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2020 Chennai Super Kings season

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Chennai Super Kings
2020 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainM.S.Dhoni
Ground(s)Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Most runsFaf du Plessis (449 Runs)
Most wicketsSam Curran (13 Wickets)
After the auction in 2020, Chawla became the sixth spinner in the team alongside Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2020 Indian Premier League.[1][2] The Super Kings have lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018), and have the best win percentage among all teams in the IPL (61.28).[3] They hold the records of most appearances in the playoffs (ten) and the Final (eight) of the IPL. They were the only IPL team to qualify for the playoff stage until 2019 of their appearance in the league. The team finished the tournament with 6 wins and 8 losses, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.

Background

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Player retention

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The Chennai Super Kings retained 19 players and released five players.[4] CSK have not traded any player in 2020.[5] On 29 August 2020, Suresh Raina has returned to India due to his personal reasons and will miss whole IPL 2020.[6] On 4 September, Harbhajan Singh pulls out the tournament citing personal reasons.[7]

Retained players: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo.

Released players: Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and Chaitanya Bishnoi.

Auction

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Chennai Super kings entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of 14.6 crore (US$1.7 million) . CSK got its first buy in the auction of Sam Curran with 5.50 crore (US$660,000) . Josh Hazlewood was also sold to their team at his base price of 2 crore (US$240,000) & CSK also heavily bidded for Piyush Chawla where they got him for 6.75 crore (US$810,000) crore from base price of 1 crore (US$120,000) . Aside from these three, CSK purchased Tamil Nadu spinner, R Sai Kishore.

Players bought: Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.

Team analysis

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ESPNcricinfo' wrote "In the auction 2020, CSK got what they wanted. The team wisely chose Sam Curran and Josh Hazlewood for the Chennai pitch. Although some may say that Piyush Chawla was not included in the team, the franchise may have wanted more experience in the team and there would have been a better balance of Chawla as an alternative to Imran Tahir. Except for the lack of a left-arm fast bowler, the team does not have much problem."[8]

Indian Premier League

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On 19 September, the Chennai started their season campaign with a 5-wickets victory over the Mumbai Indians. For Chennai MS Dhoni won the toss & elected to field first. Mumbai scored 162 runs with loss of 9 wickets. Chasing a target of 163, the team had lost two wickets in a first two overs, but Ambati Rayudu (71) and Faf du Plessis (58) brilliant inning and their century partnership (115-run) with Faf du Plessis, helped the Super Kings to beat the defending champions. For Chennai Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets.[9]

On 22 September, the Super Kings lost their first match of the season to the Rajasthan Royals by 16 runs. MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan cruised past 100, and Sanju Samson posted a 74 off 32 balls before getting out, and Smith also got 69 off 47 balls as Royals posted a daunting 216 at the end of their 20 overs. Jofra Archer 27 in 8 balls and finished strongly for the royals, scoring 30 runs in the last over. Super Kings started off rapidly in their chase, getting 56 runs in the first six overs without losing a wicket. Once again Faf du Plessis got a half-century, and at the end they got to 200/6.[10]

On 25 September, the Super Kings suffered their second successive defeat, to the Delhi Capitals by 44-run. Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. Prithvi Shaw (64 off 43 balls) got the support from Shikhar Dhawan ( 35 off 27 balls) to build a 94-run partnership for first wicket and helped the Delhi finish the inning at 175/3 in their 20 overs. chasing the target of 176, Super Kings got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers quickly, but du plessis ( 43 off 35 balls) and Kedar Jadhav stitched a partnership to keep Super Kings hopes and Super Kings could manage only 131/7 in 20 overs.[11] The team witnessed a roller-coaster ride with just 2 wins and 6 losses.Chennai Super Kings were poorly humiliated against Mumbai Indians by a 10 wicket loss with Trent Boult taking 4 wickets against CSK.CSK next played against Royal Challengers Bangalore and were back in the game with a good performance from Ruturaj Gaikwad who scored a half century to keep CSK alive in the playoff race.However their hopes were broken, when Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians, eliminating CSK. However, CSKdefeated Kolkata Knight Riders and played their last game against Kings XI Punjab, the team won by 9 wickets, ending their dismal IPL campaign on a winning note.

Preseason

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On 2 March 2020, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium situated in Chepauk facilitated a large number of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans as any semblance of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina among others players kept preparing for the upcoming period of Indian Premier League (IPL).[12][13]

Offseason

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The schedule for the league stage of this season were released on 15 February with the Chennai Super Kings playing their first match against the Mumbai Indians on 29 March 2020, away from home at Mumbai.[14]

On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[15] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[16] with the tournament postponed further.[17] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[18]

On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[19] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[20] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[21] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[22]

In an interview, Dhoni said on the StarSports show,[23]

CSK has helped me improve in every way, whether as a human being or as a cricketer. My CSK has also helped me learn how to handle difficult situations on the field and off the field. Whenever I live in Chennai or anywhere in the South, everyone calls me by the name of Thala, no one calls me in my name. Whenever someone calls me Thala, he shows his love and respect for me.

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina  India (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 38) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 11 crore (US$1.3 million) Vice-captain
9 Ambati Rayudu  India (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 2.2 crore (US$264,000)
1 Murali Vijay  India (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 2 crore (US$240,000)
13 Faf du Plessis  South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 1.6 crore (US$192,000) Overseas
31 Ruturaj Gaikwad  India (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 7 crore (US$839,000)
58 Sam Curran  England (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 5.5 crore (US$659,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 15 crore (US$1.8 million) Captain
18 Narayan Jagadeesan  India (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed 2018 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin Bowlers
36 Karn Sharma  India (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 5 crore (US$599,000)
27 Harbhajan Singh  India (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 2 crore (US$240,000)
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 1 crore (US$120,000) Overseas
74 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 50 lakh (US$60,000) Overseas
21 Piyush Chawla  India (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 6.75 crore (US$809,000)
96 R Sai Kishore  India (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace Bowlers
47 Dwayne Bravo  Trinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 6.4 crore (US$767,000)
54 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 2.6 crore (US$312,000)
90 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 80 lakh (US$96,000)
22 Lungi Ngidi  South Africa (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 50 lakh (US$60,000) Overseas
24 KM Asif  India (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 40 lakh (US$48,000)
2 Monu Kumar  India (1994-11-05) 5 November 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 20 lakh (US$24,000)
38 Josh Hazlewood  Australia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 2 crore (US$240,000) Overseas

Administration and support staff

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Position Name
Owner N. Srinivasan, Rupa Gurunath,
CEO Kasinath Viswanathan
Team manager Russell Radhakrishnan
Brand ambassador Vijay, Nayanthara, Laxmi Rai
Head coach Stephen Fleming
Batting coach Michael Hussey
Bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji
Bowling consultant Eric Simons
Fielding coach Rajiv Kumar
Physical trainer Greg King

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

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Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314
ResultWLLLWLLWLLLWWW
Position14586566688787
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 9 5 0 18 1.107 Advance to Qualifier 1
2 Delhi Capitals (R) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.109
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) 14 7 7 0 14 0.608 Advance to the Eliminator
4 Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) 14 7 7 0 14 −0.172
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 7 0 14 −0.214
6 Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 −0.162
7 Chennai Super Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.455
8 Rajasthan Royals 14 6 8 0 12 −0.569
Source: IPLT20.com
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

League stage

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The full schedule of the 2020 season was published on the IPL website.[24]

Matches

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19 September 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
162/9 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
166/5 (19.2 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 42 (31)
Lungi Ngidi 3/38 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 71 (48)
Trent Boult 1/23 (3.2 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

22 September 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
216/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
200/6 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 74 (32)
Sam Curran 3/33 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 72 (37)
Rahul Tewatia 3/37 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 16 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) made his T20 debut.

25 September 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
175/3 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
131/7 (20 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 64 (43)
Piyush Chawla 2/33 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 43 (35)
Kagiso Rabada 3/26 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

2 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
164/5 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
157/5 (20 overs)
Priyam Garg 51* (26)
Deepak Chahar 2/31 (4 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 50 (35)
T. Natarajan 2/43 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Priyam Garg (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

4 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
178/4 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
181/0 (17.4 overs)
K. L. Rahul 63 (52)
Shardul Thakur 2/39 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 10 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

7 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
167 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
157/5 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 81 (51)
Dwayne Bravo 3/37 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 50 (40)
Andre Russell 1/18 (2 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

10 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
132/8 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 90* (52)
Shardul Thakur 2/40 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 42 (40)
Chris Morris 3/19 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 37 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

13 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
167/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
147/8 (20 overs)
Shane Watson 42 (38)
Sandeep Sharma 2/19 (4 overs)
Kane Williamson 57 (39)
Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

17 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
179/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
185/5 (19.5 overs)
Faf du Plessis 58 (47)
Anrich Nortje 2/44 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 101* (58)
Deepak Chahar 2/18 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) scored his first century in T20s.[25]

19 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
125/5 (20 overs)
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Rajasthan Royals
126/3 (17.3 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 35* (30)
Shreyas Gopal 1/14 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 70* (48)
Deepak Chahar 2/18 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the first player to appear in 200 IPL matches.[26]

23 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
114/9 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
116/0 (12.2 overs)
Sam Curran 52 (47)
Trent Boult 4/18 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 68* (37)
Mumbai Indians won by 10 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

25 October 2020
15:30
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
150/2 (18.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 50 (43)
Sam Curran 3/19 (3 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 65* (51)
Yuzvendra Chahal 1/21 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

29 October 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
172/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
178/4 (20 overs)
Nitish Rana 87 (61)
Lungi Ngidi 2/34 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 72 (53)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/20 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[27]

1 November 2020
15:30
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
153/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
154/1 (18.5 overs)
Deepak Hooda 62* (30)
Lungi Ngidi 3/39 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 62* (49)
Chris Jordan 1/31 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kings XI Punjab were eliminated as a result of this match.[28]

Statistics

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Most runs

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No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Faf du Plessis 13 13 2 449 87* 40.81 319 140.75 0 4 1 42 14
2 Ambati Rayudu 12 11 2 359 71 39.88 282 127.30 0 1 0 30 12
3 Shane Watson 11 11 1 299 83* 29.90 247 121.05 0 2 0 33 13
4 Ravindra Jadeja 14 11 6 232 50 46.40 135 171.85 0 1 0 22 11
5 Ruturaj Gaikwad 6 6 2 204 72 51.00 169 120.71 0 3 2 16 6

Most wickets

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No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Sam Curran 14 13 42.0 0 344 13 3/19 26.46 8.19 19.3 0 0
2 Deepak Chahar 14 14 52.0 2 396 12 2/18 33.00 7.61 26.0 0 0
3 SN Thakur 9 9 32.2 0 275 10 2/28 27.50 8.50 19.4 0 0
4 Lungi Ngidi 4 4 16.0 0 167 9 3/38 18.55 10.43 10.6 0 0
5 DJ Bravo 6 6 21.0 0 180 6 3/37 30.00 8.57 21.0 0 0

Awards and achievements

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Awards

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Man of the Match
No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 19 September 2020 Ambati Rayudu Mumbai Indians Won By 5 wickets 71 (48)

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2 4 October 2020 Shane Watson Kings XI Punjab Won By 10 wickets 83* (53) [32]
3 13 October 2020 Ravindra Jadeja Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 20 runs 25* (10) and 1/21 (3 overs) [33]
4 25 October 2020 Ruturaj Gaikwad Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 8 wickets 65* (51) [34]
5 29 October 2020 Ruturaj Gaikwad Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 6 wickets 72 (53) [35]
6 1 November 2020 Ruturaj Gaikwad Kings XI Punjab Won by 9 wickets 62* (49) [36]

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