Finn Allen felt the ‘curse’ of KKR, till now no batsman has been able to do this in IPL history, you will be shocked to know

IPL 2026 KKR vs GT, Finn Allen: In the 60th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star opener Finn Allen batted brilliantly against Gujarat Titans and played a stormy innings of 93 runs in just 35 balls. However, Allen missed scoring a century. If Allen had completed his century today, it would have been his second century this season. With this, he would have created history and achieved that position, which no KKR batsman had been able to do till now in the history of IPL.

Finn Allen missed out on creating history

In the history of IPL, many great batsmen have played for the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Dangerous batsmen like Brendon McCullum, Andre Russell, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa and Venkatesh Iyer have played many memorable innings for this franchise. But the surprising thing is that till date in the long history of 19 years of IPL, no batsman has been able to score two centuries for KKR. Finn Allen finally came very close to breaking this shocking record in IPL 2026, but he missed creating history by just 7 runs.

At one time it seemed that he would become the first batsman to score two centuries for KKR, but luck did not favor him. He was caught out on the ball of Sai Kishore. While many players for all other franchises have scored two or more centuries, but till now no batsman in the Kolkata team has been able to achieve this feat. This is the reason why fans on social media have even started calling it the ‘curse’ of KKR.

List of batsmen who scored centuries for KKR in IPL

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Allen scored runs at a strike rate of 265+

However, Finn Allen batted aggressively against Gujarat Titans and thrashed the bowlers. Allen first completed his fifty in 21 balls and then scored a brilliant century in 34 balls. He played a explosive inning of 93 runs in 35 balls, in which he hit 4 fours and 10 skyscraper sixes. During this period his strike rate was 265.71. At the same time, for the second time he has achieved the feat of hitting 10 sixes in an innings for KKR. Earlier this season, he had hit 10 sixes in his century innings against Delhi Capitals.

Most sixes by a KKR batsman in an IPL innings

• 13 – Brendon McCullum vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008
• 11 – Andre Russell vs CSK, Chennai, 2018
• 10 – Finn Allen vs DC, Delhi, 2026
• 10 – Finn Allen vs GT, Kolkata, 2026*

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