The delayed Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season starts with a mouth-watering Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash at Abu Dhabi, UAE on September 19. (More Cricket News)
It's become a tradition for the previous season's finalists to play the first match. And the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which owns and runs the IPL, announced the fixtures, pitting the two most successful outfits in the league's history.
This is the most played fixture in the IPL, and probably in all of T20 leagues around the world -- a classic, or probably 'El Clasico' in the footballing parlance, if we may, borrowed from the unrivaled Barcelona-Real Madrid rivalry.
MI and CSK have met 30 times (including twice in now-defunct Champions League Twenty20), with MI leading 18-12. But in the IPL, the record stands 17-11 (28), with Rohit Sharma-lead MI winning all four clashes last season, including that thrilling one-run win in the big final.
When these two teams enter the field on September 19, more records will be created. MI will play their 188th match while - the most, while it will be 177th match for CSK - tied with Delhi Capitals (DC)on fourth.
No |
Team
Span
Mat
1
Mumbai Indians
2008-2019
187
2
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2008-2019
181
3
Kolkata Knight Riders
2008-2019
178
4
Delhi Capitals
2008-2019
177
5
Kings XI Punjab
2008-2019
176
6
Chennai Super Kings
2008-2019
165
7
Rajasthan Royals
2008-2019
147
8
Sunrisers Hyderabad
2013-2019
108
Eight teams have played 100 plus matches with MI playing most matches – 187 closely followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 181
Only two teams have won 100 plus matches while seven teams have lost 50 plus matches.
Team |
Span
Mat
Won
Mumbai Indians
2008-2019
187
107
Chennai Super Kings
2008-2019
165
100
Most matches are won by MI (107), as expected considering they are the most successful outfit, while DC have lost most matches – 97.
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Three teams – DC (97), Kings XI Punjab (94) and RCB (92) have lost 90 plus matches. Of course, these are the only teams (existing) to win the title.
Team |
Span
Mat
Lost
Delhi Capitals
2008-2019
177
97
Kings XI Punjab
2008-2019
176
94
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2008-2019
181
92
Kolkata Knight Riders
2008-2019
178
83
Mumbai Indians
2008-2019
187
78
Rajasthan Royals
2008-2019
147
69
Chennai Super Kings
2008-2019
165
63
Interestingly, these wins and losses don't reflect on how a particular team score. For instance, RCB hold the record for posting most 200+ totals. But the two most successful teams, MI and CSK, are also known for posting big totals.
In fact, there were 93 occasions of a team posting a total of 200+ runs – RCB (18), CSK (16), KXIP (12), Kolkata Knight Riders (11), MI (11), SunRisers Hyderabad (10), Rajasthan Royals (7), Delhi in its different avatars (6) and one each for now-defunct teams -- Deccan Chargers and Gujarat Lions.
There are 22 occasions of both the teams scoring 200 plus runs in the same match.
IPL has witnessed 35 occasions of a team scoring 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings.
RCB's 49 all out in 9.4 overs against KKR at Kolkata in 2017 is the lowest total registered by a team in a completed innings. This was also the lone occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 runs in the tournament.
Delhi (Daredevils and Capitals) have been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in a completed innings on ten occasions, an unwanted record. RCB and MI share the joint second place with five each.
Also, there were nine occasions of a team winning a game by a margin of 100 runs or more, eleven occasions without losing a wicket and six occasions by 50 plus balls remaining in the second innings.
There were ten occasions of a team winning by one run margin, three occasions by one wicket and six occasions by two wickets margin.
And the IPL has so far witnessed nine tied matches and 26 occasions of a match won on the last ball.
Stats courtesy: HR Gopalakrishna – veteran cricket statistician
