KKR Century in IPL List: How Many Players Have Scored 100 for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL History?

Kolkata Knight Riders batter Venkatesh Iyer has become only the second cricketer to score a century for the franchise in the history of the Indian Premier League. Been in some form this year after a lacklustre IPL 2022, Iyer made the most of his solid touch by registering a maiden T20 hundred at the Wankhede Stadium today.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the second over, Iyer first attacked debutant Arjun Tendulkar (0/17) in the next over. A four and a six against the left-arm pacer were followed by a six and a four off all-rounder Cameron Green (1/20) in the following over. Iyer, who faced a nasty blow near his knee in the same over, struggled with pain for a short while before resuming normal services.

The left-handed batter then took on another debutant in Duan Jansen (1/53) by hitting him for a couple of sixes in the fifth over. Mumbai Indians spinner Hrithik Shokeen, too, was welcomed with a couple of fours by a batter who was showing no signs of stopping even after the completion of the powerplay.

Taking revenge for captain Nitish Rana‘s (5) dismissal and subsequent aggressive send-off by Shokeen, Iyer smashed a four and a six in the same over to not let the visitors face ramification of loss of wickets from the other end.

Even fast bowler Riley Meredith‘s (1/40) introduction into the attack couldn’t restrict Iyer as he hit two sixes off the Australian speedster. The fact that no other batter from the visiting team had scored a boundary up until this point in time speaks highly of Iyer putting on display an archetype one-man show on a Sunday afternoon. It was on the fourth delivery of the 17th over when Iyer ran a single off Jansen to reach the three-figure mark.

KKR Century in IPL List

Highest Individual Score for KKR in IPL History

Manish Pandey IPL Century

Currently representing Delhi Capitals, former Knight Riders batter Manish Pandey had never hit a century for them. Pandey, who played for the franchise between 2014-2017, had scored 1,442 runs across 57 innings for KKR at an average of 32.77 and a strike rate of 126.83 including seven half-centuries.

As far as his maiden IPL century is concerned, Pandey had become the first-ever Indian cricketer (second uncapped player) to score an IPL century whilst playing for Deccan Chargers way back in 2009.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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