a Chennai batsman in IPL. The previous best was 12 boundary fours by ML Hayden in his knock of 81 against Mumbai at Chennai on 23.04.08

M Vijay’s 113 contained 15 boundary fours in this game providing the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings against Delhi in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay with his 15 boundary fours in this game became the fourth batsman to score 15 or more boundary fours in an innings in IPL which are listed below

M Vijay became the second batsman to score 15 or more boundary fours while scoring a hundred in IPL. PC Valthaty of Punjab had scored 19 boundary fours against Chennai at Mohali on 13.04.11

JA Morkel was dismissed first ball in thie game providing the 180^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL. It also represents the 13^th occasion of a Chennai batsman suffering from such an ignominy in IPL which are listed below

Sunny Gupta was dismissed first ball in thie game providing the 181st occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL. It also represents the 24th occasion of a Delhi batsman suffering from such an ignominy in IPL which are listed below

VA Aaron returned with figures of 4.0-0-63-2 in this game. He earned the dubious distinction of becoming the most expensive bowler in IPL. He became the first bowler to concede 60 plus runs in an innings in IPL.

VA Aaron conceded 63 runs in this game providing the 40^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. It also represents the seventh occasion of a Delhi bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL which are listed below

VA Aaron conceded 63 runs in this game providing the fifth occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs against Chennai in IPL  which are listed below

M Vijay was dismissed run out for 113 in this game providing the 31^st occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in IPL. M Vijay is the second batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a hundred in IPL after YK Pathan of Rajasthan who was run out after scoring exact 100 runs against Mumbai at Mum-BS on 13.03.10

M Vijay’s 113 is the highest individual score amongst the batsmen who are dismissed run out with a fifty to their credit in IPL.

DPMD Jayawardene scored 55 in this game providing the 61^st occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. His knock also represents the eleventh occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a fifty against Chennai in IPL which are listed below.

DPMD Jayawardene scored 55 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 154^th occasion of batsman’s a fifty going in vain in IPL. His knock also represents the 18^th occasion of a Delhi batsman’s a fifty in a losing cause in IPL which are listed below.

DPMD Jayawardene scored 55 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 28th occasion of batsman’s a fifty going in vain against Chennai in IPL which are listed below.

DPMD Jayawardene scored 55 in this game was in a losing cause providing the sixth occasion of a Delhi batsman’s a fifty going in vain against Chennai in IPL which are listed below.

With a stumping dismissal in this game, MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 45 dismissals in IPL. He now occupies the second place amongst the wicket keepers who have effected most dismissals in IPL. AC Gilchrist with 55 dismissals occupies the first place. MS Dhoni went past KD Karthik who has 44 dismissals to his credit on his way to second position.

A lone catch by SK Raina in this game gave him a total of 42 catches in IPL. He now shares the record for most catches in IPL jointly with RG Sharma who has also taken 42 catches.

This game witnessed three run outs – M Vijay, Y Venugopala Rao and VA Aaron – providing 410 run outs in IPL.

Sunny Gupta was stumped by MS Dhoni in this game providing the 136^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in IPL.