Kane Williamson ends with a strike-rate of 260
What a cameo
After keeping it tight for a large part of the game, CSK concede 44 runs in the last 18 balls as SRH get 171-3 from their 20 overs.
8: Dhawan (24 inns)
8: Kohli (26 inns)
7: Warner (17 inns)
7: Rohit (28 inns)
Faf du Plessis has now joined Prithvi Shaw in becoming the two joint leading Powerplay run-scorers in IPL 2021
CSK - 63/0 (7 Over)
Faf du Plessis (33) Ruturaj Gaikwad (29)
SRH captain David Warner became only the 4th batsman to score 10,000 T20 runs during his half-century against CSK
Faf du Plessis is averaging 86.66 in IPL 2021
This is his highest batting average in any T20 tournament in which he has scored over 150 runs.
Prithvi/Dhawan vs CSK
Rahul/Mayank vs DC
Gaikwad/Faf vs KKR
Kohli/Padikkal vs RR
Gaikwad/Faf vs SRH*
2012 - 398
2014 - 303
2015 - 380
2016 - 206
2017 - 8
2018 - 162
2019 - 396
2020 - 449
2021 - 266*
After his best ever IPL last year, Faf looks well on course to pass last years tally.
First three games: 5, 5, 10
Next three games: 64, 33, 75 (today)
Repaying the faith
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 72 (53) - had a strike rate of 170.45 today. That is his highest of any of his five 50+ IPL innings.
Rayudu & Watson - 134 in Pune, 2018
Gaikwad & Faf du Plessis - 129 in Delhi, 2021*
Gayle & Kohli - 114 in Bangalore, 2016
CSK - 158/3 (17 Over)
Ravindra Jadeja (6) Suresh Raina (3)
David Warnerβs 57 (55) today has an impact rating of -15.2.
This is the 15th lowest impact rating for any of the 9274 T20 innings in our database in which the batsman scored over 50 runs.
CSK (173/3) beat SRH (171/3) by 7 wickets to register their fifth straight win (Ruturaj Gaikwad 75, Faf du Plessis 56)
CSK reclaim the top spot in the points table