- Rohit Sharma became the first player to smash the boundary of the first ball of a season.
- Deepak Chahar 12 runs over was the most expensive opening over of season starter.
- MS Dhoni won 100 IPL matches as a Chennai Super Kings skipper
- Dhoni scalped 250th victim in T20 cricket
- 100 catch for CSK skipper
- CSK first win against Mumbai Indians after five consecutive defeats
- Piyush Chawla is now third highest wicket taker in IPL history
- Deepak Chahar bowled the first ball of the season for three consecutive years.
| Season | First Ball |
| 2008 | Praveen to Ganguly |
| 2009 | Gony to Jayasuriya |
| 2010 | Vaas to M Tiwary |
| 2011 | Abdulla to Srikkanth |
| 2012 | Malinga to Faf |
| 2013 | Lee to Unmukt |
| 2014 | Zaheer to Gambhir |
| 2015 | Umesh to Rohit |
| 2016 | RP Singh to Simmons |
| 2017 | T Mills to Warner |
| 2018 | D Chahar to Rohit |
| 2019 | D Chahar to Kohli |
| 2020 | D Chahar to Rohit |
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