The highest successful run chases in IPL playoffs show what batting under the biggest pressure looks like. When a team chases down a big total in a Qualifier, an Eliminator or the Final, it takes nerves of steel and fearless batting from the first ball to the last. Gujarat Titans hold the record for the…
The lowest team totals in IPL playoffs tell a simple story. When the pressure is highest, even strong batting line ups can fall apart. The record for the lowest total in an IPL playoff game stands at just 82 runs. Deccan Chargers made that score against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a 2010 playoff at the…
The IPL has been shaped by a few great leaders. Across 19 seasons and hundreds of matches, captaincy has often been the difference between a talented squad and a champion one. This is our editorial ranking of the best IPL captains of all time, based on titles won, finals reached, win record across a long…
When fans talk about the highest individual scores by openers in IPL history, one innings stands above everything else. Chris Gayle’s unbeaten 175 against Pune Warriors India in 2013, made off just 66 balls with 13 fours and 17 sixes at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The record has stood for more than a…
The No. 3 batting position in the IPL has produced some of the most famous innings in the history of the tournament. AB de Villiers 133 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians in 2015 is the highest individual score by a No. 3 batter in IPL history. No batter walking in at…
Andrew Symonds holds the record for the highest individual score by a No. 4 batter in IPL history. He smashed 117 not out from 53 balls for Deccan Chargers against Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad in 2008, walking out with his team in early trouble at 35 for 2 and finishing with 11 fours and 7…
Ben Stokes holds the record for the highest individual score by a No. 5 batter in IPL history. He smashed 103 not out from 63 balls for Rising Pune Supergiant against Gujarat Lions at Pune in 2017, walking out with his team in deep trouble at 10 for 3 and finishing the chase almost single…
Hardik Pandya smashed 91 runs off only 34 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019. That is the highest individual score by a No. 6 batter in IPL history. No batter walking in at number six has ever scored more in the league. Batting at No. 6 is one of the toughest jobs in T20…
Rising Pune Supergiant played in the IPL for only two seasons, 2016 and 2017. So the race for most runs against Rising Pune Supergiant is a short one, but one name still stands far above the rest. Virat Kohli scored 271 runs in four innings against RPSG at an average of 90.33, with one hundred…
David Warner holds the record for the most runs against Gujarat Lions in the IPL. The Australian opener scored 336 runs in five innings against the Lions at a strike rate of 152.72, with four fifties and a highest score of 93 not out. Gujarat Lions played only two IPL seasons, 2016 and 2017, so…
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