IPL 2018: Highest individual score for each franchise in IPL history
The season of non-stop, thrilling and breath-taking cricket is back again. On the very first match of the 11th edition of Indian Premier League, two of the best teams in the history, Mumbai Indians and the returning Chennai Super Kings, wrote another chapter in the history of their monumental rivalry and presented the fans with a riveting contest.
Unlike their previous two opening encounters, it was the Yellow Army that managed to get the last laugh this time, thanks to some impeccable batting show by Dwayne Bravo and Kedar Jadhav, who hit 10 runs in two balls to take the team to a win off the last ball. If the first match was a sign of things to happen, the batsmen will once again make merry on the batting-friendly IPL pitches.
From the very first edition, IPL has been considered as a batsmen-dominated league, with Brendon McCullum's destructive inning in the first match in 2008 still fresh in the minds of fans. Though the bowlers have managed to thrill the fans with their talent, it is the batsmen that tend to dominate in IPL.
With several batting records expected to be broken in this edition of the IPL, we take a look at the highest individual scores for each franchise that has ever been part of Indian Premier League.
#13 Kochi Tuskers Kerala (81, Brendon McCullum)
The now-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala were part of the Indian Premier League for only a single season in 2011. The team, which had the likes of Mahela Jayawardene, Brad Hodge and Muttiah Muralitharan in their line up, had a lacklustre season which saw them reeling near the bottom of the table. Brendon McCullum, however, played a knock that gave the Kerala fans something to cheer for in an otherwise drab season.
Playing against Mumbai Indians in their own backyard, Kochi were given a mammoth target of 183 courtesy a splendid hundred by Sachin Tendulkar. With their back against the wall, Kochi needed an inning similar to Tendulkar's, and McCullum took charge that night.
His inning of 81 runs from 60 balls, which included 10 fours and 2 sixes, might not be his most swash-buckling inning, but it was enough to take Kochi to a memorable win and render another hundred by Tendulkar worthless.