16.03.2010
- Chennai have recorded their third win in four games against Kolkata.
- Chennai's 55-run triumph is their biggest by runs margin in India. Their two biggest wins by runs margin came in the second edition in South Africa - by 92 runs against Bangalore at Port Elizabeth on April 20, 2009 and by 78 runs against Hyderabad at East London on May 4, 2009.
- Kolkata's 109 is their lowest total against Chennai in the IPL.
- Kolkata's two totals of less than 100 in the IPL are: 67 against Mumbai at Mumbai on May 16, 2008 and 95 against Mumbai at Port Elizabeth on April 27, 2009.
- Mathew Hayden's average has dropped below 50 for the first time in IPL - 779 (ave.48.68) in 18 matches.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 66 not out off 33 balls is his highest in the IPL. He reached his fifty off 28 balls.
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- Dhoni has become the fourth batsman to aggregate 800 runs in the IPL - 854 at an average of 44.94, including five fifties.
- Only Adam Gilchrist (1023), Gautam Gambhir (901) and Suresh Raina (879) have aggregated more runs than Dhoni.
- Dhoni is averaging 104.00 in the 2009-10 edition of the IPL - 104 in two innings.
- Dhoni's tally of 29 sixes has been bettered only by Raina (40) and Hayden (30) for Chennai.
- Badrinath and Dhoni have shared a 109-run unbroken stand for the fourth wicket - Chennai's highest for any wicket in the IPL.
- The previous best stand for Chennai was 106 for the first wicket between Parthiv Patel and Matthew Hayden against Bangalore at Port Elizabeth on April 20, 2009.
- Chennai's previous highest fourth wicket stand in the IPL was 95 between Michael Hussey and Dhoni against Bangalore at Bangalore on April 28, 2008.
- Brad Hodge has recorded his sixth duck in Twenty20 - second in IPL.
- Sourav Ganguly is averaging 11.33 in the 2009-10 edition of the IPL - 34 in three innings at a strike rate of 75.55.
- Ganguly is averaging 22.59 in Twenty20 and 22.00 in IPL overall.
- Justin Kemp (3/12) has produced his career-best bowling performance in Twenty20.
- Murali Kartik (21 off 20 balls) has registered his career-best innings in Twenty20.
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