In Major League Cricket 2026, South Africa’s young batsman Luhan-Dre Pretorius played a explosive century. He plays for the San Francisco Unicorns. In the 23rd match of the tournament, his team faced MI New York. In this match played in Dallas, MI New York batted first and scored 143 runs. In reply, San Francisco Unicorns won the match by 9 wickets in the 16th over itself.

Pretorius won with a century

Luhan-Dre Pretorius, who came to open, batted till the end and led the team to victory. The team needed one run to win, while two runs were left for his century. In such a situation, he completed his century by hitting a four off the ball of Rushil Ugarkar and also led the team to victory. This left-handed batsman scored unbeaten 102 runs in 52 balls. His innings included 10 fours and 5 sixes. This is his first century in T20 cricket. Trent Boult proved to be the most expensive bowler for MI New York. He spent 41 runs in 3 overs.

Luhan-Dre Pretorius is currently playing in all three formats for South Africa. He is also a part of Rajasthan Royals in IPL. San Francisco Unicorns’ second opening batsman Finn Allen scored 20 runs in 17 balls. Captain Matthew Short returned unbeaten after scoring 19 runs on 25 balls.

MI New York batsmen were flops

MI New York team, captained by Nicholas Pooran, could score only 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, opening batsman Ryan Rickelton scored 35 runs in 21 balls. Quinton de Kock and Monank Patel returned to the pavilion during the powerplay itself.

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Captain Nicholas Pooran scored 19 runs in 25 balls, while Kieron Pollard scored 16 runs from his bat. In the lower order, Sunny Patel made an important contribution in taking the team to 143 runs by scoring 32 runs in 23 balls. For San Francisco Unicorns, captain Matthew Short took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Haris Rauf and Aaron Hardy took 2-2 wickets.

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One of the main reasons for the defeat of Gujarat Titans in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders was their poor fielding. Mohammad Siraj, Arshad Khan and Washington Sundar dropped 3 easy catches, due to which KKR was able to reach the big score of 247. When opener batsman Finn Allen was on the score of 33, Siraj dropped his simple catch and after that Allen played an explosive inning of 93 runs in 35 balls. While talking about the reasons for the defeat after the match, Shubman Gill blamed poor fielding.

Shubman Gill said, “Looking at the wicket, I felt that the score of 200-210 would be fine. We dropped a lot of catches, which was not easy for the bowlers. The pitch was good and the ball was coming with a halt.” But he attributed the defeat to poor fielding.

Gill said, “Our fielding could have been even better. We dropped three easy catches and after that, according to me, we did not deserve to win. It is good that such a match happened now and not in the qualifiers. We will rest for a few days and recover. We have to go to Ahmedabad and see how the wicket is there.”

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GT players missed 3 easy catches

Mohammad Siraj was playing on 33 runs when he dropped the catch of KKR opener Finn Allen, after which he scored 93 runs. Earlier, he got his first life on the score of 14. Cameron Green missed the catch of Arshad Khan in the 16th over, he was on the score of 23 and after this sacrifice of life, he scored 52 runs.

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When Angkrish Raghuvanshi was on the score of 52, Washington Sundar dropped his simple catch and after that he added 30 more runs. Although after the defeat, Gujarat Titans are favorites to go to the playoffs, but it has become difficult for them to stay in the top-2.

The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans match held on Saturday in IPL 2026 became historic. In this match played at Eden Gardens Stadium, 6 batsmen had scored more than 50 runs. According to the report, this has happened for the first time in history. In this match, KKR has kept its hopes of going to the playoffs alive by defeating GT by 29 runs.

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored a huge score of 247 runs in 20 overs. However, if Gujarat Titans players had not dropped easy catches then perhaps this score could have been reduced by 30 to 40 runs. Finn Allen was caught on the score of 33, he played an explosive inning of 93 runs in 35 balls. In this innings he hit 10 sixes and 4 fours.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi also missed an easy catch, when he was playing on 52 runs and after this he added 30 more runs. Cameron Green scored 52 runs, he would not have been able to score his half-century had he also not missed the catch.

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This happened for the first time in T20 history

Finn Allen (93), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (82) and Cameron Green (52) scored 50 plus for Kolkata. While chasing the target, both the openers of Gujarat Titans scored half-centuries. Sai Sudarshan scored 53 runs and captain Shubman Gill scored 85 runs. Jos Buttler played an inning of 57 runs. In this way, it became the match in T20 history in which the maximum number of batsmen scored more than 50.

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The Zimbabwe cricket team holds the record for scoring the most 50 plus runs in an innings of a T20 match. Zimbabwe made a historic score of 344 runs against Gambia on October 23, 2024. This is the biggest score in T20 International cricket. In this innings, 4 Zimbabwe batsmen had scored more than 50 runs, captain Sikandar Raza played a brilliant inning of unbeaten 133 runs in 43 balls. In this innings, Sikandar hit 15 sixes and 7 fours.

Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Gujarat Titans by 29 runs. With this victory, Kolkata has kept its playoff hopes alive. Thanks to the half-century innings of Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Cameron Green, KKR team managed to register a big win. For Gujarat Titans also, 3 batsmen scored half-centuries. The half-century innings of Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill could not take Gujarat to victory.

KKR stopped Gujarat’s Vijayrath

Gujarat Titans had won five consecutive matches and were moving towards a top-2 finish in the points table. But this victory of Kolkata has defeated Shubman Gill and his army riding on Vijayarath. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata team batted first and scored 247 runs. This was the third highest score of KKR in the history of IPL.

When the Gujarat team came to chase the huge target, it had a good start. Gujarat had scored 42 runs in 3 overs, but then Sai Sudarshan left the field due to injury. As soon as Sudarshan went out, the batting momentum broke and Gujarat batsmen could only add 32 runs in the next five overs. This also proved to be the turning point of the match.

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6 fifties were scored in the match

A total of 465 runs were scored in this match and a total of 6 different batsmen scored half-centuries. Finn Allen (93 runs), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (82 runs) and Cameron Green (52 runs) scored fifties for Kolkata. On the other hand, Shubman Gill (85 runs), Sai Sudarshan (53 runs) and Jos Buttler (57 runs) scored half-centuries for Gujarat. Let us tell you that Sudarshan has scored four consecutive half-centuries in IPL 2026.

Mathisha Pathirana came to play for Kolkata for the first time in IPL 2026, but got injured again after bowling 8 balls and went out of the field. Sai Sudarshan was also injured, but he later returned and completed his half-century, which could not help Gujarat.

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Finn Allen, IPL 2026 KKR vs GT: Finn Allen of Kolkata Knight Riders batted brilliantly against Gujarat Titans in the 60th match of IPL 2026, scoring 93 runs in 35 balls with 4 fours and 10 sixes. Allen missed the century. With this, he fell short of breaking Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record of scoring the fastest century.

Let us tell you that Vaibhav has a record in his name for scoring a century in 35 balls in IPL, which he scored against Gujarat Titans last season. If Finn Allen had completed his century in 34 balls today, he would have become the fastest batsman to score a century in the last 13 years of IPL. In this way Allen missed out on becoming the batsman to score the fastest century.

Gujarat won the toss and chose bowling

In the match being played at Eden Gardens, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl. This decision was taken keeping in mind the condition. It was believed that fast bowlers would get help in overcast conditions, but as per Kolkata’s batting, no special help was seen.

KKR had put 100 runs on the board in 8.6 overs. After this the team reached the score of 150 in 12.4 overs. Then the team put 200 runs on the board in 16.6 overs.

‘Do or die match’ for Kolkata

This is a ‘do or die’ match for the Kolkata Knight Riders captained by Ajinkya Rahane in terms of playoffs. The team is present at 8th position in the points table. The team has played 11 matches, winning 4 and losing 6. The remaining one match remained inconclusive due to rain. With this performance KKR has 9 points.

If KKR loses against Gujarat today, the team will have 9 points from 12 matches. After this, the team will be able to reach only 13 points even by winning the remaining two matches. With so many points it will be almost impossible for any team to qualify.

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New history written in IPL 2026, this record of ‘centuries’ made for the first time in 19 years

KKR Highest Team Total in IPL 2026: Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 247 runs. This is the biggest score made by the Kolkata team in IPL 2026. Opener Finn Allen not only missed a century but also missed making the record of scoring the fastest century for KKR. After Allen’s dismissal, Cameron Green and Angkrish Raghuvanshi thrashed the Gujarat Titans bowlers.

In this match being played at Eden Gardens, Gujarat Titans won the toss and chose to bowl first. First, Finn Allen thrashed the Gujarat bowlers, who scored 93 runs in 35 balls. He missed scoring the fastest century in the history of Kolkata Knight Riders. Even now the record of fastest century for KKR is in the name of Allen, he had scored a century in 47 balls. Finn Allen hit 10 sixes and 4 fours in his stormy innings.

22 sixes, 12 fours, KKR created history

There were 22 sixes and 12 fours in the innings of Kolkata Knight Riders. Of the 247 runs scored by KKR, 180 runs came from the boundary. Kolkata team has also achieved a historic feat by hitting 22 sixes. Kolkata has now come second among the teams hitting the most number of sixes in an innings. Sunrisers Hyderabad has also hit 22 sixes in an innings on two occasions, but the record of hitting most sixes in an innings is in the name of Punjab Kings, who had hit 24 sixes.

247 runs, this is the third highest score of Kolkata Knight Riders in the history of IPL. This is his biggest score in IPL 2026.

Green and Raghuvanshi coddled

By the time Finn Allen was out, Kolkata team had scored 139 runs losing two wickets in 11.2 overs. After that, Cameron Green and Angkrish Raghuvanshi did not let the run rate slow down and thrashed the Gujarat bowlers. Raghuvanshi and Green together made an unbeaten partnership of 108 runs in 52 balls. Green scored 52 runs in 28 balls, on the other hand Raghuvanshi scored 82 runs in 44 balls.

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Finn Allen has achieved many historic feats by playing a brilliant inning of 93 runs against Gujarat Titans. He scored 93 runs in 35 balls and missed scoring the fastest century for KKR. Meanwhile, he has equaled Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma in terms of hitting the most number of sixes. Finn Allen had completed his fifty in 21 balls. While raining fours and sixes, he hit 10 sixes and 4 fours in his stormy innings of 93 runs.

In fact, this is the second time in the history of IPL that Finn Allen has hit 10 or more sixes in an innings. For the first time, he hit 10 or more sixes in an innings in the match against Delhi Capitals this season. Against Delhi, he hit 10 sixes in his unbeaten 100-run innings.

Most number of 10+ sixes in an IPL innings

Chris Gayle holds the record for hitting 10 or more sixes in an innings the most number of times in the history of IPL. Gayle had hit 10 or more sixes in a single innings four times in his career. Finn Allen, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi have done this twice so far.

• 4 times – Chris Gayle
• 2 times – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
• 2 times – Abhishek Sharma
• 2 times – finn allen

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During this inning of 93 runs, Finn Allen has also become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in a single innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Brendon McCullum is at the forefront in this matter, who hit 13 sixes in the innings while playing for KKR. Andre Russell is in second place with 11 sixes. Whereas Finn Allen is at number three, who has so far hit 10 sixes in an innings twice for KKR.

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In the 51st match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. This is KKR’s fourth consecutive win, due to which their net run rate has also improved slightly. DC has suffered a big blow in terms of playoffs, now the team can reach only a maximum of 14 points. While chasing the target, Finn Allen, who had not been in form before, scored a century. Cameron Green also contributed in completing his century, who said after the match that if I had not helped in Allen’s century, Kolkata fans would have hated me.

Kolkata needed 3 runs to win, Cameron Green was on strike. He took one run and gave the strike to Finn Allen, who was playing on 94 runs. Even if a four had come from Allen’s bat, he would have missed the century, he did not make any mistake and led the team to victory by hitting a six on the second ball of the 15th over and also completed his century. But Green had started doing the math for a century long ago, when equal runs were required for victory and Allen’s century.

After 12 overs, Kolkata’s score was 104 runs for 2 wickets. 39 runs were needed to win and Finn Allen was playing on 61 runs. Cameron Green was at the crease after scoring 29 runs. Green was on strike, he just wanted to take a single and give the strike to Allen. After this, Allen hit 3 sixes on 3 consecutive balls of Vipraj Nigam. Even in the 14th over, Green went to the other end with one run on the first ball. Allen again hit 2 sixes in this over.

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Allen broke many records

Earlier, Allen had scored 110 runs in 6 innings. Allen has become the second New Zealand player to score a century in IPL. He also became the batsman to score the fastest century for Kolkata Knight Riders. He became the fourth batsman to score a century for KKR.

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Apart from this, Finn Allen came third in the list of batsmen who hit most sixes in an innings for Kolkata. He hit 10 sixes in his century innings against Delhi Capitals.

Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. This is the fourth consecutive win for the Kolkata team in the IPL 2026 season and has kept its playoff hopes alive. Finn Allen, who came to play as an impact player, created history by playing a match-winning inning of 100 runs. Batting first, Delhi Capitals had scored 142 runs, in reply Kolkata team chased the target 34 balls earlier.

Finn Allen created history

Finn Allen gave victory to Kolkata Knight Riders by hitting a six. He completed his century in 47 balls, which is the fastest century for Kolkata in the history of IPL. Finn Allen is only the fourth batsman to score a century for KKR. Before him, only Brendon McCullum, Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine could score centuries for the Kolkata team.

• 47 Ball – Finn Allen
• 49 balls – Sunil Narine
• 49 balls – Venkatesh Iyer
• 53 balls – Brendon McCullum

Finn Allen returned unbeaten after scoring 100 runs in 47 balls and hit 5 fours and 10 sixes in this stormy innings. Allen scored 80 runs from the boundary itself. At one time Allen was playing after scoring 53 runs in 34 balls. He took only 13 balls to score the last 47 runs of his innings.

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KKR’s winning four

This is the same Kolkata Knight Riders, which could not win even a single match in the first 6 matches of the season. But now Kolkata has scored four wins, taking it to 9 points in 10 matches. KKR can still easily get a ticket to the playoffs without depending on anyone. Because by winning the next four matches it can reach 17 points.

Pathum Nissanka contributed 50 runs and Ashutosh Sharma contributed 39 runs for Delhi Capitals. But this score was definitely not worth defending. Except Axar Patel and Lungi Ngidi, all the Delhi bowlers were badly beaten.

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In the 15th match of IPL 2026, a big mistake was made by the on-field umpires. Kolkata Knight Riders’ explosive opener Finn Allen was out due to the mistake of the umpires, after which everyone is criticizing the poor umpiring. After the match, KKR’s middle order batsman Rovman Powell also gave a big statement on this. Powell blamed the slow pitch at Eden Gardens for KKR’s close defeat.

Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders on the last ball. After KKR’s defeat, Rovman Powell told reporters, “You want to make Eden Gardens your stronghold. This is your home ground. You get the support of the spectators here. It is good to take advantage of playing on the home ground, but credit goes to this young player (Mukul). He batted very well.”

Know what Rovman Powell said on Finn Allen’s wicket?

So far this season, KKR has not got a single win in four matches. He has played three of these matches on his home ground. Batting first against Lucknow, despite a good start, they could only score 181 runs for four wickets. In this match, its opening batsman Finn Allen (09) was out controversially. The ball which took the upper edge of Allen’s bat was caught by Digvesh Rathi standing on the boundary line of deep third man. Replays showed that his toes had touched the boundary.
But on-field umpires Adrian Holdstock (South Africa) and Akshay Totre (India) did not take the help of the third umpire and declared the catch clean.

Rovman Powell, after taking the wicket of Finn Allen, said, “There are definitely other factors that should have been taken into consideration. We talked about it when he came off the field. We have seen in the IPL that umpires have been taking the help of the third umpire for even small things like this. Maybe it was a mistake on their part, but we are not going to investigate it and say that because of this we lost two points tonight.”