IPL 2021 Record – 10 Big Batting Records in IPL: As the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League starts 9th April, the batsman all around the IPL teams will target biggest batting records ever in IPL. Be it CSK, RCB, SRH, MI, RR, KKR, DC or Punjab Kings all of them would like to have claim on these Top 9 Batting Records and would like to avoid the no 10 for the good of their team.
IPL 2021 Record – 10 Big Batting Records in IPL
List of IPL 2021 batting records that can be achieved in the upcoming season
Record 1: Virat Kohli- 6,000 runs
RCB captain Virat Kohli could become the first batsmen to complete 6,000 runs in IPL. He is currently the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 5878 runs in 192 matches, including 5 centuries and 39 fifties. He has a strike rate of 130+ and an average of 38.
Record 2: Most centuries
Virat Kohli and David Warner are 1 and 2 centuries short of most centuries in the IPL. Currently, Chris Gayle has the most tons (6) in the cash-rich league. Kohli had slammed 4 centuries in a single season in 2017. He can take over the top spot in another IPL record.
Record 3: Four players on verge of completing 5,000 IPL runs
AB De Villiers: 4,849
Chris Gayle: 4,772
MS Dhoni: 4,632
Robin Uthappa: 4,607
Record 4: Most fours and sixes
Shikhar Dhawan could become the first player to score 600 fours in the IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan: 591
David Warner: 510
Virat Kohli: 503
IPL 2021 batting records that can be broken
Record 5 Most sixes (inning)
Chris Gayle holds the record of most sixes in an innings. He smashed 17 sixes against Pune Warriors India (PWI) in 2013.
Record 6 Most sixes in an innings
Chris Gayle: 17
Brendon McCullum: 13
AB De Villiers: 12
Record 7 Fastest fifty
KL Rahul holds the record of fastest fifty in the IPL. He smashed it against Delhi Capitals in 2018.
Fastest fifties:
KL Rahul: 14 balls (vs DC)
Yusuf Pathan: 15 balls (vs SRH, 2014)
Sunil Narine: 15 balls (vs RCB, 2017)
Record 8 Fastest century
Chris Gayle holds the record of fastest IPL hundred. He scored it against Pune Warriors India in 2013.
Fastest centuries:
Chris Gayle: 30 balls
Yusuf Pathan: 37 balls (vs MI, 2010)
David Miller: 38 balls (vs RCB, 2013)
Record 9 Highest individual runs record
Chris Gayle holds the record of highest individual record in IPL. He scored unbeaten 175 runs in an innings.
Chris Gayle: 175*
Brendon McCullum: 158*
AB De Villiers: 133*
KL Rahul: 132*
Rishabh Pant: 128*
Record 10 Most ducks
Harbhajan Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma: 13 ducks each
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