Chennai Super Kings narrowed their head-to-head record against Mumbai Indians to 11-12 with a stunning one-wicket win over their arch rivals in the IPL 2018 opener. Chasing challenging 166 runs, the visitors scampered home with a ball to spare and had Dwayne Bravo to thank for playing an IPL classic, when all hope looked lost. Take a look at the quick stats of the game.
3/23 -- Mayank Markande’s figures – second-best by a Mumbai Indians bowler on IPL debut. Sri Lanka speedster Lasith Malinga had taken 3 wickets for 15, also against Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town in 2009.
68 -- Dwayne Bravo’s innings is the highest score by a number seven batsman in the IPL beating 66 by Andre Russell for Kolkata Knight Riders against Kings XI Punjab at Pune in 2015.
47 -- Runs scored by Chennai Super Kings in the last three overs (18-20) of their innings – most by any team in a chase against the Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan Royals had scored 43 at Jaipur in the first edition of the IPL.
2 -- Number of times a team has registered a one-wicket win in the IPL. The only other such instance was when Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata in 2015.
6 -- Number of consecutive losses for Mumbai Indians in their opening match in the IPL. The last time they won their first encounter of the season was in 2012.
1 -- Number of players to have scored 1000 runs, taken 100 wickets and hit 50 sixes in the IPL – Dwayne Bravo became first player to do so.
