IPL 2018: Match 35, Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Statistical Highlights

Chennai Super Kings made it two in two against Royal Challengers Bangalore this season with a comfortable 6-wicket win in a low-scoring encounter in Pune. RCB’s famed batting crumbled against the CSK spinners with as many as eight batsmen getting out for single-digit returns. If it was not for Parthiv Patel’s half century and Tim Southee’s late cameo, RCB would not have even managed 127/9. Contributions from their inform batsmen Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni saw CSK chase down the total with two overs to spare.

All the major stats and numbers that were recorded during CSK’s 6th consecutive win against RCB:

3/18 – Ravindra Jadeja bagged three wickets in a match for the first time in 60 games in the Twenty20 format. His last 3-fer in the T20 format was 4/11 against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2015.

5 – AB de Villiers has got out stumped on five occasions in the IPL and MS Dhoni was the wicketkeeper on three occasions. De Villiers has been stumped five times in ODI cricket as well with Dhoni has been the keeper on three instances.

17 – MS Dhoni has remained unbeaten on 17 occasions in successful run-chases in the IPL which is the joint 3rd most for any player. Ravindra Jadeja (19), Yusuf Pathan (18) and Rohit Sharma (17) are the other players to remain unbeaten on 17 and more occasions in successful IPL chases.

27 – Number of sixes MS Dhoni has hit in this edition of the IPL so far. These are the most sixes Dhoni hit in an IPL edition surpassing his tally of 25 sixes that he blasted in the 2013 season.

101 – Ambati Rayudu became the 16th player to hit 100+ sixes in the IPL. He smashed 79 sixes while playing for the Mumbai Indians in 107 innings and already has 22 sixes for Chennai Super Kings in 10 innings.

183 – Number of sixes MS Dhoni has hit in his IPL career thus far. These are the joint 2nd most number of sixes for any player in the IPL. Chris Gayle has thumped 290 sixes while Rohit Sharma has also smashed 183 sixes in the IPL.

395 – Parthiv Patel was the leading run-getter for Mumbai Indians during their run to glory in IPL 2017 as he scored 395 runs. Today, he featured in his maiden game this season and scored a fifty after being benched for eight matches.

423 – Ambati Rayudu became the first player to score 400+ runs in this IPL. This is also the first time when Rayudu has scored more than 400 runs in an IPL surpassing his previous best of 395 runs for MI in 2011.