In the 68th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets. With this win, Rajasthan Royals reached the second number in the points table of IPL 2022. This is the first time since IPL 2008 that Rajasthan Royals finished the league stage while finishing in the top 2. On the one hand, Rajasthan achieved achievement. At the same time, his bowler Yuzvendra Chahal also created history.
Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 26 wickets in 14 matches this season. He equaled Imran Tahir’s record for most wickets in a season by a spinner in IPL. Imran Tahir took 26 wickets in 17 matches in IPL 2019 at an average of 16.57 and economy of 6.69. Yuzvendra Chahal has played only 14 matches. His team has also reached the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals will get to play at least 2 matches in the playoffs. In such a situation, if he is successful in taking even one wicket, then he will become the highest wicket-taker spinner in IPL in any one season.
On the other hand, an unwanted record was registered in the name of Chennai Super Kings batsmen. This happened for the first time in the history of IPL, when no batsman of Chennai Super Kings could score 400 or more runs in any one season. Suresh Raina holds the record for making 400+ times in a season for Chennai Super Kings.
Suresh Raina, popularly known as Mr IPL among cricket fans, scored 400+ runs every season from 2008 to 2014. He had scored 400+ runs in the 2018 season as well. Apart from Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (2008, 2013, 2018, 2019) scored 400 or more runs for Chennai Super Kings the most times.
Matthew Hayden (2009), Murali Vijay (2010, 2011), Michael Hussey (2011, 2013), Steve Smith (2014), Brendon McCullum (2014, 2015), Shane Watson (2018), Ambati Rayudu (2018), Faf du Plessis (2020, 2021) and Rituraj Gaikwad (2021) have also scored 400+ runs for Chennai Super Kings. In IPL 2022, Rituraj Gaikwad was the top scorer of Chennai Super Kings. He made 368 in 14 matches at an average of 26.29 and a strike rate of 126.46.