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six batsmen who played highest innings in ipl: The countdown for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has started. IPL 2026 is to start from March 28. Fans are once again eager to see the explosive batting of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, who will be seen playing for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings respectively. In this story, we are going to tell you about those 6 batsmen who have played the biggest innings. You may be surprised to know that the names of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not in the top-6, but other two batsmen are in this list.
The record of playing the biggest innings in the history of the tournament is held in the name of Chris Gayle. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma is also included in the list of batsmen who have played the biggest innings in this league. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are included in the top run scorer list of the tournament, but their names are not among the top 5 batsmen in the club of batsmen who have played the biggest innings.
The record of playing the biggest innings in IPL is in the name of Chris Gayle. One of the most explosive batsmen in the world, he has played many such innings in the IPL, which took away sixes from the bowlers and made the match one-sided. Gayle had created history with his stormy batting in the match played against Pune Warriors in 2013. Gayle batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten inning of 175 runs in just 66 balls. Gayle had hit 13 fours and 17 sixes in this innings.
The name of former New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum is at number two. In IPL 2008, McCullum made the record of playing the biggest innings at that time by playing an unbeaten inning of 158 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He destroyed the bowlers by hitting 10 fours and 13 sixes in 73 balls.
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The batsman who has played the third highest innings in the history of the Indian Premier League has been Abhishek Sharma. This young Indian batsman batted in a stormy style in the match played against Punjab Kings and played a explosive inning of 141 runs in just 55 balls. In this innings he hit 14 fours and 10 sixes.
In the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022, Quinton de Kock, playing for Lucknow Super Giants, played an excellent inning of 140 runs in 70 balls. This inning of De Kock is also the fourth biggest innings in the history of the tournament. De Kock had hit 10 fours and 10 sixes in this innings. De Kock has been playing in IPL for a long time and has also been a part of many teams.
While playing for RCB in IPL 2015, AB de Villiers played a stormy inning of 133 runs in just 59 balls against Mumbai Indians. De Villiers had hit 19 fours and 4 sixes in his innings and he returned unbeaten. This innings of De Villiers is also the fifth biggest in IPL history. De Villiers has single-handedly won many matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore by playing many such innings.
KL Rahul has been the batsman who has played the sixth highest innings in IPL history. Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 132 runs in 69 balls in the match played against RCB in the year 2020. Rahul had hit 14 fours and 7 sixes in this innings.
Virat Kohli's highest IPL score is 113 runs not out. This veteran, who scored the most runs in the tournament, played this innings against Rajasthan Royals in 2024. At the same time, Rohit Sharma had played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs in IPL 2012, which is his highest score in this tournament. Rohit had scored these runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
