3 IPL Captains With Highest Score: The 18th season of IPL is about to be completed and now the playoff matches are going to start from 29th May. The last league match of this season was very much discussed, because Royal Challengers Bangalore won by chasing their biggest run. At the same time, Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant also made headlines by scoring a century. Pant’s bat was silent in most of the matches throughout the season and many questions were being raised on him, but coming at number 3 against Bangalore, he made a blast and played an unbeaten innings of 118 runs in 61 balls.
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Captains: On the basis of his excellent innings, Rishabh Pant has made a place in the list of those players who have done the feat of playing the biggest innings in IPL while being the captain. In this article, we are going to mention 3 such captains.
3 Captains: Virender Sehwag (119 runs) vs Deccan Chargers, 2011
Captains: In the 46th match of IPL 2011, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag’s bat was in full swing and he played a brilliant century innings. Chasing the target of 176 runs given by Deccan Chargers, Delhi’s team won with one over remaining. During this, Sehwag played an innings of 119 runs in 56 balls, which included 13 fours and six sixes.
2 David Warner (126) vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2017
David Warner is at the second place in this list. Warner batted brilliantly against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 37th match of IPL 2017 and scored a brilliant century. He scored 126 runs in 59 balls, with the help of which Sunrisers Hyderabad team was able to score 209/3 in 20 overs. In response, KKR could only score 161/7 after playing the entire over and Hyderabad won by 48 runs.
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Rishabh Pant slams his second IPL hundred in style! 💥 pic.twitter.com/ItFfR2gcwK
1 KL Rahul (132*) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2020
In the sixth match of IPL 2025, Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul thrashed the bowlers of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul played an unbeaten innings of 132 runs in 69 balls with the help of 14 fours and seven sixes. With the help of his innings, Punjab scored 206 for the loss of 3 wickets, in response to which RCB team was all out for 109 in 17 overs.
