G Gambhir of Delhi and SR Tendulkar of Mumbai aggregated 1000 IPL runs in their match against Mohali and Jaipur respectively on 11.04.10.

Gambhir's aggregate stood at 1019 runs at the end of the match against Mohali on 11.04.10. He reached the milestone when he was on seven during the course of his knock of 26.

SR Tendulkar completed 1000 runs when he was on 25 during his knock of 89 not out. At the end of the game, his aggregate stood at 1064.

G Gambhir became the sixth batsman to achieve the landmark, while SR Tendulkar became the seventh batsman to total 1000 IPL runs. The other five batsmen are - AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad (1182), SK Raina of Chennai (1177), ML Hayden of Chennai (1076), JH Kallis of Bangalore (1061) and RG Sharma of Hyderabad (1038).

SR Tendulkar's 1064 run aggregate places him fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored 1000 plus IPL runs.

AC Gilchrist's 1182 runs have come from 41 matches, 41 innings of which one is not out. His highest score is 109 not out. He has an average of 29.55 runs per innings. He has scored one hundred and seven half centuries. He has hit 130 boundary fours and 63 boundary sixes.

SK Raina's 1177 runs have come from from 41 matches, 39 innings of which six were not outs. His highest score is 98. He has an average of 35.66 runs per innings. He has scored seven half centuries. He has hit 96 boundary fours and 52 boundary sixes.

ML Hayden's 1076 runs have come from 27 matches and 27 innings of which two were not outs. His highest score is 93. He has an average of 43.04 runs per innings. He has scored eight half centuries. He has hit 117 boundary fours and 43 boundary sixes.

SR Tendulkar's 1064 runs have come from 31 matches, 31 innings of which five were not outs. His highest score is 89 not out. He has an average of 40.92 runs per innings. He has scored eight half centuries. He has hit 136 boundary fours and 15 boundary sixes.

JH Kallis's 1061 runs have come from 37 matches, 37 innings of which six were not outs. His highest score is 89 not out. He has an average of 34.22 runs per innings. He has scored ten half centuries. He has hit 121 boundary fours and 20 boundary sixes.

RG Sharma's 1038 runs have come from 40 matches, 39 innings of which five were not outs. His highest score is 76 not out. He has an average of 30.52 runs per innings. He has scored six half centuries. He has hit 81 boundary fours and 48 boundary sixes.

G Gambhir's 1019 runs have come from 37 matches, 36 innings of which three were not outs. His highest score is 86. He has an average of 30.87 runs per innings. He has scored seven half centuries. He has hit 124 boundary fours and 12 boundary sixes.

SR Tendulkar's 89 not out in this game represent his highest individual score in IPL. His previous best was 72 against Chennai at Mumbai (BS) on 25.03.10.

HR Gopala Krishna - Cricket Statistician

Dharamsala: With a slim hope of making the IPL semi-finals, Chennai Super Kings take on the vanquished Kings XI Punjab in their must-win final preliminary match on Sunday.

With 12 points, Chennai are fifth in the tally and to be inside the top-four, they have to win tomorrow and hope other results go their way. Not only do Chennai have to win, they have to win big to make sure that they remain ahead of other contenders in the net run rate which is a healthy +0.270 right now.

Punjab, on the other hand, continue to languish at the bottom with four wins and a staggering nine losses. But they have become dreaded party poopers in the later half of the tournament after being decimated in the first few weeks.

They have already upstaged Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils and Chennai would do well not to underestimate them despite the many problems that plague Punjab.

It's not just the poor on-field results, Punjab have also been in the news for the speculation surrounding their stake-holding. First, there were rumours of some stakeholders trying to sell of their shares of the beleaguered outfit and after the much publicised spat between Lalit Modi and junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor, Punjab's offices were raided by the Income Tax department on Friday.

Add to this, the speculation on whether their star player Yuvraj Singh would stick around after this season and Punjab seem like a house of troubles. The on-field poor show has further added to the gloom.

Yuvraj has been off-colour all through and Australian Shaun Marsh has not been consistent either. The Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara did well yesterday against Deccan Chargers but they have not been consistent enough.

S Sreesanth has been making more news for his temperamental on-field behaviour then his bowling and it would be quite a surprise if they manage to pull off a win over Chennai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai come to cool climes of Dharamsala from the sweltering heat of their base city, making it a pleasant change for them.

They lost Delhi in their last match owing to a stunning batting collapse and would have to ensure that it is not repeated here. The likes of Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey and Dhoni himself have to click in unison to ensure that the team wins and wins big.

Majestic spinner R Ashwin has given good starts to his side and Chennai would expect an encore from him.

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