In the 46th game of IPL 2018, the hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinched a comfortable 8-wicket victory (with 6 balls to spare) against the in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune).

CSK captain MS Dhoni decided to field first after winning the toss. SRH managed to put 179/4 at the end of 20 overs which was successfully chased down by CSK in 19 overs after losing 2 wickets only.

Brief Scores: SRH – 179/4 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 79, Kane Williamson 51, Shardul Thakur 2/32)

CSK – 180/2 in 19 overs (Ambati Rayudu 100*, Shane Watson 57, Sandeep Sharma 1/36)

Result – CSK won by 8 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) SRH skipper Kane Williamson (51 runs) scored his seventh 50+ knock in this season.

• Joint third most no. of 50+ knocks for a skipper in an IPL season.

Top most no. of 50+ knocks for a skipper in an IPL season

Also read: Match 46 (CSK vs SRH) – Reasons for loss

ii) SRH batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson put an important 123 runs partnership for the second wicket.

• Highest IPL partnership for SRH against CSK for any wicket. The previous record was the 116-run partnership for the opening wicket between Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner at Ranchi on May 22, 2014.

iii) SRH opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan scored 79 runs.

• Third highest IPL knock by an SRH batsman against CSK.

Top IPL knocks by the SRH batsmen against CSK

iv) SRH scored 179/4 in 20 overs.

• Third highest IPL total for SRH against CSK.

Top IPL totals for SRH against CSK

Also read: Match 46 (CSK vs SRH) – Hits and Flops

v) CSK batsmen Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu put 134-run partnership for the first wicket.

• Highest IPL partnership for CSK against SRH. The previous record was the 133-run partnership for the second wicket between Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina at Hyderabad (Deccan) on May 8, 2013.
• The second highest opening-wicket partnership for CSK in the IPL history. The record is the 159-run partnership between Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai on May 28, 2011.    

vi) CSK batsman Ambati Rayudu completed his century in 62 balls.

• Slowest IPL century by a CSK batsman. The previous slowest was 56-ball century by Brendon McCullum against SRH at Chennai on April 11, 2015.
• Second century by a CSK batsman in this IPL season. Earlier in this season, Shane Watson scored a century against Rajasthan Royals at Pune on April 20.     
• Second Indian batsman to score a century in this IPL season. The first Indian was Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) who had scored an IPL century (128*) against SRH at Delhi on May 10.
• Seventh IPL century by a CSK batsman. The others were Murali Vijay (twice), Michael Hussey, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina and Shane Watson.

vii) CSK batsman Ambati Rayudu remained unbeaten on 100 runs.

• Joint highest IPL score by a CSK batsman against SRH. Previously, Brendon McCullum had also scored an unbeaten 100 runs against SRH at Chennai on April 11, 2015.

Also read: (CSK vs SRH) – Turning Point of the Match

viii) At the end of this game, CSK skipper MS Dhoni has scored 413 runs in this season.

• It is the third time when MS Dhoni has scored 400 or more runs in an IPL season. The previous two seasons were in 2008 (414 runs) and in 2013 (461 runs).

ix) CSK won this game after successfully chasing 180 runs (180/2 in 19 overs).

• First successful chase for any team against SRH in this season. Earlier in this season, SRH successfully defended their all four first batting totals.
• It was the first defeat for SRH in their last seven games as they had six consecutive victories before this game.