1. Brendon McCullum’s 158
In many ways that was the innings that acted as a projection of what this league is all about. McCullum came out and smashed every bowler to all parts of the ground while donning the colours of KKR.
For many years that remained the highest score by an individual not only in IPL but in any recognised T20 cricket.
2. Chris Gayle’s 175
This will just go down in history as one of the best T20 innings of all time. All kinds of batting records for T20 were broken in this innings by Chris Gayle when he scored 175 off 66 balls.
Many of those records still stand tall from that April 23rd 2013 to date. It is the highest score by an individual in T20, it was the fastest T20 100, it contained the most sixes and numerous other records.
3. Anil Kumble’s 5/5
Anil Kumble’s best-ever bowling performance in a T20 game arrived when he turned up for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy. He had incredible figures of 5 wickets and 5 runs in his 3.1 overs. Till date that is the fourth-best bowling performance and best ever by an Indian
4 and 5. Virat Kohli and ABD partnership
We have two separate instances of the same batsmen who put up the highest partnership in IPL history 2 times. On 10th May 2015 they both put on 215 runs breaking a long time record of 206 runs by Gilly and Marsh. Then in 2016, they both broke their own record to put on 229 runs against Gujarat Lions in what was the most amazing batting performance by a pair.
The bowlers were mauled, to say the least. Both Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers completed their centuries and plundered the bowling to all parts of the ground. Both the partnerships were just brilliant and may never be bettered again by any pair in IPL cricket hence both instances deserved a mention in this list.
In many ways that was the innings that acted as a projection of what this league is all about. McCullum came out and smashed every bowler to all parts of the ground while donning the colours of KKR.
For many years that remained the highest score by an individual not only in IPL but in any recognised T20 cricket.
2. Chris Gayle’s 175
This will just go down in history as one of the best T20 innings of all time. All kinds of batting records for T20 were broken in this innings by Chris Gayle when he scored 175 off 66 balls.
Many of those records still stand tall from that April 23rd 2013 to date. It is the highest score by an individual in T20, it was the fastest T20 100, it contained the most sixes and numerous other records.
3. Anil Kumble’s 5/5
Anil Kumble’s best-ever bowling performance in a T20 game arrived when he turned up for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy. He had incredible figures of 5 wickets and 5 runs in his 3.1 overs. Till date that is the fourth-best bowling performance and best ever by an Indian
4 and 5. Virat Kohli and ABD partnership
We have two separate instances of the same batsmen who put up the highest partnership in IPL history 2 times. On 10th May 2015 they both put on 215 runs breaking a long time record of 206 runs by Gilly and Marsh. Then in 2016, they both broke their own record to put on 229 runs against Gujarat Lions in what was the most amazing batting performance by a pair.
The bowlers were mauled, to say the least. Both Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers completed their centuries and plundered the bowling to all parts of the ground. Both the partnerships were just brilliant and may never be bettered again by any pair in IPL cricket hence both instances deserved a mention in this list.
