Players to score multiple IPL centuries in a season before KL Rahul and Jos Buttler
With KL Rahul and Jos Buttler scoring more than 1 century in this year's IPL, there have been many more players who have achieved the same feat.
Jos Buttler has already scored 3 centuries in this year's IPL for Rajasthan Royals and KL Rahul scored his 2nd century of this year's IPL against Mumbai Indians yesterday. But, they are not only the first ones who have achieved this feat. In the history of the IPL, a total of 7 players have scored 2 or more IPL centuries in the same season.
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Let's check out which other cricketers who have scored multiple IPL centuries in one season before K Rahul and Jos Buttler.
Virat Kohli celebrating his century
If we have to talk about some batting records then Virat Kohli's name has to be there and his batting performance during the IPL 2016 was nothing short of a true masterclass.
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Virat Kohli scored a total of 973 runs in IPL 2016 while playing 16 matches. He was just 27 runs short of a thousand runs. Since the start of the IPL, no player has scored even 800 runs in a single season.
During IPL 2016, Virat Kohli scored 4 centuries and one of those came in a 15-over game.
Hashim Amla paying for Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan for Delhi Capitals
Shikhar Dhawan finished the IPL 2020 tournament with 618 runs, an average of 44.14 and strike rate of 144.73. He also became the first batsman to score back-to-back centuries in the IPL. He scored four fifties as well.