IPL: Most number of runs without centuries

IPL has been synonymous with big hits. The pace of the shortest format of the game has taken another turn with the advent of the tournament. No one had ever dreamt that someday a century would be made in just 30 balls.

The man who holds this record, Chris Gayle, has five centuries to his name including a colossal 175 runs off 66 balls in a match against Pune Warriors in 2013, the top score in any form of T20 cricket, let alone the IPL.

However, there are quite a few batsmen who have amassed over 2500 runs but are yet to score a century. Despite this, they have been match-winners and the most dependable batsmen for their respective teams. Here are a few of such players who have heaps of runs with no IPL centuries:

1. Gautam Gambhir:

Gambhir has been one of the key players for KKR

The aggressive left-hand batsman has been an asset to Kolkata Knight riders, performing the dual job of being a great skipper and an opening batsman. In his first two initial years with Delhi Daredevils, he was the only player from the team to cross 1000 runs in the tournament.

He was bought for $ 2.4 million by KKR in 2011 and was also made the captain the same year. The turning point in his career was when he led KKR to their maiden IPL title in 2012 .

Gambhir also scored 6 half centuries that year and became the second fastest player to cross 2000 runs in the history of the game. His highest score of 93 from 51 balls came against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2012 on a slow pitch at the Eden Gardens.

With his match-winning knock of  90 versus Sunrisers Hyderabad in this season’s eighth match, he posted his 28th half century in the tournament, the most by any player. Gambhir is third on the list of all-time leading run-scorers behind Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma.