List of victories by margin of 1 run in IPL history

Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils by one run in their first match of the eighth season of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. This was not the first occasion, however, when a team in the IPL has prevailed by a margin of just one run. Let’s list the IPL matches that were decided by a margin of 1 run since the tournament’s inception in 2008.

#1 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai, 2008

The first occasion of a match being decided by a margin of 1 run was between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 21 May, 2008. 

Kings XI Punjab had put up a score of 189/4 in the 20 overs batting first with help of Shaun Marsh’s 81 off 56 and Luke Pomersbach’s 79* off 50. Mumbai Indians had a decent start as all their top four batsmen scored 20+, which included Sachin Tendulkar’s 65 off 46. With regular wickets in the end, the hosts required 19 runs to win in the last over. 

The final overs (19 runs to win from 6 balls)

19.1 – VRV Singh to Siddharth Chitnis – No ball + SIX (12 from 6)

19.1 – VRV Singh to Siddharth Chitnis – FOUR (8 from 5)

19.2 – VRV Singh to Siddharth Chitnis – 1 run + Run out (Chitnis) (7 from 4)

19.3 – VRV Singh to Ashish Nehra – 1 Bye (6 from 3)

19.4 – VRV Singh to Dilhara Fernando – 2 runs + Run out (Nehra) (4 from 2)

19.5 – VRV Singh to Vikrant Yeligati – 2 runs (2 from 1)

19.6 – VRV Singh to Vikrant Yeligati – Out 

Brief Scores:

KXIP – 189/4 (20) – Shaun Marsh 81, Luke Pomershbach 79*, Siddarth Chitnis 2/40

MI – 188 (20) – Sachin Tendulkar 65, Abhishek Nayar, 27, Yuvraj Singh 2/12

Man of the Match – Shaun Marsh