In the 56th game of IPL 2018, the hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) claimed a 5-wicket victory (with 5 balls to spare) against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune) on Sunday night.

CSK captain MS Dhoni decided to field first after winning the toss. Despite the poor top-order batting collapse, KXIP managed to put the 153 runs (153 in 19.4 overs) on the board due to some good middle-order batting performances. It meant KXIP should restrict CSK for 100 or lower runs to qualify for the playoffs.

However, KXIP failed on their mission as CSK chased down that target successfully in 19.1 overs after losing 5 wickets.

Brief Scores: KXIP – 153 in 19.4 overs (Karun Nair 54, Manoj Tiwary 35, Lungi Ngidi 4/10)

CSK – 159/5 in 19.1 overs (Suresh Raina 61*, Deepak Chahar 39, Ankit Rajpoot 2/19)

Result – CSK won by 5 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) CSK pacer Lungi Ngidi had a bowling figure of 4-1-10-4.

• Fourth CSK bowler to bowl a maiden over in IPL 2018. The first three bowlers were Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo and Shardul Thakur.
• The second best bowling figure in IPL 2018. The record is 4-0-14-5 by Ankit Rajpoot (Kings XI Punjab) against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad (Deccan) on April 26, 2018.
• The second best IPL bowling figure by an overseas player against KXIP. The record is 4-0-19-5 by Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) at Kolkata on April 15, 2012.
• Third best IPL bowling figure by a CSK bowler.

ii) Dwayne Bravo has taken 90 IPL wickets for CSK.

• Joint most no.of IPL wickets taken by a CSK bowler. Former CSK off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had also taken 90 IPL wickets for CSK.

iii) CSK wicketkeeper MS Dhoni has taken total 144 catches in T20 career.

• Most no.of catches taken by a wicketkeeper in T20 career. He surpassed the record of Kumar Sangakkara’s 143 T20 catches as a wicketkeeper.

iv) CSK wicketkeeper has involved in 216 dismissals as a wicketkeeper (144 catches and 72 stumpings) in T20 career.

• Most no.of dismissals for a wicketkeeper in T20 career. Dhoni surpassed the record of Kamran Akmal’s 215 T20 dismissals as a wicketkeeper.

v) KXIP pacer Ankit Rajpoot had a brilliant bowling figure with 4-1-19-2 with 18 dot balls.

• First KXIP bowler to bowl a maiden over in IPL 2018.
• Joint second most dot balls bowled (18 dot balls) by a bowler in an IPL game.

vi) CSK wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has scored 4,007 runs in IPL career.

• Seventh batsman to score 4,000 or more IPL runs.