
- Punjab Kings (PBKS) won just their fourth of their 10 matches in this edition, while Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) lost their 8th in 9 matches
- This is also the third instance of PBKS scoring total runs in the 120-130 range and won for the first time in this IPL edition.
- Jason Holder (47 and 3-19) claimed his first IPL Player of the match award, though it was for a losing cause. The bowling effort is also his IPL best
- Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan, all were among wickets to the continue their presence in the top 10 leading wicket takers in IPL 2021.
- PBKS also has two batsmen in top 5 run getters list, Rahul (2nd at 401 runs) and Mayank Agarwal (5th at 332 runs).
- Ravi Bishnoi (3-24) has now claimed 7 wickets in 5 matches in this edition.
- With this result, for the first time since 2015, SRH will not be in the IPL Playoffs