- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won their opening game in an IPL edition for the ninth time since the first edition in 2008.
- Mumbai Indians became the third team they have beaten twice in opening games of an IPL edition. The other teams are Sunrisers and Delhi Capitals.
- The last time RCB won the Mumbai Indians in the opening game was by 2 runs in 2013. This time they won by 2 wickets.
- The last time Mumbai Indians won their first IPL game was in the year 2012.
- The last three over of the Mumbai Indians innings fetched just 17 runs, which was half of RCB’s 34 in their final 3 overs.
- No batsman from either side scored a fifty. The last time this happened in an IPL opener was in 2019, in which RCB played as well. Kohli, Chahal, de Villiers and Siraj were the only survivors from that match in this game.
- Keiron Pollard (60) and Hardik Pandya (42) have claimed 102 wickets combined in IPL did not bowl a single over in the match. Pollard is also the third leading wicket taker among visiting teams in Chennai with 8 wickets.
- Harshal Patel became the twentieth bowler to claim a 5 wicket haul in IPL. Only two bowlers have claimed two 5 wicket hauls in IPL so far.
- Virat Kohli (33) maintains his IPL batting average in Chennai of just over 30 runs a match.
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