The Twenty20 League in the Caribbean is sure to have one thing, runs and more runs. Started in 2013, the Caribbean Premier League has seen a lot of power hitting throughout the seasons.
Batsmen like Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Colin Munro, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Ewin Lewis have shown their batting prowess and their love of hitting boundaries.
Most numbers of runs scored in the CPL are 2436, by Lendl Simmons. Simmons has now played a total of 82 matches and have batted with a strike rate of 120.41. He is followed by Chris Gayle (2354 runs) and Andre Fletcher (2081 runs).
Teams have crossed the aggregate mark of 400 runs in a match a total of eight times in the history of the CPL with four of them coming in the 2019 season itself. Three other occasions came within eight days of each other in the 2018 season.
The aggregate score of 493 runs in the match played between Jamaica Tallawahs (JT) and Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in 2019 is the most in a match in the CPL. TKR scored 267 runs batting first for the loss of just 2 wickets. In reply, the Tallawahs could manage only 226 despite losing 5 wickets. TKR’s 267/2 is also the highest team score in an innings in the Caribbean T20 tournament.
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Most runs in a single season of the CPL was scored by Colin Munro in the 2018 season. He scored 567 runs in 13 matches. He scored 6 half-centuries in that season. The highest individual score in the CPL belongs to Brandon King. He scored 132 not out in just 72 balls for Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Barbados Tridents in 2019. Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle have four tons each in the CPL, which is more than anybody else.
