Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and finished their season on a winning note and with this loss Kings XI Punjab got eliminated from the tournament.
Earlier Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to field first. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal gave a decent start of 48 runs in 5 overs. Lungi Ngidi broke this stand by removing Mayank and in the next over he dismissed KL Rahul and after their wickets, Punjab didn't recover and kept losing wickets and the likes of Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran and James Neesham too failed and at 113/6 they're in trouble. In the end, Deepak Hooda played some big shots and his 62* off 30 balls helped Punjab to post a fighting total of 153/6 on the board.
In reply, Chennai Super Kings started well as inform opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad gave a solid start of 82 runs. Faf du Plessis got out for 48 runs off 34 balls and in the end, Ruturaj Gaikwad's 62* and Ambati Rayudu's 30* took Chennai Super Kings to home in the 19th over.
All the major stats and facts from the 53rd match between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi :
3 - This was Chennai Super Kings' 3rd consecutive win and in each win opener Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a fifty-plus score.
Ruturaj Gaikwad last 3 IPL innings -
62* vs KXIP at Abu Dhabi (CSK won)
72 vs KKR at Dubai (CSK won)
65* vs RCB at Dubai (CSK won)
9 - Wickets win is the joint third biggest win for Chennai Super Kings against Kings XI Punjab in IPL in terms of wickets.
Biggest wins for CSK vs KXIP in IPL (By wickets) -
10 at Mohali, 2013
10 in Dubai, 2020
9 at Mumbai, 2008
9 at Abu Dhabi, 2020
20 - Mohammad Shami took 20 wickets in this IPL season - the second most wickets for KXIP in an IPL season.
Most wickets for KXIP in an IPL season -
24 - Andrew Tye, 2018
20 - Mohammad Shami, 2020
19 - S Sreesanth, 2008
19 - Mohammad Shami, 2019
18 - Sandeep Sharma, 2014
670 - Runs KL Rahul scored in this IPL - the most runs for Kings XI Punjab in a single IPL season.
Most runs for KXIP in a single IPL season -
670 - KL Rahul, 2020
659 - KL Rahul, 2019
616 - Shaun Marsh, 2008
593 - KL Rahul, 2019
552 - Glenn Maxwell, 2014
2014 - Kings XI Punjab hasn't qualified for play-offs since IPL 2014. In 2014 they were runners up and after that, they got eliminated in the league stage of each season.
2015 - Deepak Hooda scored his first fifty in IPL since 2015. And in between his two fifty-plus scores, he played 48 innings without scoring 50 runs.
Most innings between two fifty-plus scores in IPL -
49 - Yusuf Pathan (2010-2013)
48 - Deepak Hooda (2015-2020)
44 - Dwayne Bravo (2009-2015)
