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Kings XI Punjab's thrilling win over Chennai Super Kings in numbers

Glenn Maxwell

  • Chennai Super Kings became the first team to play 100 matches in IPL.
  • Suresh Raina played his 100th match for Chennai Super Kings – the most by any player in IPL.
  • It was the 36th and 37th time a side has scored 200 or more in the history of IPL.
  • CSK have the most 200+ scores in the history of IPL, with 10, whilst Kings XI Punjab are second with seven.
  • CSK’s score of 205/4 was their seventh biggest total in IPL and the second time they have scored over 200 against Kings XI.
  • It was the seventh time Kings XI have conceded 200 or more and the sixth time they have been set a target of over 200.
  • It was only the second time CSK have lost having scored over 200 and the second time Kings XI have won chasing over 200.
  • It was also the highest total chased against CSK, beating the previous mark of 193 – which was also chased down by Kings XI.
  • It was the 13th time in IPL that 400 runs were scored in a single game.
  • CSK and Kings XI combined for a total of 411 runs- the eighth highest match aggregate total in IPL.
  • CSK have been involved in 6 of the 13 games in which more than 400 runs were scored, and this was only their second loss in those games.
  • Brendon McCullum went past 5000 runs in T20s, becoming only the fourth player to do so, after Chris Gayle, David Hussey and Brad Hodge.
  • CSK’s score of 70/0 in the first six overs was their highest score in the power play in IPL.
  • The opening stand of 123 by Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith was the fifth time they have had a partnership of 100 runs or more against Kings XI Punjab – the most they have managed against any team.
  • The partnership was also the fifth time in IPL and sixth time overall that they have had a century opening partnership.
  • It was the first-time both openers scored a fifty on debut for CSK: McCullum scored 67 whilst Smith got 66.
  • Dwayne Smith’s 98m six off Glenn Maxwell was the longest six of this year’s IPL so far.
  • Glenn Maxwell’s 95 is his highest score in T20s.
  • Five of CSK’s six bowlers used had an economy rate of over 10, the first time it has happened.
  • Nine of the 12 bowlers who bowled went for over 10 runs an over – another IPL record.
  • Maxwell’s innings included 15 fours – the third-highest in an innings by any batsman in IPL.
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