Finn Allen is the second New Zealand batsman to score a century.Image Credit source: PTI
Kolkata Knight Riders continued their comeback streak after a bad start in IPL 2026 and registered their fourth consecutive win. The fourth win of the team captained by Ajinkya Rahane came against Delhi Capitals, in which team opener Finn Allen scored an explosive century. Allen played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in just 47 balls and with this, after a long wait of 11 years, a New Zealand batsman scored a century in the IPL.
At Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi finn allen This stormy innings came out from the bat of on 8th May. He completed his century with a six and Kolkata also achieved the target with the same sixer. In his innings, this right-handed batsman hit only 5 fours but 10 outrageous sixes. In this way, he became only the second New Zealand batsman to score a century in IPL. Before him, only Brendon McCullum could do this, who had scored a total of 2 centuries in 2008 and again in 2015.
How many centuries in IPL history?
But do you know how many centuries have been scored in IPL so far? Which country’s players have scored the most centuries? The answer to the first question is 122. From the very first match of IPL history till now, a total of 122 centuries have been scored in this tournament in 19 seasons. The surprising thing is that so far only 3 centuries have been scored from New Zealand, the country of McCullum, who scored the first century, out of which 2 are in McCullum’s name. As far as the answer to the second question is concerned, it is not difficult to guess. Since it is the Indian T20 League, it is obvious that the Indian batsmen have scored the maximum number of centuries.
Which country’s batsmen scored how many centuries?
Out of the total 122 centuries scored so far in IPL, 63 i.e. more than half the centuries have been scored by Indian batsmen. In this too, Virat Kohli has scored maximum 8 centuries, while KL Rahul has scored 6 and Sanju Samson has scored 5 centuries. Australia is at second place in this list, whose batsmen have scored 20 centuries. At third place is England with 14 centuries, on whose behalf half i.e. 7 centuries have been scored by Jos Buttler alone. South Africa (12 centuries) is at fourth position. Apart from these, there have been centuries for West Indies, out of which 6 are by Chris Gayle. There are 2 centuries from Sri Lanka.
