Indian Premier League (IPL) marked 13 incredible years on Sunday 18 April 2021. This was the day when the world witnessed the craze of the T20 league for the very first time. And look at the coincidence that after 13 years, on Sunday we witnessed another thrilling match between RCB and KKR.
What everyone witnessed that day was like a fairy tale packed with raining sixes. 2008 IPL edition was won By Rajasthan Royals. Since then IPL is like a festival to all of us. A festival that comes every year and gives us a lot and lots of memories to cherish!
Let us have a look at all the major records that were created, All the unbreakable records that were broken, and all those major happenings of IPL since then.
1) Highest Run Getter in IPL
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Virat Kohli with 5949 runs and Suresh Raina with 5430 runs are the first and second highest run-getters of IPL respectively.
2) Highest Wicket Taker
Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker of IPL with 170 wickets. Despite the fact he is not playing IPL for the last two seasons, he is still the king!
3) Most Successful Franchise
Mumbai Indians is the most successful franchise of IPL. MI has won the tournament 5 times! Most by any franchise.
2. Let us now have a look at some sweet-bitter Incidents of IPL that will always remain in our memories.
- IPL is the reason why we got gems such as Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Shreyash Iyyer, Rishabh Pant, and many more players.
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- IPL is the reason we got to witness the Gayle Storm when he scored 175 runs off just 66 balls for RCB against Pune Warriors.
- IPL is all about bringing players from different countries together. Throughout the IPL we have witnessed many such moments that showed love, great bond, Understanding and respect between players from different countries.
- From RR winning the first season, Deccan Charger winning the second to KKR winning it two times, SRH winning the titles in 2016, CSK winning it 3 times and MI winning it 5 times IPL’s have ruled our hearts and can definitely be called Incredible Premier League.
- IPL has witnessed some Ugly moments that left scars on our memories forever. May it be Virat- Gambir controversy, Pollard and Starc’s fight, Dhoni coming on the ground and questioning umpire, Ashwin Mankading Buttler, Harbhajan- Srisanth rivalry, or Shahrukh getting banned to enter the ground.
After all these years and sweet-bitter memories, IPL is still ruling our hearts and celebrated as a festival in India.
