Quick Stats: Q1 - SRH vs CSK
0 Number of times a side had lost a wicket off the very first ball of a playoff match before today. Sunrisers Hyderabad provided the first such instance with Shikhar Dhawan getting dismissed by Deepak Chahar.
14 Number of dismissals made by MS Dhoni off the bowling of Dwayne Bravo – joint-most by any wicket-keeper / bowler combination. Wriddhiman Saha has also taken 14 catches off Sandeep Sharma.
0 Number of overs bowled by Harbhajan Singh in the match – only the second time he did not bowl a single over even though the opposition innings lasted for full 20 overs. The only other such instance for him came while playing for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals in 2010 when he got injured while batting and was thus unable to bowl.
10 Number of caught & bowled dismissals for Dwayne Bravo in the IPL – joint-most for any bowler with Harbhajan Singh. His T20 tally of 25 such dismissals is also the highest for any bowler.
3 Number of caught & bowled dismissals in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings. This was only the second such occasion in the IPL. Delhi Daredevils also lost three wickets in this fashion against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2017.
10 Number of overs taken by Chennai Super Kings for their fifty – the most they have taken in this edition.
4 Number of caught & bowled dismissals in the match – a new record in an IPL match. There had been three matches with three such dismissals.
11 Runs conceded by Rashid Khan in the match – fewest by any bowlers in his four overs in an IPL playoff match (Axar Patel had also conceded 11 runs for Kings XI Punjab against Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata in 2014).
2 Wickets remaining in Chennai Super Kings’ innings while chasing down the target – narrowest win by any side in an IPL playoff match.
7 Number of times Chennai Super Kings have reached the IPL final. No other side has reached the final more than four times.