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Match No 76 – Final – Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai on 27.05.12 – Kolkata Knight Riders won by five wickets with two balls to spare

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the tenth occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the third occasion of Kolkata winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL. Kolkata now holds the record for winning most games with two balls to spare in IPL. Bangalore, Chennai and Rajasthan are the other teams to have won two games with two balls to spare in IPL. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Kolkata won this game with two balls to spare providing the fourth occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL 2012. The complete list of such wins is furnished below

Chennai lost this game with two balls to spare providing the third occasion of Chennai losing a game with two balls to spare in IPL. Bangalore, Deccan and Punjab are the other three teams to have lost two games with two balls to spare. The complete list is furnished below

Kolkata and Chennai are the only two opposing teams to have won and lost the two games with two balls to spare in a single edition of IPL. Kolkata won two games against Chennai at Chennai by five wickets margin in IPL 2012 – on 30.04.12 and 27.05.12

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 82^nd and 83^rd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 23rd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below.

MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 17^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the eleventh and twelfth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Kolkata in IPL.

MEK Hussey and M Vijay added 87 runs for the first wicket and MEK Hussey and SK Raina added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fifth occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first two wickets in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

MEK Hussey and SK Raina scored 54 and 73 in this game providing the 65^th and 66^th    occasion of Chennai batsmen scoring fifties in IPL, It also represents the ninth and tenth   occasion of Chennai batsmen scoring fifties against Kolkata in IPL.

MS Bisla and JH Kallis added 136 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 75^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand provides the 23rd  occasion of a three figure partnership for the second wicket in IPL which are listed below

This stand also represents the eighth occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL.

This stand also represents the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership against Chennai in IPL.

This stand also represents record partnership against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 127 runs partnership for the first wicket between GC Smith and SA Asnodkar of Rajasthan at Chennai on 24.05.08

MS Bisla and JH Kallis added 139 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen in IPL. This stand provides the 15^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket by Kolkata batsmen in IPL which are listed below

This stand provides the eighth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen against in IPL which are listed below

This stand represents the record partnership for any wicket by Kolkata batsmen against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 99 runs partnership for the first wicket between G Gambhir and BB McCullum at Kolkata on 14.05.12

This stand represents the record partnership for second wicket by Kolkata batsmen against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was the 90 runs partnership between BJ Hodge and BB McCullum at Centurion on 18.05.09

MS Bisla and JH Kallis scored 89 and 64 in this game to provide the 45^th and 46^th   occasion of Kolkata batsmen scoring a fifty in IPL. These two knocks represent the   seventh and eighth occasion of Kolkata batsmen scoring fifties against Chennai in IPL which are listed below

MS Bisla’s 89 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Kolkata batsman against Chennai in IPL. The previous best was 81 by BB McCullum at Centurion on 18.05.09

JH Kallis’s 69 in this game represent his 16^th fifty in IPL. He now shares the record for most fifties in IPL with G Gambhir who also has scored 16 fifties.

JH Kallis’s run aggregate in IPL read 1965 at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman to total 1900 runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {2254}, G Gambhir {2065}, SR Tendulkar {2047} and RG Sharma {1975}

JH Kallis has an aggregate of 207 boundary fours in IPL at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman to score 200 plus boundary fours in IPL. Others are – SR Tendulkar {257}, G Gambhir {240}, V Sehwag {225} and R Dravid {204}

SK Raina’s 73 in this game represent his 14^th fifty in IPL. He became the seventh batsman to score 14 or more fifties in IPL. Others are – G Gambhir {16}, JH Kallis {16}, CH Gayle {15}, V Sehwag {15}, RG Sharma {15} and SE Marsh {14}

SK Raina’s aggregate of boundary sixes read 97 at the end of this game. He stands second to CH Gayle who has scored most sixes in IPL – 129

Kolkata Knight Riders won the title for the first time in the five editions of IPL. The complete results read thus –

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.

Match No 74 – Eliminator Match – Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians at Bangalore on 23.05.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs

SK Raina collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 179^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL. It also represents the 12^th occasion of Chennai batsman suffering from such an ignominy which are listed below

SK Raina collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 34^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck against Mumbai in IPL which are listed below

SK Raina score ducks in this game which represents his third duck in IPL, He is the most capped cricketer in IPL. He has played 79 games in IPL

MEK Hussey and S Badrinath added 94 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 78^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. It also provides the 25^th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the third wicket in IPL which are listed below

MEK Hussey and S Badrinath added 94 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 11^th occasion of Chennai batsmen adding 50 plus runs against Mumbai in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni and DJ Bravo added 73 runs in an unfinished stand for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 79th occasion of Chennai batsmen adding 50 plus runs IPL. It also provides the second occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the sixth wicket in IPL which are listed below

Thus the MS Dhoni and DJ Bravo added 73 runs in an unfinished stand for the sixth wicket in this game equals the sixth wicket record partnership by Chennai batsmen in IPL.

MS Dhoni and DJ Bravo added 73 runs in an unfinished stand for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 12^th  occasion of Chennai batsmen adding 50 plus runs against Mumbai in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni scored 51 not out in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of a Chennai batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also provides the ninth occasion of a Chennai batsman scoring a fifty against Mumbai in IPL.

MS Dhoni’s 51 not out in this game provide the 82^nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the ninth occasion of a Chennai captain scoring a fifty in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni’s 51 not out in this game provide the sixth occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Mumbai in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni’s 51 not out in this game provide the 54^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also provide the eleventh occasion of a Chennai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni’s 51 not out in this game provide the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Mumbai in IPL which are listed below

MS Dhoni scored his fifty in 20 balls providing the third fastest fifty in IPL. The three fastest fifties are listed below.

MS Dhoni scored his fifty in 20 balls providing the second fastest fifty by a captain in IPL. The two fastest fifties are listed below.

RG Sharma took three catches in this game which gave him an aggregate of 42 catches in IPL. He now holds the record for most catches in IPL. He went past SK Raina who had taken 39 catches in IPL prior to the start of Mumbai’s innings in this game.

SK Raina took two catches in this game which gave him an aggregate of 41 catches in IPL. He now stands second in the list of fieldsmen who have taken most catches in IPL. The first place is occupied by RG Sharma who has taken 42 catches.  RG Sharma and SK Raina are the only two fieldsmen in IPL to pouch 40 plus catches in IPL.

RG Sharma’s three catches in this represent the third occasion of his taking three catches in an innings in IPL. He now holds the record for most number of occasions of a fieldsman taking three catches in an innings in IPL. DA Warner held this record previously with two occasions of taking three catches in an innings. The performances of these two fieldsmen are listed below

MS Dhoni became the second wicket keeper batsman in the history of IPL to score a fifty and to effect three or more dismissals after AC Gilchrist of Punjab. MS Dhoni scored 51 not out in this game and effected three dismissals {all catches}. AC Gilchrist had scored 64 and effected four dismissals {all catches} in the game between Punjab and Chennai at Dharamsala on 17.05.12

MS Dhoni’s three catches in this game gave him an aggregate of 78 dismissals in T20 games. He is one of the five wicket keepers in T20 games to effected 75 plus dismissals. Others are – Kamran Akmal {105}, KC Sangakkara {90}, AC Gilchrist {85} and KD Karthik {76}. Thus MS Dhoni occupies the fourth place among the wicket keepers who have effected most dismissals in IPL.

MS Dhoni’s aggregate stood at 1745 at the end of this game. He became the tenth batsman to score 1700 plus runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {2154}, G Gambhir {2063}, SR Tendulkar {2047}, RG Sharma {1975}, JH Kallis {1896}, V Sehwag {1878}, CH Gayle {1804}, AC Gilchrist {1775} and R Dravid {1703}

JA Morkel conceded most runs in T20 games. At the end of this game, he has conceded 4103 runs. He is the only bowler to concede over 4000 runs in the history of T20 games.

JA Morkel has to his credit the record for bowling most overs in the history of T20 games. He has bowled 516.2 overs at the end of this game. He went past DP Nannes who has bowled 515.5 overs and held the record previously. JA Morkel and DP Nannes are the only two bowlers who have bowled 500 plus overs in the history of T20 games.

JA Markel’s wicket aggregate in T20 games read 152 at the end of this game. He is one of the four bowlers who have captured 150 plus wickets in T20 games. Others are – DP Nannes {178}, AC Thomas {159} and SL Malinga {153}.