Brendon McCullum
IPL 2024 is starting from 22nd March. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The schedule of the first phase of IPL has been announced. The remaining schedule will be announced after the general election dates. Fans are already excited for IPL. IPL is the most watched cricket league in the world. Many star cricketers have made their career by playing here. Let us know about the player who scored the first century in the history of IPL.
McCullum scored the first century of IPL
The first century in the history of IPL was scored by Brendon McCullum 16 years ago in 2008. Then, while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, he scored 158 runs in 73 balls against RCB, in which he hit 10 fours and 13 sixes. It was because of him that KKR team was successful in winning the match. He was given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant innings.
KKR won the match by 140 runs
In the match against RCB, Kolkata Knight Riders team scored 222 runs while batting first. For KKR, Brendon McCullum contributed 158 runs, David Hussey contributed 12 runs and Ricky Ponting contributed 20 runs. It was because of these players that KKR team was able to score big. After this, no batsman from RCB could perform well. Praveen Kumar was the highest scorer of RCB by scoring 18 runs and the entire team was all out for 82 runs. In this way KKR won the match by 140 runs. Ajit Agarkar took maximum three wickets for KKR.
Kohli scored most centuries in IPL
The record of scoring most centuries in IPL is in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli has scored 7 centuries. Chris Gayle is at number two. He has scored 6 centuries. Jos Buttler is at third place with 5 centuries.
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