Record alert: Ishan Kishan achieves rare feat as captain
80Ishan Kishan’s score for SRH against RCB in Bengaluru on 28 March 2026 is now the fourth-highest by any batter in an IPL season opener. Nearly 18 years earlier, also in Bengaluru, Brendon McCullum delivered his historic innings in the inaugural IPL match on 18 April 2008, a performance that remains a standout. Kishan’s knock is also among the list of captains who have had the unique distinction of registering a high score in the first IPL match as a captain. Sanju Samson is the only IPL skipper to manage a three-figure score on his very first appearance as a captain in this tournament. Both tables below have the details.
Highest scores by batters in IPL lung-openers
|
Runs |
Batter |
For |
Opp |
Venue |
Date |
Bat# |
Inns |
Result |
|
158* |
Brendon McCullum |
KKR |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
18 Apr 2008 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
|
98* |
Rohit Sharma |
MI |
KKR |
Kolkata |
8 Apr 2015 |
1 |
1 |
Lost |
|
92 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad |
CSK |
GT |
Ahmedabad |
31 Mar 2023 |
2 |
1 |
Lost |
|
80 |
Ishan Kishan |
SRH |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
28 Mar 2026 |
3 |
1 |
Lost |
|
72 |
Jacques Kallis |
KKR |
MI |
Abu Dhabi |
16 Apr 2014 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
Rohit Sharma was captain. Ishan was captain-keeper
Highest scores by captains leading for the first time in the IPL
|
Runs |
Batter |
For |
Opp |
Venue |
Date |
Bat# |
Inns |
Result |
|
119 |
Sanju Samson |
RR |
PK |
MumbaiWS |
12 Apr 2021 |
3 |
2 |
Lost |
|
99* |
Mayank Agarwal |
PK |
DC |
Ahmedabad |
2 May 2021 |
2 |
1 |
Lost |
|
93* |
Shreyas Iyer |
DC |
KKR |
Delhi |
27 Apr 2018 |
3 |
1 |
Won |
|
88 |
Faf du Plessis |
RCB |
PK |
New Mumbai |
27 Mar 2022 |
1 |
1 |
Lost |
|
83 |
Kieron Pollard |
MI |
PK |
MumbaiWS |
10 Apr 2019 |
4 |
2 |
Won |
|
80 |
Ishan Kishan |
SRH |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
28 Mar 2026 |
3 |
1 |
Lost |
Note: Samson also kept wickets
13612The number of runs for Virat Kohli in his T20 career after his unbeaten 69 against SRH in Bengaluru on 28 March 2026. This aggregate takes him to the sixth position in the all-time list of players with the most runs in T20 cricket. By doing so, he also became the highest run-getter in this format among batters from Asian countries. He went ahead of Pakistani Shoaib Malik’s tally of 13571 runs.
Leading run-getters in T20 cricket
|
Batter |
M |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Avg. |
100 |
50 |
Country |
|
Chris Gayle |
463 |
455 |
53 |
14562 |
175* |
36.22 |
22 |
88 |
West Indies |
|
Kieron Pollard |
735 |
652 |
194 |
14482 |
104 |
31.62 |
1 |
67 |
West Indies |
|
Alex Hales |
528 |
523 |
40 |
14449 |
119* |
29.91 |
7 |
92 |
England |
|
David Warner |
435 |
434 |
53 |
14121 |
135* |
37.06 |
10 |
116 |
Australia |
|
Jos Buttler |
494 |
465 |
68 |
13883 |
124 |
34.96 |
8 |
98 |
England |
|
Virat Kohli |
415 |
398 |
75 |
13612 |
122* |
42.14 |
9 |
106 |
India |
|
Shoaib Malik |
557 |
515 |
138 |
13571 |
95* |
35.99 |
0 |
83 |
Pakistan |
|
James Vince |
470 |
458 |
47 |
13102 |
129* |
31.87 |
7 |
84 |
England |
Leading run-getters in T20 cricket (among Asian players)
|
Batter |
M |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Avg. |
100 |
50 |
Country |
|
Virat Kohli |
415 |
398 |
75 |
13612 |
122* |
42.14 |
9 |
106 |
India |
|
Shoaib Malik |
557 |
515 |
138 |
13571 |
95* |
35.99 |
0 |
83 |
Pakistan |
|
Rohit Sharma |
464 |
451 |
53 |
12326 |
121* |
30.96 |
8 |
83 |
India |
|
Babar Azam |
349 |
336 |
51 |
11944 |
122 |
41.90 |
11 |
98 |
Pakistan |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
334 |
331 |
34 |
9797 |
106* |
32.98 |
2 |
70 |
India |
|
Suryakumar Yadav |
361 |
335 |
65 |
9475 |
117 |
35.09 |
6 |
63 |
India |
72The runs scored by Australian Connor Connolly on his first IPL appearance, while playing for Punjab Kings against Gujarat Titans in Mullanpur on 31 March 2026. His score is now the fifth-highest by any debutant batter in IPL history. Only two players have managed a three-figure score on their IPL debut — Brendon McCullum (158*) and Michael Hussey (116) for KKR and CSK, respectively. Curiously, both these feats came in the first two IPL games of the inaugural edition in 2008. Five of the seven highest debut scores have come in the inaugural season, as can be seen in the table below.
Highest IPL scores by batters on debut
|
Runs |
Batter |
For |
Opp |
Venue |
Date |
Bat# |
Inns |
Result |
|
158* |
Brendon McCullum |
KKR |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
18 Apr 2008 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
|
116 |
Michael Hussey |
CSK |
PK |
Mohali |
19 Apr 2008 |
3 |
1 |
Won |
|
84 |
Shaun Marsh |
PK |
DCh+ |
Hyderabad |
1 May 2008 |
1 |
2 |
Won |
|
73 |
Kyle Mayers |
LSG |
DC |
Lucknow |
1 Apr 2023 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
|
72 |
Connor Connolly |
PK |
GT |
Mullanpur |
31 Mar 2026 |
3 |
2 |
Won |
|
71 |
James Hopes |
PK |
CSK |
Mohali |
19 Apr 2008 |
2 |
2 |
Lost |
|
71 |
Graeme Smith |
RR |
DCh+ |
Hyderabad |
24 Apr 2008 |
2 |
2 |
Won |
+ Deccan Chargers
26 The number of balls that remained after RCB defeated SRH in Bengaluru on 28 March 2026, despite being set a 200+ target. This is now the quickest 200+ chase by any side in IPL history, in terms of the balls remaining.
200+ targets successfully chased with 15 or more balls to spare
|
Balls remaining |
Team1 (totals) |
|
Team2 (totals) |
Venue |
Date |
|
26 |
SRH (201/9 in 20 ov) |
lost to |
RCB (203/4 in 15.4 ov) |
Bengaluru |
28 Mar 2026 |
|
25 |
GT (209/4 in 20 ov) |
lost to |
RR (212/2 in 15.5 ov) |
Jaipur |
28 Apr 2025 |
|
24 |
GT (200/3 in 20 ov) |
lost to |
RCB (206/1 in 16 ov) |
Ahmedabad |
28 Apr 2024 |
|
21 |
RCB (199/6 in 20 ov) |
lost to |
MI (200/4 in 16.3 ov) |
Mumbai WS |
9 May 2023 |
|
15 |
GL (208/7 in 20 ov) |
lost to |
DC (214/3 in 17.3 ov) |
Delhi |
4 May 2017 |
10 The number of occasions an individual fifty was achieved in 15 or fewer balls in IPL cricket history. This season, 15-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi joined this elite list during his fifty in just 15 balls for RR against CSK in Guwahati on 30 March 2026. His opening team-mate, Yashasvi Jaiswal, has done it the quickest — in 13 balls against KKR in Kolkata in 2023. Australian Jake Fraser-McGurk’s case is unique, as he is the only one in the list below to have done so twice.
Quickest to reach an individual fifty in the IPL (in fewest balls)
|
50 in balls |
Batter |
Score |
Balls |
For |
vs |
Venue |
Date |
Inns |
Bat# |
Result |
|
13 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal |
98* |
47 |
RR |
KKR |
Kolkata |
11 May 2023 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
|
14 |
K. L. Rahul |
51 |
16 |
PBKS |
DC |
Mohali |
8 Apr 2018 |
2 |
1 |
Won |
|
14 |
Pat Cummins |
56* |
15 |
KKR |
MI |
Pune |
6 Apr 2022 |
2 |
7 |
Won |
|
14 |
Romario Shepherd |
53* |
14 |
RCB |
CSK |
Bengaluru |
3 May 2025 |
1 |
7 |
Won |
|
15 |
Yusuf Pathan |
72 |
22 |
KKR |
SRH |
Kolkata |
24 May 2014 |
2 |
4 |
Won |
|
15 |
Sunil Narine |
54 |
17 |
KKR |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
7 May 2017 |
2 |
2 |
Won |
|
15 |
Nicholas Pooran |
62 |
19 |
LSG |
RCB |
Bengaluru |
10 Apr 2023 |
2 |
6 |
Won |
|
15 |
Jake Fraser-McGurk |
65 |
18 |
DC |
SRH |
Delhi |
20 Apr 2024 |
2 |
3 |
Lost |
|
15 |
Jake Fraser-McGurk |
84 |
27 |
DC |
MI |
Delhi |
27 Apr 2024 |
1 |
1 |
Won |
|
15 |
Vaibhav Suryavanshi |
52 |
17 |
RR |
CSK |
Guwahati |
30 Mar 2026 |
2 |
2 |
Won |
Note: Rahul & Pooran were the keepers
2 The number of T20 cricket batters to score a fifty or more before the age of 16. India’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s explosive innings in Guwahati on 30 March 2026 marked his fifth such score before this age. Notably, this tally also features three centuries. Afghan batter Hassan Eisakhil is the only other listed below, in the table totally dominated by the young Suryavanshi.
Youngest to score a fifty-plus in T20 cricket
|
Yrs |
Days |
Name |
Score |
Balls |
Team |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Bat# |
Result |
|
14 |
32 |
V. Suryavanshi |
101 |
38 |
Rajasthan Royals |
Gujarat Titans |
Jaipur |
28 Apr 2025 |
2 |
Won |
|
14 |
54 |
V. Suryavanshi |
57 |
33 |
Rajasthan Royals |
Chennai Super Kings |
Delhi |
20 May 2025 |
2 |
Won |
|
14 |
232 |
V. Suryavanshi |
144 |
42 |
India A |
United Arab Emirates |
Doha |
14 Nov 2025 |
1 |
Won |
|
14 |
250 |
V. Suryavanshi |
108* |
61 |
Bihar |
Maharashtra |
Kolkata |
02 Dec 2025 |
2 |
Lost |
|
15 |
3 |
V. Suryavanshi |
52 |
17 |
Rajasthan Royals |
Chennai Super Kings |
Guwahati |
30 Mar 2026 |
2 |
Won |
|
15 |
360 |
Hassan Eisakhil |
76 |
55 |
Boost Defenders |
Hindukush Stars |
Kabul |
23 Jul 2022 |
2 |
Won |
All records are correct and updated until 31 March 2026.
