Indian Premier League 2023 is going to start soon across the country. This league was started in 2008 and has entertained cricket lovers a lot with each season. For the last 15 years, this league has given countless memories to the cricket lovers of the country.
However, many cricket lovers try to remember many interesting things related to this league. Which batsman played the first ball in this league? Wherein, which bowler took the first wicket? Let's give some interesting information related to IPL today.
1. IPL Season-1 started in the year 2018. The first match of this season was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium. In this match, KKR batted first, and Sourav Ganguly played the first ball of the league. Sourav Ganguly was captaining KKR in that match.
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Praveen Kumar bowled the first over in this league.
3. The first wicket in IPL fell in the form of Sourav Ganguly. Zaheer Khan dismissed the KKR captain.
4. Significantly, in the first innings of the first match of the season, New Zealand player Brendon McCullum played a brilliant century. He played an unbeaten inning of 158 runs off 73 balls. In this smoky innings, he hit 10 fours and 13 sixes. This inning of McCullum is the second biggest innings played in this league.
5. India's star batsman Virat Kohli is the only player to have played an entire season for one team. From the year 2008 till now, Kohli has always been seen in the jersey of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
6. The Purple Cap is awarded to the bowler who takes the most wickets in a season. India's fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only one to win the Purple Cap in two consecutive seasons. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 23 wickets in 17 matches in the 2016 season. At the same time, in 2017, he got the Purple Cap by taking 26 wickets in 14 matches.
7. KL Rahul holds the record for the fastest fifty in IPL. KL Rahul scored a half-century off just 14 balls against Delhi Daredevils while playing for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018. Rahul had played a tremendous inning of 51 runs in 16 balls. His strike rate in this inning was 364.29.
8. This league is a confluence of young players to experienced players. Cricketers of different age groups are seen playing in this league. The oldest player played so far is Australia's spin bowler Brad Hogg. He played for KKR at the age of 45.
9. Prayas Ray Barman is the youngest player in the league at 16 years and 157 days. He made his debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
10. South African player AB de Villiers holds the record for winning the most Man of the Match awards in this league.
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