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Chennai Super Kings won a nail-biting thriller on the last ball of the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans to seal another trophy for their franchise in the cabinet. CSK winning the toss opted to field first considering rain in forecast, and things went in favor of them as the second innings got reduced to 15 overs with a DLS target.
Gujarat posted a huge total of 214/4 in 20 overs, with Sai Sudharsan top scoring for his side with a brilliant 96-run knock. Rain interrupted the game just after CSK played three balls in the second innings and later the DLS target was adjusted to chase down 171 runs in 15 overs. Every individual batter starting from Conway, Rahane, and Rayudu played a crucial role to accelerate CSK's total and finally, Jadeja finished off things in style for CSK.
Numbers and stats from CSK vs GT game:
2 - Wriddhiman Saha recorded his second fifty-plus score in an IPL final game overall.
Players to score two fifty-plus scores in the final match of IPL overall:
Michael Hussey
Suresh Raina
Shane Watson
Rohit Sharma
Wriddhiman Saha
2 - Mohit Sharma became the second player after Virat Kohli to lose three finals (2013, 2015 & 2023) in IPL without winning a single trophy in this cash-rich league overall.
2 - Ravindra Jadeja became the second player after Sohail Tanvir to successfully chase down a total in the last of match in an IPL final.
Players to score winning runs for a team in the last ball of an IPL match most times:
MS Dhoni - 4
Rohit Sharma - 3
Ravindra Jadeja - 3
3 - Sai Sudharsan recorded the third-highest score by a batsman in an IPL final game.
Highest score by a batsman in IPL finals:
Shane Watson - 117* vs SRH in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2018
Wriddhiman Saha - 115* vs KKR in Bengaluru, 2014
Sai Sudharsan - 96 vs CSK in Ahmedabad, 2023
4 - For the fourth time, both the orange cap holder and purple cap holder were from the same IPL franchise.
Instances of players winning both orange and purple caps from the same IPL franchise:
Michael Hussey (733) & Dwayne Bravo (32) for CSK in 2013
David Warner (641) & Bhuvneshwar Kumar (26) for SRH in 2017
Jos Buttler (863) & Yuzvendra Chahal (27) for RR in 2022
Shubman Gill (890) & Mohammed Shami (28) for GT in 2023
Most runs scored in a single IPL season:
Virat Kohli - 973 in 2016
Shubman Gill - 890 in 2023
Jos Buttler - 863 in 2022
The above three players, unfortunately, ended as runners-up in their respective IPL seasons.
5 - CSK won the IPL trophy for the fifth time under MS Dhoni's leadership.
Teams winning most IPL trophies:
Chennai Super Kings - 5 (14 seasons)
Mumbai Indians - 5 (16 seasons)
Kolkata Knight Riders - 2 (16 seasons)
Gujarat Titans - 1 (2 seasons)
Deccan Chargers - 1 (5 seasons)
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 1 (11 seasons)
Rajasthan Royals - 1 (14 seasons)
Captains to win most IPL trophies:
Rohit Sharma - 5 (11 seasons)
MS Dhoni - 5 (15 seasons)
Gautam Gambhir - 2 (8 seasons)
Hardik Pandya -1 (2 seasons)
Shane Warne - 1 (4 seasons)
Adam Gilchrist - 1 (6 seasons)
David Warner - 1 (8 seasons)
5 - CSK became the first team to win the IPL finals against five different teams overall.
CSK won an IPL final:
against MI in 2010
against RCB in 2011
against SRH in 2018
against KKR in 2021
against GT in 2023
5 - Shubman Gill became the fifth player to win both Orange Cap and Most Valuable Player award in an IPL season.
Players to win both Orange Cap and MVP award in an IPL season:
Sachin Tendulkar in 2010
Chris Gayle in 2011
Virat Kohli in 2016
Jos Buttler in 2022
Shubman Gill in 2023
6 - Ambati Rayudu won the IPL trophy for the sixth time as a player overall.
Most IPL trophies won as a player:
Ambati Rayudu - 6 (14 seasons)
Rohit Sharma - 6 (16 seasons)
Hardik Pandya - 5 (9 seasons)
Kieron Pollard - 5 (13 seasons)
MS Dhoni - 5 (16 seasons)
9 - CSK chased down the total in the last ball of an IPL match for the ninth time.
Teams to chase down a target of an IPL game in the last ball:
CSK - 9 times
MI - 7 times
RR / PBKS - 4 times
Most times chasing the target in the last ball of a match in an IPL season:
7 times in 2012
7 times in 2023
Last ball finishes in IPL 2023:
KKR vs GT in Ahmedabad
LSG vs RCB in Bengaluru
MI vs DC in Delhi
PBKS vs CSK in Chennai
SRH vs RR in Jaipur
KKR vs PBKS in Kolkata
CSK vs GT in Ahmedabad (Final)
9 - MS Dhoni won his 9th T20 trophy as captain.
MS Dhoni's T20 trophies as captain:
T20 WC 2007
IPL 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 & 2023
CL T20 2010 & 2014
Asia Cup 2016
214/4 - GT recorded 214/4 in this game, which is the highest total recorded in an IPL final game.
Highest total in an IPL final game:
GT - 214/4 vs CSK in Ahmedabad, 2023
SRH - 208/7 vs RCB in Bengaluru, 2016
CSK - 205/5 vs RCB in Chennai, 2011
Highest total for GT in an IPL match:
233/3 vs MI in Ahmedabad, 2023 (Qualifier 2)
227/2 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
214/4 vs CSK in Ahmedabad, 2023 (Final)