Indian Premier League is India’s favorite domestic cricket league which has become a great synonym to cricketing entertainment. Each year the cricket fanatics from around the world keenly wait for the Indian Premier League to kick start and once it does the entire nation gets wrapped in high voltage cricketing entertainment.
IPL has more often than not been about batsmen while bowlers have only had rare glories. There are some mammoth batting performances to choose from when you look to find the best knocks in the IPL or the highest individual scores in the Indian Premier League.
The list of highest individual scores in the IPL features Chris Gayle at the top with splendid and stormy innings of 175 from just 66 balls. This innings included 17 big sixes while the strike rate was somewhat around 265. Following him on the list is Brendon McCullum with a knock of 158* which came in the very first season of the IPL.
Interestingly on the list of 5 highest individual scores in the Indian Premier League, Chris Gayle, and AB De Villiers have hijacked two spots each. De Villiers holds the 3rd as well as the 5th spot on the list with knocks of 133 and 129 respectively.
Then the fifth spot goes to Chris Gayle again for a staggering knock of 128 runs from 62 balls. The list of 10 highest individual scores in the IPL also features Virendra Sehwag twice and Murali Vijay once.
HERE IS THE LIST OF 10 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES OF ALL TIMES IN THE IPL
1.Chris Gayle: 175 of 66 balls for RCB
2.Brendon McCullum:158 of 73 balls for KKR
3.AB De Villiers: 133 of 59 balls for RCB
4.AB De Villiers:129 of 52 balls for RCB
5.Chris Gayle: 128 of 62 balls for RCB
6.Murali Vijay: 127 of 56 balls for CSK
7.David Warner: 126 58 balls for SRH
8.Virendra Sehwag: 122 of 59 balls for KXI Punjab
9.Paul Valthaty: 120 of 63 balls for KXI Punjab
10.Virendra Sehwag: 119 of 56 balls for DD
