On Saturday night, Mumbai Indians (MI) claimed their second victory in this season after beating the hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 8 wickets (with 2 balls to spare) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune).

MI captain Rohit Sharma decided to field first after winning the toss. CSK was restricted for 169/5 in 20 overs which was successfully replied by the visiting team in 19.4 overs for the loss of two wickets.

Brief Scores: CSK – 169/5 in 20 overs (Suresh Raina 75*, Ambati Rayudu 46, Mitchell McClenaghan 2/26)

MI – 170/2 in 19.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 56*, Evin Lewis 47, Harbhajan Singh 1/20)

Result – MI won by 8 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

i) CSK captain MS Dhoni’s 150^th IPL game as captain.

• First IPL captain to lead 150 matches. Gautam Gambhir is at the next place with 129 matches as IPL captain.

ii) CSK captain MS Dhoni played his 150^th IPL innings.

• Fifth batsman to play 150 or more IPL innings. The first four cricketers to achieve this feat were Suresh Raina (163), Rohit Sharma (161), Gautam Gambhir (154) and Robin Uthappa (150).

iii) CSK batsman Suresh Raina scored his 28^th 50+ knock for CSK in IPL career.

• The second most no. of IPL 50+ innings by a batsman for a team. The record holder is Virat Kohli with 36 50+ innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

iv) CSK batsman Suresh Raina scored his 34^th 50+ knock in his IPL career. Meanwhile, MI batsman Rohit Sharma scored his 35^th 50+ knock in his IPL career.

• Rohit Sharma became the fourth most no. of 50+ innings scorer in the IPL history. Meanwhile, Suresh Raina became the fifth most no. of 50+ innings scorer in the IPL history.

Most no. of 50+ knocks in the IPL history

v) CSK batsman Suresh Raina was not out on 75 runs.

• The second highest IPL knock by a CSK batsman at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune). The highest was 106 by Shane Watson against Rajasthan Royals on April 20, 2018.

vi) MI skipper Rohit Sharma scored his 6^th fifty-plus score against CSK in the IPL history.

• Joint most no. of fifty-plus score for a batsman against CSK in the IPL history. Virat Kohli has also 6 IPL fifty-plus score against CSK in IPL history.

vii) MI skipper Rohit Sharma scored his 27^th 50+ knock for MI in IPL career.

• Joint third most no. of IPL 50+ innings by a batsman for a team.

Most no. of IPL 50+ innings by a batsman for a team

viii) MI won the match by 8 wickets.

• Joint second largest IPL victory (by wickets) for MI against CSK.

Largest IPL victories (by wickets) for MI against CSK