20.04.2009
Matthew Hayden's outstanding knock of 65 off only 35 balls - an innings embellished with nine fours and two sixes - ensured a comprehensive victory for Chennai Super Kings over Bangalore Royal Challengers.
With Parthiv Patel, he ensured a first ever century stand for the first wicket for his team, setting a platform for a 175-plus total against the Royal Challengers.
Highlights:
- Matthew Hayden's fifty off 22 balls is the second fastest in the IPL, next only to Yusuf Pathan's 21-ball fifty for Rajasthan against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on April 24, 2008.
- Hayden's 65 off 35 balls is his third IPL fifty - his first two being 81 off 46 balls against Mumbai at Chennai on April 23, 2008 and 70 not out off 49 balls against Kolkata at Chennai on April 26, 2008.
- Hayden has an outstanding record in the IPL - 298 in six innings at an average of 59.60, including three fifties with a strike rate of 148.25.
- Hayden is the only cricketer in Twenty20 format to have averaged 55 while aggregating 600 runs - 606 at an average of 55.09 in 15 matches, including seven fifties.
- Hayden has emulated Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 65 against Bangalore at Bangalore in the first edition. Both now share the record for the highest individual innings for Chennai against Bangalore.
Player profile:
Name: Matthew Lawrence Hayden
Date of Birth: October 29, 1971 at Kingaroy, Queensland
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Batting Averages:
| Mtchs | Inns | N.O. | Runs | H.S. | Ave. | 100s | 50s | S.R. |
| 15 | 15 | 4 | 606 | 81 | 55.09 | - | 7 | 146.02 |
