KKR's last century was Brendon McCullum's 158*. Can you believe it!!!

[sarcastic]

I just cannot (CANNOT) believe it that a KKR batsman did not get a century for 15 years since that memorable knock that started off IPL back in 2008 until today's knock by Venkatesh Iyer.

What do you think could be the reason in this drought of 100s by one of the most successful franchises of IPL.
Discuss!

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by sarcastic

[Majestic]

Gambhir, Uthappa didn't hit a 100 for KkR?

[Austin 3:!6]

What a knock that 158 was...still feels like yesterday. Ooof how time flies

[Bigg Brother]

True..Was surprised to know that. KKR has been a medicore unit though. 2008-2011, they were trash. Gambhir changed their fortune in 2012 and the squad in 2014 was really good. Apart from that they have been pretty pathetic. Worst along with RCB...

[vvvslaxman]

KKR is a cameo team. Even when they won they relied largely on series of cameos from several players. It kinda worked for them.

[zen]

You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. 

[maniac]

2 minutes ago, zen said:

You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. 

While selfish 100’s should be called out and in principle I agree with you , if someone gets to a milestone of 100

With sustained hitting, that should be respected too.

[zen]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

While selfish 100’s should be called out and in principle I agree with you , if someone gets to a milestone of 100

With sustained hitting, that should be respected too.

 

My point is not wrt milestones (as I don't care for it) but that 100s can be unnecessary for strong teams. One cannot judge a team based on how many 100s its batsmen have scored and so on. LSG (along with PK, RCB, etc.) probably has more 100s (IIRC KL scored 2 in the last season) than many teams. 

[maniac]

Just now, zen said:

 

My point is not wrt milestones (as I don't care for it) but that 100s can be unnecessary for strong teams. One cannot judge a team based on how many 100s its batsmen have scored and so on. LSG (along with PK, RCB, etc.) probably has more 100s (IIRC KL scored 2 in the last season) than many teams. 

fair enough 

[maniac]

17 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

KKR is a cameo team. Even when they won they relied largely on series of cameos from several players. It kinda worked for them.

Bisla

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, zen said:

You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. 

having, say, 4-5 players who can score 30s-40s at 150-160+ SR would be great. just 1 or 2 need to come off and score quickly. this notion of anchoring is very passé in T20s except for India.

[Vijy]

11 hours ago, Majestic said:

Gambhir, Uthappa didn't hit a 100 for KkR?

gambhir never quite had that acceleration. uthappam not scoring the 100 is more surprising though

[Mariyam]

12 hours ago, sarcastic said:

I just cannot (CANNOT) believe it that a KKR batsman did not get a century for 15 years since that memorable knock that started off IPL back in 2008 until today's knock by Venkatesh Iyer.

What do you think could be the reason in this drought of 100s by one of the most successful franchises of IPL.
Discuss!

 

KKR managed to win the IPL twice between the two times their players have scored centuries.

 

100+ is just an arbitrary number.

 

Why is 70 not a land mark? or 80?

 

Especially in T20s, I don't look at scoring/ not scoring centuries as a predictor of win/loss. 

 

Just a peculiar stat.

[Nikhil_cric]

Tons are overrated. KKR won the bloody thing twice without any tons. Its about making an impact both individually and collectively.  That said Venky's knock was a high impact knock no doubt