Defending champions Chennai Super Kings kicked off their IPL 2019 journey on a high note as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in the opening match of the season in Chennai.
On a turning track, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first and their spinners Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja ran through Bangalore's batting line-up and dismissed them for a mere score of 70 runs. Harbhajan Singh and Imran Tahir took 3 wickets each and Jadeja finished with 2 wickets.
In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore also fought well with the ball but they didn't have enough runs to put Chennai Super Kings under pressure and in the 18th over, CSK chased down the target for the loss of three wickets.
Standout performers -
Harbhajan Singh - 3/20 in 4 overs (Man-of-the-Match)
Imran Tahir - 3/9 in 4 overs
Yuzvendra Chahal - 1/6 in 4 overs
All the major stats and facts from the first match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai :
6 - Yuzvendra Chahal conceded only 6 runs in his 4 overs spell - the joint most economical 4 overs spell in IPL history.
Most economical 4 overs spells in IPL -
4-1-6-0 : Fidel Edwards (Deccan Chargers) vs KKR at Cape Town, 2009
4-1-6-1 : Ashish Nehra (DD) vs KXIP at Bloemfontein, 2009
4-1-6-1 : Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB) vs CSK at Chennai, 2019
7 - This was Chennai Super Kings' 7th consecutive win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
Most consecutive wins against a team in IPL -
8* - MI vs KKR (2015-18)
8 - RCB vs DD (2011-15)
8 - KKR vs KXIP (2014-17)
7* - CSK vs RCB (2014-19)
7 - RR vs DD (2013-18)
16 - Chennai Super Kings scored only 16 runs in their powerplay - the joint third lowest score in powerplay in IPL.
Lowest scores in powerplay in IPL -
14 - RR vs RCB at Cape Town, 2009
15 - CSK vs KKR at Kolkata, 2011
16 - CSK vs RCB at Chennai, 2019
16 - CSK vs DD at Raipur, 2015
70 - The total of 70 is Royal Challengers Bangalore's joint second lowest total and overall joint sixth lowest total in IPL history.
Lowest totals for RCB in IPL -
49 vs KKR at Kolkata, 2017
70 vs CSK at Chennai, 2019
70 vs RR at Abu Dhabi, 2014
82 vs KKR at Bangalore, 2008
87 vs CSK at Port Elizabeth, 2009
Lowest totals in IPL -
49 - RCB vs KKR at Kolkata, 2017
58 - RR vs RCB at Cape Town, 2009
66 - DD vs MI at Delhi, 2017
67 - DD vs KXIP at Mohali, 2017
67 - KKR vs MI at Mumbai, 2008
70 - RCB vs CSK at Chennai, 2019
150 - This was also Harbhajan Singh's 150th match in Indian Premier League. He has taken 137 wickets in 150 IPL matches so far.
5004 - Suresh Raina became the first ever batsman to score 5000 runs in Indian Premier League.
Most Runs in IPL -
5004 - Suresh Raina
4954 - Virat Kohli
4493 - Rohit Sharma
4217 - Gautam Gambhir
4129 - Robin Uthappa
First to reach in IPL -
1000 runs - Adam Gilchrist, 2010
2000 runs - Suresh Raina, 2012
3000 runs - Suresh Raina, 2014
4000 runs - Virat Kohli, 2016
5000 runs - Suresh Raina, 2019
