The 16th season of IPL which is being held now is in its final stages and only the last 2 matches are left and this year has been the year of the batters and the batters have taken the batting to the next level. Almost 1100 sixes and 2100 fours have been hit throughout the IPL and this is the most number of sixes hit in the IPL in a single edition and most impressive of all is that there have been 11 hundreds that have been scored in the IPL so far.
In this article the Top 5 Best innings of this IPL will be selected and all of the hundreds have been sensational but there is room for only 5, so let’s take a look at the Top 5 Best innings of IPL 2023
1) Shubman Gill (129 vs Mumbai Indians)
This innings is without a doubt the best innings of IPL this year and it was played in the most important match of the season so far and all the pressure was on him to lead the team to the final and what an absolutely incredible innings he played. It was like he was the Boss and everyone else was just watching him in awe. He absolutely decimated the Mumbai Indians bowling attack as he hit 7 hours and 10 huge sixes in this innings meaning a total of 88 runs in boundaries and he made all these runs in just 60 balls at a strike rate of 215. He has 851 runs this IPL so far with one innings more to go. It was an absolute privilege for all cricket fans to witness greatness.
2) Rinku Singh (48* vs Gujarat Titans)
Out of all the hundreds scored in this IPL, no innings comes close to this because of the sheer impact that this made and this is an innings that no one will ever forget. The fans might forget some of the hundreds made in this IPL but this 48* Rinku Singh will be remembered fondly. In this match KKR needed 31 from the last over and Rinku Singh came in strike with 29 needed for the last 5 balls and then what happened was something mind boggling. He hit all the 5 balls for sixes and in different areas of the ground and he single handedly won the match for KKR. This is the undisputed number 1 innings of IPL 2023.
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3) Virat Kohli (100 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad)
The 5th innings in this list is by the best batter of this generation and in this IPL, he was back at his best and this innings was the proof of that. This was a must win match for RCB to stay alive in the tournament and Virat Kohli showed why he is the best in the world. RCB were chasing 187 and Virat Kohli hit 100 of those and he took 63 balls to hit this brilliant Hundred and in this match winning innings he hit 12 fours and 4 sixes meaning a total of 72 Runs in boundaries and he had a strike rate of 158. All the fans were happy that the King was back.
4) Cameron Green (100* vs Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Cameron Green played the innings of his life in the last group match for Mumbai Indians where they needed a big innings from him and he delivered it in spades and he showed why Mumbai Indians paid him such a big amount of money and he made sure that Mumbai Indians reach the playoffs. In this innings he hit 100* from just 47 balls and in this brutal innings he hit 8 fours and 8 sixes in this innings meaning a total of 80 runs in boundaries. At a strike rate of 213.
5) Shubman Gill (104* vs Royal Challengers Bangalore)
This is the hundred that Shubman Gill made in the last league match that knocked out RCB from the IPL and this was the second out of the 3 Hundreds he has got this year. And this is the match where Virat Kohli made a brilliant Hundred in the first innings but he overshadowed his idol. He hit this hundred in 52 balls at a strike rate of 200 and in this innings he smashed 5 fours and 8 sixes meaning a total of 68 runs in boundaries. This was a special innings but his best was yet to come.
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