IPL 2020: Match 7, CSK vs DC – Rabada’s record-breaking spree, CSK’s worst start, Chawla goes past Mishra and more stats

Chennai Super Kings succumbed to their 2nd consecutive defeat in IPL 2020 as they lost to Delhi Capitals by 44 runs; their biggest-ever defeat in the hands of the Delhi franchise. Prithvi Shaw’s 43-ball 64 helped DC get a great start with help of a 94-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan (35). Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 25-ball 37 as Delhi finished with 175/3. The Chennai Super Kings never looked comfortable in the chase and eventually got away with only 131/7 in the restricted 20 overs.

Here are all the statistical highlights from Delhi Capitals’ biggest win in the IPL against CSK:
CSK’s worst start:
3 – The IPL 2020 is only the 3rd IPL season where the Chennai Super Kings lost two of their first three matches. CSK had only one win after their first three matches of an IPL edition in 2009, 2012 and now in 2020.

Rabada breaks Malinga’s record:
9 – Kagiso Rabada now has picked up at least two wickets in each of his last nine IPL matches; the longest such streak for any player in the league. He went past Lasith Malinga’s streak of eight successive matches with two or more wickets during the 2012 edition of the IPL.

Chawla surpasses Mishra:
255 – Piyush Chawla is now the leading wicket-taker among Indians in the history of Twenty20 format surpassing Amit Mishra’s tally of 253 wickets. Both Chawla and Mishra were part of Friday’s match and began with 253 wickets apiece in T20s. However, Chawla picked a couple of wickets while Mishra went wicketless.