Manish Pandey: 3 best ever IPL knocks of the Karnataka captain

Karnataka captain Manish Pandey led his state to yet ar Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title as y beat Tamil Nu by a mere 1 run in final on Sunday. Pandey has always been in contention to play for India despite national side having a packed middle-order in all three formats of game. When he is t on international duty, he ensures that he powers Karnataka to glory in domestic cricket.

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right-hander has played for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pune Warriors India, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderab in IPL. He has churned out consistent performances over years for his franchises. Let's have a look at top 3 IPL kcks of Manish Pandey over years.

Manish Pandey and his best-ever IPL performances

1. 114* (RCB) vs Deccan Chargers, IPL 2009

RCB captain Anil Kumble opted to bat first and Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey opened batting. When he was batting on just 2, Pandey attempted an ambitious upper-cut off Ryan Harris. RP Singh, stationed at third man, was right in line for catch but me a complete mess of it, which went on to cost  Chargers bly. Pandey reached his fifty with back-to-back sixes over cow-corner region. In 18th over of innings, Karnataka batsman gently tapped ball to wide of long-on for a couple to raise his century. Pandey remained unbeaten on 114 as RCB eventually won game by 12 runs. He became first-ever Indian centurion in IPL cricket.

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2. 94* (KKR) vs Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2014 Final

KXIP put up a gigantic total of 199, riding on back of a career-best 115 by Wriddhiman Saha. KKR were 6/1 in first over when Pandey arrived at crease to shift momentum of match. Taking charge, Pandey started scoring runs at a swift pace. With healthy support from skipper Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan, Pandey went on a ramp, hitting 7 fours and 6 sixes en route to a 50-ball-94. Just when it seemed Pandey would finally reach a century, he was dismissed in 17th over at a score of 176. However, his innings was eugh to take KKR to a memorable IPL title victory.

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3. 83 (SRH) vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2019

Manish Pandey, prior to match against Chennai Super Kings, was in poor form, scoring merely 54 runs in 6 games he h played for  Sunrisers Hyderab. However, he returned to side at his .3 position which was previously occupied by Kane Williamson, who missed game due to personal reasons. Pandey put up a brilliant performance, scoring 83 t out off 49 balls at a strike rate of 169.38, even though it wasn't eugh to take SRH over line, as CSK won tie with a ball remaining.

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