Top 5 teams with most centuries in T20 leagues
In fact, a quick look through some of the franchises’ run-scoring history reveals that certain teams have developed a pattern around their batsmen.
1. Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL- 13 centuries
Virat Kohli’s #Playbold army has long had a reputation of underperforming in the Indian Premier League. That said, the team has always prided itself on fielding what has been, arguably, the most mercurial and power-packed batting lineup in the tournament.
A look through their batting stats reaffirms that sentiment; RCB, over the course of 13 seasons, have had 13 centurions in their team- the joint maximum for any T20 franchise in any T20 tournament all over the world.
Their century-scoring journey started in 2009- the second edition of the IPL- when a 19-year-old Manish Pandey played a brilliant, unbeaten innings of 114-runs against the Deccan Chargers at the SuperSport Park in Centurion; thus becoming the first Indian to hit a century in the tournament.
The IPL seasons from 2011-17 saw Bangalore adopt a redefined, top-heavy approach at their batting. While this new approach wasn’t much useful to the side’s title-winning ambitions; it certainly provided for some of the most entertaining cricket fans could ever get a taste of.
Jamaican star opener Chris Gayle made the M Chinnaswamy Stadium his happy hunting ground; scoring as many as 3 centuries there- including an all-time, T20 high-score of 175* against the Pune Warriors India.
Gayle’s batting flamboyance allowed the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to unleash their own free-scoring touch. The duo share 7 (5 Kohli, 2 de Villiers) centuries for RCB among them. The team’s most recent 100 came from Virat Kohli (100 off 58) against the Kolkata Knight Riders last year at the Eden Gardens.
~ Written by Soham Bhowal
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