IPL 2023: A brand new season of the IPL is just around the corner. The IPL 2023 promises excitement and thrills, and fans can expect a lot of records to tumble this season. However, there are a few records that might never be broken. Given the talent at the IPL’s disposal, one can expect cricketers to come close to breaking these unbreakable records. Insidesport brings to you five such unbreakable IPL records. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Virat Kohli’s Record Breaking IPL season in 2016
Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore to the 2016 IPL final. He not only led as a skipper but also as a batter. Virat Kohli smashed every record that season and scored a mind-boggling 975 runs from 16 matches at a strike rate of 152.03. His season was capped with four hundreds in one single season, the most by any batter in IPL history. Kohli also bagged the orange cap, but his efforts weren’t good enough to bag the IPL crown, as the RCB lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 runs.
The following is the list of batters with most runs in a single IPL season. David Warner is the only batter whose name features twice in the list
Most runs in a single IPL season
| Player | Season | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| V Kohli | 2016 | 16 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 38 |
| JC Buttler | 2022 | 17 | 863 | 116 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 45 |
| DA Warner | 2016 | 17 | 848 | 93* | 60.57 | 151.42 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 88 | 31 |
| KS Williamson | 2018 | 17 | 735 | 84 | 52.5 | 142.44 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 28 |
| CH Gayle | 2012 | 15 | 733 | 128* | 61.08 | 160.74 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 59 |
| MEK Hussey | 2013 | 17 | 733 | 95 | 52.35 | 129.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 17 |
| CH Gayle | 2013 | 16 | 708 | 175* | 59 | 156.29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 51 |
| DA Warner | 2019 | 12 | 692 | 100* | 69.2 | 143.86 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 21 |
| AB de Villiers | 2016 | 16 | 687 | 129* | 52.84 | 168.79 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 37 |
| RR Pant | 2018 | 14 | 684 | 128* | 52.61 | 173.6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 37 |
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100 in a 15 over innings! Kohli hits his gloves to celebrate! 100 off 47b for @imVkohli! #RCBvKXIP #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/FWV9qLfIkY
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) May 18, 2016
Chris Gayle UNBEATEN 175*
April 23, 2013 – a date that will always be remembered in IPL history, thanks to Christopher Henry Gayle. The Universe Boss bludgeoned the Pune Warriors India attack into pieces, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Gayle-storm blew away Pune-based franchise as he scored a swashbuckling 175 in only 66 balls. Gayle’s knock still remains as the highest individual score in IPL history.
The West Indian smashed 17 sixes and 13 fours at a strike rate of 265.15. RCB went on to register 263/5 in their allotted 20 overs. PWI was nowhere close to the target and were limited to 133/9, handing RCB an easy win by 130 runs.
This day, that year: Chris Gayle’s 175 sweeps Pune Warriors away. Read more about it now! 👇🏻https://t.co/JIfojOChlI
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 23, 2020
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CSK qualifies nine times for the playoffs
The MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful teams in the history of IPL cricket. The Chennai-based franchise has played 13 IPL seasons qualifying nine times for the playoffs. The team has played 7 IPL seasons winning three of them. They start every season as favorites.
CSK won their first IPL title in 2010. In 2011, CSK became the first team to win two consecutive seasons of IPL. The franchise got banned for two seasons in 2016 and then made a comeback in 2018. They marked their comeback in style winning the trophy. Their last IPL season win was in 2021.
Chennai boys on song! 💥#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/Z3SFMQRk4v
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 6, 2023
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KKR humiliates RCB, Red Army bundled out for 49
The Royal Challengers Bangalore has been that most unpredictable team in the league. The Kolkata Knight Riders bowled them out for the lowest team total in the history of the League. In IPL 2017, RCB was bowled out just for 49 runs chasing a target of 131.
The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled exceptionally well to restrict the RCB batting order for the lowest IPL total ever. None of the batter was able to get to a double figure mark. The batters looked absolutely helpless.
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Gayle’s 37 runs in a single over
Christopher Henry Gayle is one of the best hitters of the cricket ball. In a game of IPL 2011 against the Kochi Tuskers Kerela, Gayle scored 37 runs in a single over. It is the most expensive over ever in the history of IPL. Prasahth Parmeshwaram was the bowler who had no answers to Gayle’s power hitting.
Gayle hit four sixes and three fours in the over including a no ball. Gayle scored 44 runs off just 16 balls in the game. His opening partner scored 20 runs in the over prior to it. Bengaluru witnessed the Gayle Storm that night.
| Runs | Run sequence | Bowler (for) | Batter | For | Venue | Date |
| 37 | 6 nb 6 4 4 6 6 4 | P. Parameswaran (KTK) | Chris Gayle (36), nb1 | RCB | Bangalore | May 8, 2011 |
| 37 | 6 6 nb6 6 2 6 4 | Harshal Patel (RCB) | Ravindra Jadeja (36), nb1 | CSK | Mumbai WS | Apr 25, 2021 |
| 35 | 6 4 6 6 nb2 4 6 | Daniel Sams (MI) | Pat Cummins (34), nb1 | KKR | Pune | Apr 6, 2022 |
| 33 | 6 6 4 4 nb4 4 4 | Parvinder Awana (KXIP) | Suresh Raina (32), nb1 | CSK | Mumbai WS | May 30, 2014 |
| 33 | 1 6 6 6 6 wd5 wd1 1 | Ravi Bopara (KXIP) | Chris Gayle (25), Manoj Tiwary (2), wd6 | KKR | Kolkata | April 4, 2010 |
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