Chennai Superkings vs Rajasthan Royals (3rd April 2010)

Result : Chennai Super Kings won by 23 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Murali Vijay scored  127 from 56 balls with well supported 62 from 34 balls by Morkel. Superkings scored 246/5 in 20 overs, the highest IPL score so far. Royals chased the target with superb batting from Naman Ojha (94 not out) and Watson (60) but failed to win the match due to the superb spell from Doug Bollinger (15 run and 2 wickets in 4 over). Bollinger was also instrumental in taking a superb catch in the deep to dismiss Yusuf Pathan.

Murali Vijay was the Man of the Match for his magical 127 runs in just 56 balls, studded with 11 huge sixes and 8 scintillating boundaries. Doug Bollinger got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award.

Numbers that mattered, Match 32

2 Number of all-rounders with a career tally of 500 runs and 25 wickets in the IPL. Albie Morkel joined Kings XI Punjab’s Irfan Pathan.

3.75 Dougie Bollinger’s economy in a match where runs were scored at a rate of 11.72!

11 Number of sixes hit by Vijay during his innings – joint second most by any batsman in IPL, after Brendon McCullum (13) v Bangalore and along with Sanath Jayasuriya (11) v .Chennai in 2008.

17 Number of sixes hit in the Chennai innings – a new record in the IPL, beating their own previous record of 16 sixes made against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

20.50 Sumit Narwal’s economy- worst ever by any bowler in a 2-over spell in the IPL. Punjab’s VRV Singh had achieved an economy of 18.00 when he conceded 36 runs against Chennai at Mohali in 2008.

30 The match tally of 30 sixes is a new record in IPL. The previous record was of 25 sixes between Chennai and Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

69 Number of boundaries hit in the match (39 fours and 30 sixes) – most in an IPL match. The previous record was of 65 boundaries in the match between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad in 2008.

98 Runs scored by Murali Vijay in boundaries alone – 8 fours and 11 sixes. This is the best ever effort by an Indian and third best by any batsman in the IPL. Only Brendon McCullum – 118 and Sanath Jayasuriya – 102 have scored more runs in boundaries in an innings in IPL.

127 Murali Vijay posted the second highest individual score in IPL, after Brendon McCullum’s 158 (not out) against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore in 2008. It was the third hundred by an Indian in the IPL (after Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan). Overall it was the 11th hundred in IPL.

152 The third wicket partnership between Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel is the highest ever third wicket partnership in all IPL matches. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 142 (unbroken) between Chennai’s Suresh Raina and S Badrinath against Mumbai Indians at Brabourne on March 25. It was also the second highest partnership for any wicket in IPL, after the unbroken 155-run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman for Deccan Chargers against Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium in 2008.

155 Runs scored by Chennai in their last 10 overs – the most by any side in IPL history. Against Punjab at Mohali in 2008, Chennai had made 152 runs in their last 10 overs.

205 Runs scored by Murali Vijay in two consecutive matches (he had made 78 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai on March 31). This is a new record of most runs scored by a batsman in two consecutive innings. Deccan Chargers’ Andrew Symonds had scored 177 runs in two consecutive innings in 2008 & 2009.

246 Chennai’s total is the highest total ever in IPL history. Interestingly the previous highest was also made by Chennai- 240 for five against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in 2008.

469 The match aggregate of 469 is the highest ever in the history of Twenty20s. The Worcestershire v Northamptonshire match at Kidderminster in 2007 had produced 449 runs. The highest aggregate in an IPL match was 447 between Chennai and Punjab at Mohali in 2008.