IPL Match Stats: All the significant numbers from Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings matches
The 15th match of the 2019 IPL will see two of the most successful teams in the competition's clash with one another - it will be three-time champions Mumbai taking on the other three-time champions Chennai.
Till date, these two teams have played 24 matches against each other, with Mumbai leading Chennai 13-11 in the head to head. These two teams have met thrice in the finals of the IPL. Chennai defeated Mumbai in the finals of the 2010 IPL to win their first title.
Incidentally, Mumbai also won their first title, defeating Chennai in the finals of the 2013 IPL. The third time these two teams met was in in the finals of the 2015 IPL where Mumbai defeated Chennai to lift their second IPL trophy. In 2018 both the teams won one match apiece against each other.
The longest winning streak in matches between these two teams is four. CSK won four consecutive matches against MI between IPL 2014 & 2015.
Kieron Pollard of MI and Suresh Raina of CSK have won the highest number of Player of the Match awards in matches between these two teams - 3.
Ambati Rayudu, Ashish Nehra, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Harbhajan Singh, Michael Hussey & Parthiv Patel are the players that have played for both MI & CSK.
On that note, let us now take a look at some of the key stats from MI vs CSK matches in the past.
Batting performances
208/5 scored by CSK in IPL 2008 is the highest team total in MI vs CSK matches.
79 all out by CSK in IPL 2013 is the lowest team total in matches between the two sides.
673 runs scored by Suresh Raina is the highest number of runs scored by a player in matches between the two sides.
114* by Sanath Jayasuriya in 2008 IPL is the highest individual score in matches between these two teams. He is also the only player to score a century in MI vs CSK matches.
40 half-centuries have been scored in MI vs CSK matches.
6 half-centuries hit by Rohit Sharma of MI & Suresh Raina of CSK each is the highest number of half-centuries hit by a player in MI vs CSK matches.
298 sixes have been hit in MI vs CSK matches.
31 sixes hit by Suresh Raina is the highest number of sixes hit by a player in MI vs CSK matches.
51 fours hit by Suresh Raina is the highest number of fours hit by a player in MI vs CSK matches.
Bowling performances
29 wickets taken by Dwayne Bravo is the highest number of wickets by a player in MI vs CSK matches. He took 24 of them for CSK & 5 of them for MI.
5/18 by Harbhajan Singh playing for MI in IPL 2011 is the best bowling performance by a player in matches between these two teams. He is also the only player to have taken a five-wicket haul in MI vs CSK matches in IPL.
Fielding performances
20 catches taken by Suresh Raina is the highest number of catches taken by a player in matches between these two teams.