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KA Pollard was playing his 125^th game for Mumbai Indians. He became the second cricketer to appear in 125 plus games for Mumbai Indians. He also became the fifth cricketer to appear in 125 plus games for a single team in IPL. Others are – V Kohli for Bangalore {150}, Harbhajan Singh for Mumbai {136}, SK Raina for Chennai {134} and MS Dhoni for Chennai {131}.

Sunrisers won this game by one wicket on the last ball of the match to provide the 22^nd occasion of a team winning the match on the last ball in the history of IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Chennai	4 wkts	0	188	20.0	20.0	Delhi	Delhi	08.05.08
2	Rajasthan	5 wkts	0	146	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Jaipur	26.05.08
3	Rajasthan	3 wkts	0	164	20.0	20.0	Chennai	Mumbai	01.06.08
4	Punjab	6 wkts	0	154	20.0	20.0	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	03.05.09
5	Deccan	6 wkts	0	161	20.0	20.0	Kolkata	Johannesburg	16.05.09
6	Kolkata	7 wkts	0	189	20.0	20.0	Chennai	Centurion	18.05.09
7	Mumbai	7 wkts	0	119	20.0	20.0	Pune	Mumbai	20.04.11
8	Mumbai	5 wkts	0	176	20.0	20.0	Kolkata	Kolkata	22.05.11
9	Mumbai	5 wkts	0	139	20.0	20.0	Deccan	Vizag	09.04.12
10	Chennai	5 wkts	0	206	20.0	20.0	Bangalore	Chennai	12.04.12
11	Bangalore	6 wkts	0	183	20.0	20.0	Pune	Bangalore	17.04.12
12	Chennai	7 wkts	0	147	20.0	20.0	Rajasthan	Chennai	21.04.12
13	Mumbai	2 wkts	0	174	20.0	20.0	Chennai	Mumbai	06.05.12
14	Punjab	4 wkts	0	191	20.0	20.0	Deccan	Mohali	13.05.12
15	Chennai	5 wkts	0	159	20.0	20.0	Kolkata	Kolkata	14.05.12
16	Rajasthan	3 wkts	0	185	20.0	20.0	Delhi	Delhi	12.04.15
17	Rajasthan	6 wkts	0	128	20.0	20.0	Sunrisers	Vizag	16.04.15
18	Gujarat	3 wkts	0	144	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Mumbai	16.04.16
19	Gujarat	3 wkts	0	196	20.0	20.0	Ris Pune	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
20	Delhi	6 wkts	0	159	20.0	20.0	Sunrisers	Raipur	20.05.16
21	Ris Pune	4 wkts	0	173	20.0	20.0	Punjab	Vizag	21.05.16
22	Ris Pune	6 wkts	0	177	20.0	20.0	Sunrisers	Pune-MCA	22.04.17
23	Sunrisers	1 wkt	0	148	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18

It was Sunrisers first victory on the last ball of the match and also provides the first occasion of a team winning a game by one wicket on the  last ball of the  match. It also provides the first such win at Hyd-RGS

It also provides the third occasion of Mumbai losing a game on the last ball of the match. All the three occasions are listed below 

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Rajasthan	5 wkts	0	146	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Jaipur	26.05.08
2	Gujarat	3 wkts	0	144	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Mumbai	16.04.16
3	Sunrisers	1 wkt	0	148	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18

The following three games are won on the last ball of the match on 12^th April with an interval of exact three years between them.{12.04.12-12.04.15-12.04.18}. It appears that the date 12^th April has a tryst with the record of last ball victories in IPL.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Chennai	5 wkts	0	206	20.0	20.0	Bangalore	Chennai	12.04.12
2	Rajasthan	3 wkts	0	185	20.0	20.0	Delhi	Delhi	12.04.15
3	Sunrisers	1 wkt	0	148	20.0	20.0	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18

M Markande captured 4 for 23 in this game to provide the 121^st occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the history of IPL. It also provides the 103^rd occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in an innings in the history of IPL. It also provides the 15^th occasion of a Mumbai bowler capturing four or more wickets in  an innings in IPL.

Kolkata and Mumbai bowlers share the second place jointly the record for most number of occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the history of IPL at the end of this game. Both the teams have 15 occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings.  Bangalore bowlers have captured four or more wickets in an innings on 16 occasions and occupy the first place

M Markande with his 4 for 23 in this game became the second Mumbai bowler to capture four or more wickets against Sunrisers in IPL after SL Malinga. SL Malinga had returned with an identical figure of 4 for 23 on two occasions – against Kolkata at Abu Dhabi on 16.04.14 and against Sunrisers at Mumbai on 25.04.15. Thus M Markande’s four for 23 in this game provide the third occasion of a Mumbai bowler capturing an identical figures of 4 for 23 in  an innings.

M Markande’s 4 for 23 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets against Sunrisers in IPL after SL Malinga.

The following are the four occasions of bowlers returning with identical figures of 4.0-0-23-4 in an innings in the history of IPL.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SL Malinga	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Kolkata	Abu Dhabi	16.04.14
2	SL Malinga	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Mumbai	25.04.15
3	CH Morris	4.0	0	23	4	Rajasthan	Kolkata	Mum-BS	16.05.15
4	M Marande	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18

M Markande’s 4 for 23 in this  game was in a losing  cause providing the 26^th occasion of a bowler’s four plus  wicket haul going in vain in  the history of IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Res
1	JA Morkel	4.0	0	32	4	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21.05.08	L
2	YA Abdulla	4.0	1	36	4	Punjab	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09	L
3	Harbhajan Singh	4.0	0	17	4	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09	L
4	A Kumble	4.0	0	16	4	Bangalore	Deccan	Johannesburg	24.05.09	L
5	Yuvraj Singh	4.0	0	29	4	Pune	Delhi	Mumbai	17.04.11	L
6	MM Patel	4.0	0	21	5	Mumbai	Punjab	Mohali	10.05.11	L
7	SP Narine	4.0	0	19	5	Kolkata	Punjab	Kolkata	15.04.12	L
8	P Awana	4.0	0	34	4	Punjab	Bangalore	Mohali	20.04.12	L
9	RJ Harris	4.0	0	34	4	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mohali	05.05.12	L
10	UT Yadav	4.0	0	24	4	Delhi	Rajasthan	Delhi	06.04.13	L
11	JP Faulkner	4.0	1	16	5	Rajasthan	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	17.05.13	L
12	DJ Bravo	4.0	0	42	4	Chennai	Mumbai	Kolkata	26.05.13	L
13	SL Malinga	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Kolkata	Abu Dhabi	16.04.14	L
14	Yuvraj Singh	4.0	0	35	4	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Bangalore	11.05.14	L
15	KV Sharma	4.0	0	38	4	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Kolkata	24.05.14	L
16	Karanveer Singh	4.0	0	54	4	Punjab	Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14	L
17	Imran Tahir	4.0	0	28	4	Delhi	Rajasthan	Delhi	12.04.15	L
18	Sandeep Sharma	4.0	1	25	4	Punjab	Kolkata	Pune-MCA	18.04.15	L
19	D Wiese	4.0	0	33	4	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	19.04.15	L
20	MJ McClenaghan	4.0	0	21	4	Mumbai	Gujarat	Mumbai	16.04.16	L
21	A Zampa	4.0	0	19	6	Ris Pune	Sunrisers	Vizag	10.05.16	L
22	DS Kulakarni	4.0	1	14	4	Gujarat	Bangalore	Bangalore	25.05.16	L
23	S Badree	4.0	1	09	4	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	14.04.17	L
24	CH Morris	4.0	0	26	4	Delhi	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	19.04.17	L
25	S Kaul	4.0	0	29	4	Sunrisers	Ris Pune	Hyd-RGS	06.05.17	L
26	M Markande	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18	L

M Markande’s 4 for 23 in this  game was in a losing  cause providing the fifth occasion of a Mumbai bowler’s four plus  wicket haul going in vain in  the history of IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Res
1	Harbhajan Singh	4.0	0	17	4	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09	L
2	MM Patel	4.0	0	21	5	Mumbai	Punjab	Mohali	10.05.11	L
3	SL Malinga	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Kolkata	Abu Dhabi	16.04.14	L
4	MJ McClenaghan	4.0	0	21	4	Mumbai	Gujarat	Mumbai	16.04.16	L
5	M Markande	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18	L

M Markande’s 4 for 23 in this  game was in a losing  cause providing the fourth occasion of a bowler’s four plus  wicket haul going in vain against Sunrisers in the history of IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Res
1	JP Faulkner	4.0	1	16	5	Rajasthan	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	17.05.13	L
2	A Zampa	4.0	0	19	6	Ris Pune	Sunrisers	Vizag	10.05.16	L
3	CH Morris	4.0	0	26	4	Delhi	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	19.04.17	L
4	M Markande	4.0	0	23	4	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	12.04.18	L

 

C Munro of Delhi was dismissed run out for a duck to provide the 73^rd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a duck in the history of IPL. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed for a duck in IPL.

C Munro of Delhi was dismissed run out for a duck without facing a delivery to provide the 27th occasion of a  batsman dismissed run out without facing a delivery for a duck in the history of IPL. It also provides the fifth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out without facing a delivery for a duck in IPL.

DA Short of Rajasthan and C Munro of Delhi were dismissed run out in this game to provide the first occasion of rival openers dismissed run out in the history of IPL.

This game was decided on DLS Method to provide the 16th occasion of a game decided on DL or DLS Method in the history of IPL. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first ever win for Rajasthan on DLS Method. {Note – DLS method came into existence from November 2014. Prior to this all games were decided on DL Method}. Thus this game becomes the eighth game to be decided on DLS Method

No	Season	Date	Team	Opposition	Venue	Winner	Margin	Method
1	2008	17.05.08	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	Punjab	06 Runs	DLM
2	2008	18.05.08	Kolkata	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	03 Runs	DLM
3	2009	19.04.09	Delhi	Punjab	Cape Town	Delhi	10 Wkts	DLM
4	2009	21.04.09	Punjab	Kolkata	Durban	Kolkata	11 Runs	DLM
5	2009	07.05.09	Chennai	Punjab	Centurion	Chennai	12 Runs	DLM
6	2011	14.05.11	Bangalore	Kolkata	Bengaluru	Bangalore	04 Wkts	DLM
7	2011	07.05.11	Kolkata	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	10 Runs	DLM
8	2014	10.05.14	Delhi	Sunrisers	Delhi	Sunrisers	08 Wkts	DLM
9	2015	22.04.15	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	Sunrisers	16 Runs	DLS
10	2015	15.05.15	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	Bangalore	06 Wkts	DLS
11	2016	26.04.16	Sunrisers	Ris Pune	Hyd-RGS	Sunrisers	34 Runs	DLS
12	2016	14.05.16	Kolkata	Ris Pune	Kolkata	Kolkata	08 Wkts	DLS
13	2016	17.05.16	Ris Pune	Delhi	Vizag	Ris Pune	19 Runs	DLS
14	2016	18.05.16	Bangalore	Punjab	Bengaluru	Bangalore	82 Runs	DLS
15	2017	17.05.17	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Bengaluru	Kolkata	07 Wkts	DLS
16	2018	11.04.18	Rajasthan	Delhi	Jaipur	Rajasthan	10 runs	DLS

Kolkata posted a team total of 202 for 6 in this game to provide the 68^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the fifth occasion of Kolkata posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL. Kolkata’s total of 202 for 6 in this game provides the 13^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs at Chennai and also the fifth occasion of a visiting team posting a total of 200 plus runs at Chennai.

Kolkata’s 202 for 6 in this game represent its highest team total against Chennai in IPL. Its previous best was 192 for 5 at Chennai on 27.05.12.  Kolkata’s 202 for 6 in this game provide the tenth occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against Chennai in IPL.

DJ Bravo returned with figure of none for 50 to provide the tenth occasion of a Chennai bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Chennai bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in IPL.

DJ Bravo returned with figure of none for 50 to provide the 111^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the 54th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in IPL.

DJ Bravo returned with figure of none for 50 to provide the 42nd occasion of an overseas bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the 20th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in IPL.

DJ Bravo returned with figure of none for 50 to provide the 24th occasion of a bowler conceding exact 50 runs in IPL. It also provides the 13th occasion of a bowler conceding exact 50  runs without capturing a wicket in IPL.

DJ Bravo returned with figure of none for 50 to provide the 14th occasion of an overseas bowler conceding exact 50  runs in IPL. It also provides the sixth occasion of a bowler conceding 50 runs without capturing a wicket in IPL.

MS Dhoni had amassed 2992 runs for Chennai prior to the start of this game. He needed eight more runs for his 3000 runs. He scored 25 runs in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 3017 runs. He became the sixth batsman in the history of IPL to score 3000 plus runs representing a single team. The following are the other five batsmen – V Kohli for Bangalore {4449}, SK Raina for Chennai {3717}, CH Gayle for Bangalore {3163}, RG Sharma for Mumbai {3052} and G Gambhir for Kolkota {3035}

Chennai posted a team total of 205 for 5 in this game to provide the 69^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL. It also provides the 13^th occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs in IPL. Chennai’s total of 205 for 5 in this game provides the 14^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs at Chennai and also the ninth occasion of  home team posting a total of 200 plus runs at Chennai.

Kolkata {202 for 6} and Chennai {205 for 5} posted 200 plus runs in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in the same game.

Chennai posted 205 for 5 in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs while batting second and also provide the fourth occasion of Chennai posting 200 plus runs while batting second.

Chennai won this game with a ball to spare to provide the 25^th occasion of a team winning an IPL game with a ball to spare. It also provides the third  such win for Chennai in IPL. Chennai became the first  team in IPL to win consecutive games with a ball to spare 

Chennai and Bangalore share the record for posting 200 plus runs on most occasions in IPL as teams. Both the teams have posted 200 plus runs on 13 occasions. Chennai and Bangalore also share the record of witnessing teams scoring 200 plus runs on most occasions – 14 occasions – as grounds.  Chennai as a ground has witnessed rival teams posting 200 plus runs on five occasions

Chennai became the first team in IPL to win a game with a ball to spare on five occasions. Chennai chased a target of 203 runs and won with a ball to spare providing the second occasion of a team chasing a target of 200 plus  and won with a ball to spare. Rajasthan had chased a target of 215 and won with a ball to spare against Deccan Chargers at Hyd-RGS on 24.04.08 – the inaugural edition of IPL.