- Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has now won 4 of their last 5 IPL matches.
- CSK’s Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad maintained their presence in the top 10 run getters in this IPL so far. Delhi capitals and Punjab Kings are the other teams that have 2 of their batsmen in the top 10 run getters list.
- Suresh Raina came into bat at number 5 only for the third time in eight innings in this tournament. However, he has played maximum number of innings at this position (82) in his IPL career.
- Mohammed Siraj has been wicketless for three consecutive matches. He has claimed just 6 wickets in 9 IPL matches so far in this edition.
- Harshal Patel (2-25) extends his lead as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament so far with 19 wickets.
- Deepak Chahar (1-35) is slowly climbing up the leading wicket takers list after a dry spell. He is now tied jointly with 6 other bowlers with 11 wickets in the tournament so far. This incudes his cousin, Rahul Chahar of Mumbai Indians.
- Shardul Thakur was the second most economical bowler for CSK after Player of the Match, Dwayne Bravo. Thakur has been among the most expensive bowlers category giving away as many as 9.6 runs per over.
- Virat Kohli (6 furs and 1 six in his 53) has now the dubious record of having hit the least number of sixes among the top 15 run getters of the tournament. Only 5 batsmen among the 15 have hit less fours than him as well.
- Dwayne Bravo has now claimed 3 wickets in back-to-back matches. He was wicketless in only 1 of the 6 matches he has played so far in this edition.
- Devdutt Padikkal (70) scored his 6th IPL 50. CSK becomes the fifth team he has scored a 50 against now.
- Bravo’s Player of the match award is just his fourth in 106 matches and his first outside India in IPL.
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