Top 5 individual scores in IPL history

No. 4: 129* by AB de Villiers of RCB vs Gujarat Lions

AB de Villiers celebrating after scoring a century against Gujarat Lions.

AB de Villiers scored 129* (52 balls,12 sixes & 10 fours) vs Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016. He was also involved in a 229 run partnership with Virat Kohli in the match.

One of the highlights of De Villiers' innings was scoring 23 runs off Praveen Kumar in the 16th over. He hit Praveen for 3 sixes, Dwayne Bravo for 2 sixes, Ravindra Jadeja for 3 sixes, Pravin Tambe for 2 sixes, Dhawal Kulkarni for 1 six and Shivil Kaushik for 1 six.

De Villiers was also named the Player of the Match. His 129* was the highest individual score and his 12 sixes was the most number of sixes hit by a player in an innings in the 2016 IPL.

This was also the second time in a row that he had the highest individual score to his name.

No. 3: 133* by AB de Villiers of RCB vs Mumbai Indians

De Villiers on his way to a century against Mumbai Indians in 2015

The third spot is also occupied by AB de Villiers. His 133* (59 balls, 4 sixes & 19 fours) against Mumbai in 2015 is the third highest individual score in the IPL.

In this innings too De Villiers was involved in a huge partnership with Virat Kohli - this time 215 runs. An interesting fact about this innings was that the first 5 balls that De Villiers faced were all dot balls.

The highest number of runs he scored in an over was 15, off Hardik Pandya in the 18th over. His performance also earned him the Player of the Match Award.

The 19 boundaries that De Villiers hit was the most by any batsman in an innings in 2015 IPL.