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The record of playing the biggest innings in the history of the Indian Premier League is held in the name of Chris Gayle. He played this unbeaten inning of 175 runs while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The innings played against Pune Warriors India in 2013 is still recorded in the record books.
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is going to start from March 28. The schedule for the first phase of the games has arrived. All the franchise teams have started their preparations. Recently the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 has ended. Domestic cricketers and players returning to the field after a long time will be the first to join the camp. Before the tournament starts, let us tell you about some explosive innings.
The IPL has seen many memorable performances over the years. IPL 2026 will be the 19th season of this tournament. The innings that everyone is waiting for till now can probably be seen from the bat of Abhishek Sharma or Vaibhav Suryavanshi. In the year 2013, Chris Gayle of West Indies played the biggest and stormiest inning of the tournament, 175 runs. Till now no batsman has been able to leave it behind.
Chris Gayle played an explosive inning of 175* runs against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013. On 23 April 2013, an innings was seen at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which changed the history of T20 cricket. Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Chris Gayle played an innings against Pune Warriors India that looked like a video game. Gayle completed his century in 30 balls. This is the fastest century in IPL history. By the end of the innings, Gayle hit 17 sixes and 13 fours. Took RCB to world record score of 263. Gayle remained unbeaten after scoring 175 runs and his strike rate was 265.15. This is still the highest individual score in T20 league history.
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In the first season of IPL itself, on 18 April 2008, New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum played a explosive innings for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore. While attacking the RCB bowlers, McCullum played an unbeaten inning of 158 runs in 73 balls. During this innings, McCullum hit 10 fours and 13 sixes while batting at a strike rate of 216.
In the last season of IPL itself, Abhishek Sharma had played such an inning which gave him hope of breaking Chris Gayle’s record of innings of 175 runs. This batsman of Sunrisers Hyderabad had played an inning of 141 runs while chasing the target of 246 runs against Punjab Kings. He played this innings with the help of 14 fours and 10 sixes on 55 balls.
In the year 2022, Quinton de Kock played an inning of 140 runs for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders. He played this innings hitting 10 fours and as many sixes at a strike rate of 200. Along with KL Rahul, he had a partnership of 210 runs. Kolkata had lost this match by just 2 runs.
AB de Villiers has played many brilliant innings while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore but his biggest score was seen against Mumbai Indians. In the year 2015, while batting first, the team had scored a huge score of 235 runs for 1 wicket, out of which 133 runs came from the bat of De Villiers. This batsman had played this innings hitting 15 fours and only 4 sixes at a strike rate of 225.