Photographs: BCCI
Chennai Super Kings knocked out defending champions Mumbai Indians in the first Eliminator of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Statistical highlights from the match.
# Suresh Raina's tally of 436 (ave.36.33) in 15 matches is the second highest for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014, behind Dwayne Smith's 559 (ave.37.26) in 15 matches.
# Raina is the only batsman to amass 400 runs or more in an IPL season in seven consecutive years.
# His tally of 2183 (ave.42.80) in 66 innings is a record in a winning cause in the IPL -- the only batsman to amass 2,000 runs in a winning cause.
# He and Gautam Gambhir share the record for most innings (23) of fifty-plus in the IPL.
# With 62 catches in 114 matches, he is also the top fielder in the IPL.
# Raina is involved in 69 matches in a winning cause -- the most by a player in the history of the IPL. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (68) and Yusuf Pathan (60) are the next two in the list.
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Simmons second-highest run-getter for Mumbai this season
Image: Lendl Simmons of Mumbai Indians.Photographs: BCCI
# Chennai and Mumbai have won nine matches each against each other out of 18 contested -- a success percentage of 50.00.
# Mohit Sharma, with 22 wickets at 18.45 runs apiece in 15 games, is the top wicket-taker in the present competition.
# Lendl Simmons (67 off 44 balls) is the first Mumbai batsman to record four innings of fifty-plus in the IPL 2014. With 394 runs, at an average of 56.28 in only eight matches, he is the top run-scorer for Mumbai Indians this season.
# With 390 runs at an average of 30.00 in 15 matches, the West Indian is second in the list of leading run-getters for Mumbai in the present competition.
# Chennai have won all three matches versus Mumbai Indians in the play-offs in the IPL -- all three while chasing.
# David Miller and Faf du Plessis, with 12 catches, are the top fielders in the IPL 2014.
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