Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans produced the first T20 match in history featuring six individual half-centuries, setting a batting benchmark during an IPL 2026 encounter at Eden Gardens on May 16.
KKR posted 247 for two, led by Finn Allen’s 93 off 35 balls at a strike rate of 265.71, Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s unbeaten 82 and Cameron Green’s 52 not out. In reply, Gujarat reached 218 for four despite contributions of 85 from Shubman Gill, 57 from Jos Buttler and 53 not out from Sai Sudharsan.
The match was the 16,776th recorded T20 game globally, according to ESPNcricinfo data cited by analysts, and the 100th IPL fixture played at Eden Gardens. It also contributed two more 200-plus team totals to IPL 2026’s record-breaking scoring season, bringing the season tally to 51 such scores at that point.
KKR won by 29 runs, ending Gujarat’s winning streak and keeping their own playoff qualification hopes alive. Sunil Narine took two for 29 in his 200th IPL appearance, helping choke Gujarat’s chase despite the visitors’ combined batting firepower.
Allen struck at a strike rate above 265 during the powerplay assault, while Raghuvanshi registered his fifth fifty-plus score of the season. The contest marked the 100th IPL match staged at Eden Gardens, one of cricket’s most storied venues in Kolkata.
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Sources:
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