5 PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE THEIR MAIDEN IPL HUNDRED DURING THE UAE LEG - Sky Online ID

5 PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE THEIR MAIDEN IPL HUNDRED DURING THE UAE LEG

THE INDIA LEG OF IPL 2021 SAW JOS BUTTLER AND DEVDUTT PADIKKAL CRACKING THEIR MAIDEN IPL HUNDREDS. CAN WE HAVE MORE IN THE SECOND HALF? HERE ARE SOME CONTENDERS.

1. PRITHVI SHAW

THE YOUNG DELHI CAPITALS (DC) OPENER WAS IN MARAUDING FORM WITH THE WILLOW IN THE FIRST HALF. HE CLOBBERED 308 RUNS IN EIGHT GAMES AT AN EXCEPTIONAL STRIKE RATE OF 166.48. HE HAS THE HIGHEST IPL SCORE OF 99, REGISTERED IN 2019.

2. FAF DU PLESSIS

THE CSK OPENER WILL RETURN TO THE SECOND HALF OF IPL 2021. OPENING THE INNINGS, HE SMASHED 320 RUNS IN SEVEN MATCHES AT A STRIKE RATE OF 145.45. DU PLESSIS CROSSED THE FIFTY MARK FOUR TIMES AND CAME CLOSE TO A HUNDRED, REMAINING UNBEATEN ON 95 OFF 60 BALLS IN A GAME AGAINST KKR.

3. ISHAN KISHAN

UAE IS A VENUE WHERE ISHAN FIRST CAME TO PROMINENCE IN THE IPL. HE TOTALLED 516 RUNS IN 14 GAMES AT A STRIKE RATE OF 145.76 DURING IPL 2020. THE HARD-HITTING LEFT-HANDER STRUCK FOUR FIFTIES, WITH A BEST OF 99 OFF 58 AGAINST ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB).

4. GLENN MAXWELL

HE IMPRESSED WITH 223 RUNS IN SEVEN GAMES AT A STRIKE RATE OF 144.80, TWICE CROSSING THE HALF-CENTURY MARK. MAXWELL HAD THE HIGHEST SCORE OF 78 IN THE INDIA LEG OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT. OVERALL, HIS HIGHEST IN THE EVENT IS 95, WHICH HE WHACKED MORE THAN ONCE DURING THE 2014 EDITION.

5. SURYAKUMAR YADAV

IN IPL 2021, HE HAS 173 RUNS FROM SEVEN GAMES. SLIGHTLY BELOW PAR BUT HE CAN STILL MAKE UP FOR IT. HIS HIGHEST IPL SCORE OF 79 NOT OUT ALSO DOESN'T SUIT HIS DELIGHTFUL TALENT.