- Mumbai Indians registered their eighth win in 15 IPL games.
- Mumbai Indians have won two out of three played against Chennai Super Kings.
- Mumbai Indians have won two successive games against Chennai - in their previous encounter, they had defeated Chennai by nine wickets at Wankhede Stadium on May 14, 2008.
- Mumbai (166/7) registered their second best total against Chennai - their highest being 202 for seven at Chennai on April 23,2008
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, after losing eight successive tosses, won his sixth toss in 17 games.
- In terms of run-aggregate, Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar have overtaken Graeme Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar (418 in seven matches at an average of 59.71) for the first wicket.
- Jayasuriya-Tendulkar pair has now 439 runs to their credit in eight innings at an average of 54.87 - the second best for the first wicket in the IPL, next only to the 529 (ave. 37.79) in 14 matches by Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
- The 39-run stand between Tendulkar and Jayasuriya is the second best for the first wicket for Mumbai vs. Chennai - the best being 82 by the same pair at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 14,2008.
- Jayasuriya, with 26 off 20 balls, has taken his tally to 540 at an average of 41.53, overtaking Gautam Gambhir's aggregate of 534 in 14 innings at an average of 41.07. Only Shaun Marsh has made more runs than Jayasuriya in the IPL - 616 (ave.68.44) in 11 games.
- Tendulkar (59 not out off 49 balls) registered his highest score against Chennai, bettering the 12 off 16 balls at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 14, 2008.
- Tendulkar's aforesaid innings is his second best in the IPL - his best being 65 against Kings XI at Wankhede Stadium on May 21, 2008.
- Tendulkar's second IPL fifty is his fourth in the Twenty20.
- Thanks to his unbeaten 59, Tendulkar is averaging 40 in the Twenty20 - 445 in 13 innings at an average of 40.45.
- Manpreet Goney, with two for 32, is the most successful bowler for Chennai in the IPL, taking his tally to 19 at an average of 25.00 in 17 matches, surpassing Albie Morkel's tally of 17 at 23.47 runs apiece in 13 matches.
- Parthiv Patel registered his second duck in the IPL. He had recorded a first-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on May 4, 2008.
- Andrew Flintoff has not performed to his potential in the Twenty20 - 452 in 25 matches at an average of 21.52, including two fifties.
- Sanath Jayasuriya (2/34) has recorded his second best figures in the IPL - his best being 3 for 14 against Kolkata at Kolkata on April 29,2008.
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