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Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,004) and the most centuries made (8) in the league. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played.
Sachin Tendulkar scored a century in IPL 2011 for the Mumbai Indians. [7] Virat Kohli is one of only two players to score 4 IPL centuries in a single season. The other is Jos Buttler, who is also one of four players to score IPL centuries in back-to-back innings, the others being Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill.
[5] [6] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament and the second-best-paying [a] sporting league globally. [7] [8] [9] IPL was established in 2008 [6] and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across India. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals. [10] As of 2024, there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament ...
Most runs in Indian Premier League (8,004) [180] Most runs in a single edition of IPL (973 runs in 2016). [181] Only player to be involved in three double-century plus stands, two times with AB de Villiers and once with Chris Gayle. [182] Most runs against Delhi Capitals (1,030). [183] Most hundreds in the league (8) [184] and in a single ...
The record was broken twice in the following ten years, but then stood for almost 30 years before Lord Frederick Beauclerk scored 170 runs in 1806. William Ward scored 278 runs for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1820 to claim the record, which was the last time that the highest score was made during a match regarded as being first-class.
He scored 574 runs in 30 matches across two seasons for the Supergiants. [125] Dhoni returned to CSK for the 2018 season. [131] He scored 455 runs and led his team to its third IPL title. [132] Dhoni led CSK to the title again in 2021 and was retained for ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) before the auction for the 2022 season. [133]
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). One of the original eight teams in the IPL, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL, losing all (in 2009 to the Deccan Chargers, in 2011 to the Chennai Super Kings and in 2016 to the Sunrisers Hyderabad).
Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. [1] [2] In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of 8,032 runs. [3]