Tonight (March 31), the Delhi Capitals (DC) will face the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam.
The Capitals will be anxious to get their IPL 2024 campaign underway. They’ve started the season with two defeats, and their hitting has been spotty. The Rishabh Pant-led team is now ninth in the points standings and would want to get their first two points at their improvised home pitch.
Chennai, on the other hand, as defending champs, have performed admirably thus far. They have defeated two tough teams, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT), and are now leading the points table.
Every IPL game provides an opportunity for both participating teams to attain a certain milestone. As a result, certain records are likely to be broken during the forthcoming game.
On that point, let us look at the top three landmarks that might be attained during today’s DC versus CSK match.
1. Ajinkya Rahane could complete 4,500 IPL runs
Ajinkya Rahane has looked menacing since joining the Chennai Super Kings. For CSK, he has scored 365 runs in just 13 innings, with an impressive strike rate of 165.90.
The cricketer, once of Rajasthan Royals, has scored 4,439 runs at an average exceeding 30. Just 61 more runs would push him past 4,500 career IPL runs. Should Rahane accomplish this milestone on Sunday’s match, he’d be only the eighth Indian to surpass 4,500 IPL runs. A remarkable feat for a steady batsman.
2. Mustafizur Rahman Poised to Make History with 300 T20 Wickets
Mustafizur Rahman started the IPL season with a fantastic spell of 4/29 against RCB. He followed it up with another excellent performance (2/30) against GT, and he is presently the greatest wicket-taker in IPL 2024, with six wickets at an average of 9.83.
At 299 T20 wickets overall, Mustafizur Rahman’s six scalps in this tournament bring him tantalisingly close to history. Just one more dismissal, and the left-arm Bangladesh pacer will become his nation’s first to reach 300 wickets in cricket’s shortest format – a truly remarkable feat.
Shakib Al Hasan (482) is the only Bangladeshi player with more T20 wickets than Mustafizur.
3. David Warner could have the joint-most 50+ scores in T20 history
The forthcoming game provides an excellent opportunity for David Warner to make history. The hard-hitting southpaw is one of the game’s all-time greats, scoring 12,143 runs with a strike rate of more than 140 in the shortest format.
His entire T20 tally includes 109 50-plus scores, including 101 fifties and eight hundreds. With another half-century, he will be tied for the most 50+ T20 scores. Chris Gayle now has the coveted record, with 110 scores of 50 or above.