MS Dhoni became the first captain to appear in 50 IPL games. This game was his 50th appearance in IPL.
MS Dhoni became the seventh cricketer to appear in 50 plus IPL games. Others are – SK Raina {53} : S Badrinath {53} : AC Gilchrist {51} : V Kohli {51} : RG Sharma {51} and RV Uthappa {51}.
S Badrianth and SK Raina became the most capped cricketers in IPL. This game was the 53rd appearance for both the cricketers.
Yuvraj Singh's 62 in this game provide the 43rd occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in IPL 2011. His knock represents the third occasion of a Pune batsman scoring a fifty in
IPL 2011.
Yuvraj Singh's 62 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 18th occasion of a batsman's fifty going in vain in IPL 2011. It was the second occasion of Yuvraj Singh's
fifty in a losing cause, the first being his 66 against Delhi at Mum-DYP on 17.04.11. Yuvraj Singh became the third batsman to witness two fifties going in vain in IPL 2011.
Others are DA Warner and S Badrinath.









