Salient Stats of Match No 33 – Kolkata vs Chennai at Kolkata on 03.05.18
MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in IPL at the end of this game read 180. Other batsmen who have scored 180 plus boundary sixes in IPL are – CH Gayle {288}, RG Sharma {181}, AB de Villiers {180} and SK Raina {180}. Thus MS Dhoni occupies the joint third place with AB de Villiers and SK Raina in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in IPL.
MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in IPL representing Chennai at the end of this game read 150. He became the second Chennai batsman to score 150 plus boundary sixes in IPL after SK Raina. SK Raina has scored 157 boundary sixes in IPL.
MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games at the end of this game read 260. He became the twelfth batsman to aggregate 260 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games. The following table lists all the twelve batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 327 | 320 | 46 | 11320 | 175* | 41.31 | 21 | 69 | 20 | 849 | 842 |
| 2 | KA Pollard | 420 | 377 | 105 | 8124 | 89* | 29.86 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 523 | 525 |
| 3 | BB McCullum | 334 | 329 | 33 | 9114 | 158* | 30.79 | 7 | 47 | 19 | 861 | 445 |
| 4 | DR Smith | 318 | 310 | 26 | 7603 | 110* | 26.77 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 726 | 367 |
| 5 | SR Watson | 267 | 259 | 29 | 6772 | 124* | 29.44 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 584 | 357 |
| 6 | DA Warner | 243 | 242 | 25 | 7668 | 135* | 35.33 | 6 | 59 | 15 | 765 | 319 |
| 7 | RG Sharma | 278 | 266 | 42 | 7226 | 118 | 32.25 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 628 | 299 |
| 8 | AB de Villiers | 245 | 228 | 44 | 6449 | 133* | 35.04 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 526 | 292 |
| 9 | SK Raina | 284 | 270 | 43 | 7614 | 126* | 33.54 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 680 | 290 |
| 10 | LRPL Taylor | 245 | 229 | 54 | 5426 | 111* | 31.00 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 378 | 266 |
| 11 | AD Russell | 245 | 201 | 48 | 3715 | 100 | 24.28 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 261 | 264 |
| 12 | MS Dhoni | 286 | 258 | 103 | 5906 | 79* | 38.10 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 408 | 260 |
MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games at the end of this game read 260. He became the third Indian batsman to aggregate 260 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 games after RG Sharma {299} and SK Raina {290}. The following table lists all the three batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 278 | 266 | 42 | 7226 | 118 | 32.25 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 628 | 299 |
| 2 | SK Raina | 284 | 270 | 43 | 7614 | 126* | 33.54 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 680 | 290 |
| 3 | MS Dhoni | 286 | 258 | 103 | 5906 | 79* | 38.10 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 408 | 260 |
MS Dhoni with 150 boundary sixes for Chennai became the sixth batsman in the history of IPL to score 150 plus boundary sixes representing a single team in IPL. The performance of all these six batsmen are listed below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | CH Gayle | Bangalore | 85 | 84 | 11 | 3163 | 175* | 43.32 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 248 | 239 |
| 2 | V Kohli | Bangalore | 157 | 149 | 25 | 4767 | 113 | 38.44 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 413 | 171 |
| 3 | AB de Villiers | Bangalore | 107 | 98 | 23 | 3082 | 133* | 41.09 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 252 | 167 |
| 4 | SK Raina | Chennai | 140 | 136 | 22 | 3935 | 100* | 34.51 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 347 | 157 |
| 5 | KA Pollard | Mumbai | 130 | 119 | 33 | 2419 | 78 | 28.12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 162 | 151 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni | Chennai | 138 | 125 | 45 | 3316 | 79* | 41.45 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 236 | 150 |
MS Dhoni’s IPL runs aggregate read 3890 at the end of this game. He now occupies the seventh place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {4776}, V Kohli {4767}, RG Sharma {4403], G Gambhir {4217}, DA Warner {4014} and RV Uthappa {3983}
MS Dhoni’s IPL runs aggregate read 3983 at the end of this game. He now occupies the sicth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {4776}, V Kohli {4767}, RG Sharma {4403], G Gambhir {4217} and DA Warner {4014}. RV Uthappa requires 17 more runs for his 4000 runs in IPL.
Kolkata posted its 82nd win in IPL. It is the third team in IPL to post 80 plus wins. Others are – Mumbai {93} and Chennai {85}. This win also represents its seventh win against Chennai in 18 outings.
SK Raina’s run aggregate in IPL representing Chennai read 3935 at the end of this game. He needs 65 more runs for his 4000 runs.