Published: Apr 19, 2013, 11:18 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 19, 2013, 11:18 AM (IST)
MS Dhoni completed 3000 runs in Twenty20 – 3036 at an average of 34.50 in 144 matches © IANS
New Delhi: Apr 19, 2013
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings at Feroze Shah Kotla on Thursday night.
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in the course of his 44 off 23 balls, has completed his 3000 runs in Twenty20 – 3036 at an average of 34.50 in 144 matches. He has joined three Indians – Suresh Raina (3584), Rohit Sharma (3572), Virat Kohli (3212).
# Michael Hussey has aggregated 177 at an average of 88.50 in four matches – the leading run-scorer for Chennai in the IPL 2013. He became the only Chennai player to post two fifties in the present competition.
# Dhoni’s aggregate of 138 runs at an average of 34.50 in five matches, including a fifty, has the next best for Chennai in the present competition.
# Delhi Daredevils (83) have posted their lowest total at the IPL – their previous lowest was 87 against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 30, 2008.
# Delhi Daredevils have contested eight matches without a victory between May 22, 2012 and April 18, 2013 – their worst sequence in the IPL.
# With their 86-run victory, Chennai Super Kings have equalled their previous biggest win over Delhi Daredevils at the IPL. They had won by 86 runs against Delhi at Chepauk on May 25, 2012.
# The above loss is Delhi’s joint-third biggest at the IPL – the biggest being – the 105-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 30, 2008.
# Hussey has got his seventh Man of the Match award in the IPL.
# Suresh Raina has taken his runs’ tally in the IPL to 2332 at an average of 32.84 in 86 matches.
# Raina is the first player to have represented in 100 matches for Chennai in T20. He is yet to miss a single game.
# Suresh Raina, with 44 catches in 86 games, has set a fielding record at the IPL.
# Dwayne Bravo became the first Chennai fielder to take three catches in an innings twice at the IPL. He also became the first to register the feat twice in IPL 6. With eight catches in five matches, Bravo is leading fielder in IPL 6.
# With 9 wickets at 16.22 runs apiece, Bravo is the top wicket-taker for Chennai in IPL 6.
