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Scoring a hundred in the IPL is not a rarity. In fact, in the very first match of the T20 league, New Zealand legend Brendon McCullum cracked a scintillating ton, which remains among the more memorable ones scored in the IPL.
In the history of the IPL, Chris Gayle holds the record for having registered the most hundreds - six. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has five to his name while the Australian duo of David Warner and Shane Watson have four each.
Three centuries were scored in the first half of IPL 2021 as well. Sanju Samson Rajasthan Royals (RR), Jos Buttler (RR) and Devdutt Padikkal (RCB) were the batters to have achieved the feat.
When players ended one short of 100 in the IPL
Considering there are only 20 overs available per side in an IPL game, players often miss out on a hundred despite coming tantalizingly close. They either perish looking for the big shot or are left stranded with no balls left. Here’s a look at six players who have scored 99 in the IPL.
#1 Suresh Raina (CSK) - 99* vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2013
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) legend Suresh Raina smashed 99 not out off 52 balls in an IPL 2013 encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Uppal. CSK batted first in the game and Raina came in to bat at his customary no.3 position in the sixth over.
The veteran southpaw slammed 11 fours and 3 sixes during his entertaining knock. Raina began the last over of CSK’s innings on 86 and hit the first ball for four. He was 95 with one ball to go and whipped the ball from Daren Sammy over the extra-cover fielder for four. Raina thus ended unbeaten on 99.
Though Raina missed his hundred, CSK posted an imposing 223 for 3, with Michael Hussey also contributing 67. SRH were restricted to 146 for 8 as Chennai romped home to a comfortable win.
#2 Virat Kohli (RCB) - 99 vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2013
RCB skipper Kohli also registered a score of 99 during the IPL 2013 edition. He hammered 99 off 58 balls against Delhi Capitals in Delhi as RCB batted first. The right-hander clobbered 10 fours and four sixes in knock, featuring in a blistering stand of 94 with AB de Villiers (32 not out off 17).
Kohli was on 76 going into the last over. After taking two off the first ball, he slammed Umesh Yadav for two fours and two sixes off the next four deliveries. However, needing two to reach three figures off the last ball, he was run-out for 99, going for a non-existent second.
While the RCB skipper fell just short of a well-deserved hundred, he lifted the team to a competitive total of 183 for 4. Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat then claimed five for 25 as the RCB won the close contest by four runs.
#3 Chris Gayle (PBKS) - 99* vs RCB, IPL 2019 and 99 vs RR, IPL 2020
Windies legend Chris Gayle is the only player in the history of the IPL to have registered two scores of 99. The flamboyant left-hander blasted an unbeaten 99 off 64 balls playing for Punjab Kings (PBKS) against his former franchise RCB in Mohali.
Gayle smashed 10 fours and five sixes in his innings as Punjab took first strike. He began the last over needing 10 runs to reach three figures. He managed to slash the fourth ball bowled by Mohammed Siraj for a four. Gayle needed five off the last delivery to bring up his ton. He managed to squeeze out a yorker for four, but remained 99 not out. To add insult to injury, the RCB chased down a target of 174 with ease.
Gayle’s second score of 99 came against Rajasthan Royals during IPL 2020 in Abu Dhabi. PBKS were sent into bat in this game and Gayle launched a terrific assault on RR, clobbering six fours and eight sixes. In the last over of the innings bowled by Jofra Archer, the southpaw launched the third ball for a maximum.
Gayle needed one off three balls to complete a hundred, but was bowled for 99 by a fiery yorker-length delivery. Unfortunately for him, this knock too was in vain as Royals aced a chase of 186.
#4 Prithvi Shaw (DC) - 99 vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2019
DC opener Prithvi Shaw scored a scintillating 99 off 55 balls as the franchise ended up tied with KKR in a chase of 186 during an IPL 2019 match in Delhi. Kagiso Rabada then bowled that famous unplayable yorker to Andre Russell to seal the game for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Super Over.
The game shouldn’t have gone that far. DC were cruising in the chase and needed only 15 in the last two overs with seven wickets in hand. Shaw, who had blasted 12 fours and three sixes, looked in ominous form.
On the third ball of the penultimate over bowled by Lockie Ferguson, he top-edged a catch behind the wickets, falling one short of three figures. Kuldeep Yadav then dismissed Hanuma Vihar in the last over while Colin Ingram was run-out off the last ball as the match headed into the Super Over. Luckily for Shaw, his 99 did not go in vain.
#5 Ishan Kishan (MI) - 99 vs RCB, IPL 2020
The young Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Ishan Kishan announced himself on the IPL stage with a superlative 99 off 58 balls against RCB in Dubai during IPL 2020. Chasing a mammoth 202, MI were in all sorts of trouble at 78 for 4.
Just when the game seemed like a lost cause, Ishan lifted the side with some splendid display of clean hitting. He hammered two fours and as many as nine sixes in a sensational counter-attacking innings. With 19 needed for victory off the last over, Ishan slapped Isuru Udana for consecutive sixes off the third and fourth deliveries.
Udana, however, had his revenge next ball as he had Ishan caught off a slower ball for 99. A last-ball four from Kieron Pollard tied the match but a brilliant Super Over from Navdeep Saini saw the RCB emerge winners.
#6 Mayank Agarwal (PBKS) - 99* vs DC, IPL 2021
Leading the PBKS in the absence of regular skipper KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal played a sensational innings of 99 not out from 58 balls against Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2021 encounter in Ahmedabad. Even as others around him struggled, Agarwal lifted his team to a competitive 166 for 6, hitting eight fours and four sixes.
The PBKS opener was on 84 when the last over began. He smashed the first and fourth balls for fours while the penultimate delivery was dispatched over the ropes. Agarwal needed a six to cross three figures off the last ball, but slammed a straight drive for four and remained unbeaten on 99.
Agarwal’s knock was in vain though as DC eased to victory by seven wickets. Shikhar Dhawan led the response for Delhi with an unbeaten 69 while Prithvi Shaw contributed 39.
Despite ending up on the losing side, Agarwal was named Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.
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