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579 Runs scored by Suresh Raina in CLT20 – most by any batsman. He is also the leading run-scorer in IPL with 2802 runs. (Also Read:  Chennai Super Kings vs Trinidad & Tobago, M20 - Report: CLT20-2013 ) 118 Chennai Super Kings’ total – their lowest ever in CLT20. 49 Chennai Super Kings’ total after first six overs. They could manage only 69 runs in next 14 overs losing 9 wickets! 8 Wickets – margin of defeat for Chennai Super Kings – their biggest in a CLT20 match. 7 Number of times Chennai Super Kings have been dismissed in a Twenty20 match – their second time in CLT20. The only other such instance was against New South Wales at Chennai in 2011 when they were dismissed for 155. source: clt20.com

Trinidad & Tobago caused a huge upset when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in the final Group match of the Karbonn Smart CLT20 2013. The win for T&T shut the door on the Titans, who would have otherwise progressed to the semi-finals along with CSK. (Also Read:  Chennai Super Kings vs Trinidad & Tobago, M20 - Stats Highlights: CLT20-2013 ) Needing to chase down a modest 119, the team from the Caribbean were given a solid platform by their openers and cruised past the finish line in 15.1 overs. T&T got off to a streaky start. Lendl Simmons picked up a boundary between the wicketkeeper and slip to get the run-chase off the blocks, while Evin Lewis’ square-cut had just enough height to elude the point fielder. Both openers settled down after that and ensured the scoreboard kept ticking. Lewis was the more enterprising of the two T&T openers; he picked up three boundaries off Albie Morkel’s second over and picked up two more b...