IPL 2024 has started. In an IPL match, if the batsmen score runs in the powerplay without losing wickets, then the batting team gets the advantage, whereas if the bowling team is successful in taking wickets in the powerplay and keeping the run rate below 6 RPO, then the bowling team gets the advantage. The team comes into a strong position. Sometimes, an individual batsman takes charge by getting his team off to a good start within the powerplay. Come, in this blog we will talk about Highest powerplay score by a batsman in IPL History.
| # | Batsman | Highest powerplay score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suresh Raina | 87 Runs |
| 2 | Adam Gilchrist | 74 Runs |
| 3 | Ishan Kishan | 63 Runs |
| 4 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 62 Runs |
| 5 | David Warner | 62 Runs |
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Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, David Warner batted brilliantly against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2017. After being asked to bat first, Warner scored 62 runs with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes in 25 balls inside the powerplay, with a strike rate of 248.00. Warner scored a century of 126 (59) and took SRH to a total of 209/3.
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Against KKR, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 98 runs in 47 balls, in which he hit 12 fours and 5 long sixes. With this, he has reached fourth place in the history of IPL in terms of scoring most runs in powerplay in an innings. He scored 62 runs in the powerplay against Kolkata.
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Ishan Kishan, opening for MI in IPL 2021, scored 63 runs in the powerplay on just 22 balls. Kishan hit 10 fours and 2 sixes and scored 84 runs in 32 balls before getting out in the 10th over.
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Australian player Adam Gilchrist is second in this list, who scored 74 runs on 25 balls against Delhi while playing for Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009. Chasing the target of 154 runs, Gilchrist scored 74 runs with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes.
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Chinna Thala' Suresh Raina's courageous innings in IPL 2014 Qualifier 2 took CSK to the final of IPL 2014, Suresh Raina scored 87 runs with the help of 12 fours and 6 sixes in just 25 balls in the powerplay and his strike rate It stood at Rs 348.00. Due to this storm, CSK scored 100/2 runs in the first 6 overs. This score is the second highest score in powerplay
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