IPL 2021: The are the records scripted as CSK overpowers SRH by 7 wickets

This was Chennai Super Kings' fifth win of the Indian Premier League 2021, while along with a loss, it has risen to the top spot. As for Sunrisers Hyderabad, it was its fifth loss of the season, and along with a win, it has slipped to the bottom place.

Former champion Chennai Super Kings repeatedly displayed that it is indeed a champion team, thanks to its prolific batting. It trounced fellow former champion Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in Match 23 of the Indian Premier League 2021 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.

Despite a strong show from SRH's David Warner (57) and Manish Pandey (61), it was CSK's opening pair of Ruturaj Gaikwad (75) and Faf du Plessis (56), whose unstoppable attitude handed SRH its fifth loss of the season. Meanwhile, here are the records that were scripted in the process.

David Warner scripts record aplenty
Warner played a captain's knock of 57. Consequently:
- He has become the first batsman to score 50 50s in the IPL.
- It was also his slowest half-century, coming off 50 deliveries, going past his previous slowest of 49 against Punjab Kings in 2019.
- He has become the fourth-highest run-scorer in Twenty20 cricket (10,017) after Shoaib Malik (10,488), Kieron Pollard (10,694) and Chris Gayle (13,839).
- He is also the fourth to score 10k T20 runs.
- He slammed his 200th IPL six tonight, thus becoming the fourth overseas cricketer to do so.

CSK scripts some special ones
- The CSK openers managed to put up a whopping stand of 129. Meanwhile, having scored a 50-plus stand in the previous two games as well, it is the first time that the side has done so in three consecutive games.
- It was CSK's fifth back-to-back win this season, its third joint-most since 2009, while its record happens to be seven in 2013.
- CSK has a win percentage of 73.33 against SRH, which is the second-best for any IPL side against a particular side, while the best happens to be with Mumbai Indians (78.57) against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Du Plessis joins a unique list
Du Plessis played a splendid knock of 56, while it was his third successive 50-plus this season. As a result, he is only the second CSK batsman after Gaikwad (2020) to do the same.

Suresh Raina joins an elite club
Raina contributed 17 tonight, while he also hit three fours. Consequently, he struck his 500th four in the tournament (502) and has become only the fourth to do so after Virat Kohli (521), Warner (525) and Shikhar Dhawan (624).

Ravindra Jadeja attains a notable one
Jadeja stayed unbeaten tonight on seven. Meanwhile, in an interesting observation, he possesses the second-best average in the last IPL innings (109), while the best is with Kane Williamson (225).

Match summary
Winning the toss, Warner elected to bat, and, along with Pandey, it managed to post an above-par total of 171/3. However, in reply, the CAK openers (Gaikwad and du Plessis) were too good for the SRH bowlers, as it sailed through for a comfortable seven-wicket win.
Brief scores: SRH 171/3 (Warner- 57, Pandey- 61; Ngidi- 2/35) lost to CSK 173/3 in 18.3 overs (Gaikwad- 75, Du Plessis- 56; Rashid- 3/36) by seven wickets.

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