18 April 2008, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru and the day was Friday… Indian Premier League (IPL) had a colorful start. Hardly anyone thought that today there would be a tsunami of runs in the field. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) In the match between New Zealand, Brendon McCullum played such an inning, which changed the definition of T20 cricket. He scored unbeaten 158 runs in just 73 balls, which included 13 sixes and 10 fours. During this period his strike rate remained more than 200.
Brendon McCullum Was raining heavily on KKR bowlers. It seemed as if the match was between McCullum and the audience… Every ball was being tried to cross the boundary.
Only 3 runs came in the first over?
It was not that McCullum started attacking the bowlers from the very first over. No runs came from the batsman in Praveen Kumar’s first over. A total of 3 runs came in this, out of which 2 were leg byes and 1 was wide. McCullum faced 5 balls, but could not even open his account.
Runs started pouring from McCullum’s bat from the second over.
McCullum started coming into his form from the second over. He scored a total of 18 runs by hitting 3 fours and 1 six in Zaheer Khan’s over. After this, in the third over, Praveen Kumar gave only 6 runs, which included 1 four. However, Pir McCullum’s stormy form will be seen in the fourth over. He hit 2 sixes in Ashley Noffke’s over, while 1 four came from the bat of Sourav Ganguly.
Hit 5 sixes and 2 fours in the last two overs.
McCullum’s bat remained silent for a few overs after Ganguly’s wicket fell. .. Runs were scored at a slow pace, but in the 19th over he hit 2 sixes and 2 fours, while in the 20th over he hit three sixes. Before this, McCullum had hit 2 sixes and 1 four in the 15th over. In this way, KKR scored 222 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs.
Which batsman scored how many runs for KKR?
For KKR, captain Sourav Ganguly scored 10 runs in 12 balls, Ricky Ponting scored 20 runs in 20 balls, David Hussey scored 12 runs in 12 balls and Mohammad Hafeez scored 5 runs in 3 balls. For RCB, Zaheer Khan, Ashley Noffke and Jacques Kallis took 1 wicket each.
10 batsmen of RCB could not touch double figures
KKR’s bowling was so strong that 10 RCB batsmen could not reach double figures. On behalf of the team, captain Rahul Dravid scored 2 runs, Wasim Jaffer scored 6 runs, Virat Kohli scored 1 run, Jacques Kallis scored 8 runs, Cameron White scored 6 runs, Mark Boucher scored 7 runs, Balachandra Akhil scored 0 runs, Ashley Noffke scored 9 runs, Zaheer Khan scored 3 runs and Sunil Joshi scored 3 runs. Praveen Kumar remained unbeaten after scoring 18 runs.
For KKR, Ajit Agarkar took maximum 3 wickets. Apart from them, Ganguly and Ashok Dinda took 2-2 wickets, while Ishant Sharma and Lakshmi Shukla got 1-1 wicket. McCullum was chosen player of the match for his brilliant innings. RCB won the toss.
Interesting things related to IPL
- Who bowled the first over? Praveen Kumar
- Who played the first ball? Sourav Ganguly
- Who hit the first four? Brendon McCullum
- Who hit the first six? Brendon McCullum
- Who took the first wicket? zaheer khan
- Who became the first victim? Sourav Ganguly
- Who scored the first century? Brendon McCullum
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