IPL record in the name of Manish PandeyImage Credit source: PTI
Manish Pandey IPL Match Record: With the IPL 2026 season, the world’s biggest T20 league has turned 19 years old. In the long history of this league, there are only 3-4 players who have been a part of it since the first season till now. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are the biggest names in this. But apart from these, there is also Manish Pandey, who has been playing in the league since the first season. Now such an achievement has been registered in Pandey’s name, which even Dhoni could not achieve and only Virat-Rohit could reach there.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders were face to face on Sunday 3 May at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. Kolkata Knight Riders, who have been struggling continuously this season, made some changes in the playing-11 and due to this, experienced batsman Manish Pandey entered the team. This is the first match this season in which Manish has got a chance to play. coincidentally his previous IPL The match also came against Sunrisers in 2025.
Players who played every season of IPL
But this first match itself became special for 36 year old Manish Pandey. This is because as soon as he entered the field against Sunrisers, Manish Pandey became the third player to play at least one match in all 19 seasons of IPL. He had played one or more matches for different teams in all the last 18 seasons. This season he had to wait for a long time but this wait is finally over.
With this, Pandey became equal to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Both these greats have also played at least one match in every season of IPL. The surprising thing is that Manish Pandey left Dhoni behind in this matter, for which there is a reason. Actually, due to injury, Dhoni has not been able to play even a single match this season, due to which he has not been able to be included in this list at present.
How is Manish Pandey’s record in IPL?
Talking about Manish Pandey’s IPL career, it has been a mixed one. He started off on a strong note but gradually his performance started declining. In his IPL career, he has been a part of 7 teams, for which Manish has played 175 matches so far and scored 3942 runs. He has also scored 22 half-centuries, while one century has come from his bat. He was the first Indian batsman to score a century in IPL. He did this feat in 2009.
