Finn Allen created history for KKR, became the first batsman to do so in IPL 2026

Finn Allen Record in IPL 2026: Kolkata Knight Riders’ explosive opener Finn Allen caught everyone’s attention with his stormy batting against Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. This New Zealand batsman played an explosive inning of 93 runs in just 35 balls. His innings included 4 fours and 10 long sixes. Right from the beginning, Allen adopted an aggressive style and maintained constant pressure on Gujarat’s bowlers.

Made a big record in the debut season

With this inning, Finn Allen took his number of sixes in IPL 2026 to 27. With this, he has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in the debut season for Kolkata Knight Riders. Earlier this record was in the name of Phil Salt, who had hit 24 sixes in the 2024 season. Allen left that record behind in spectacular style.

Jayasuriya’s record also on target

Finn Allen now also has a chance to break a big record in IPL history. Former Mumbai Indians explosive batsman Sanath Jayasuriya hit 31 sixes in his debut IPL season in 2008, which is still a record. Allen still has two matches left and he is just 5 sixes away. In such a situation, fans hope that he can also make this historical record in his name.

KKR scored a huge score of 247 runs

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 In the 60th match, GT captain Shubman Gill won the toss and invited KKR to bat first. KKR batsmen gave a strong performance and scored a huge score of 247 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs against Gujarat Titans. For KKR, after Finn Allen, Cameron Green and Angkrish Raghuvanshi displayed explosive batting.

Also read: After Finn Allen, Raghuvanshi-Green’s explosive batting, KKR set a huge target of 248 runs in front of GT.

finn allen After this, there was a storm named Angkrish Ranghuvanshi and Cameron Green on the field of Eden Gardens. After the dismissal of Finn Allen and captain Ajinkya Rahane, there was a brilliant partnership of 108 runs in 52 balls between these two players. On one hand, wicketkeeper batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 82 runs in 44 balls while Cameron Green played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs in 28 balls. Sai Kishore and fast bowler Mohammad Siraj got 1-1 wicket for Gujarat Titans.