All time Royal Challengers Bangalore XI

6. Manish Pandey:

Pandey was the first Indian to score a century in the IPL

Another Royal Challengers Bangalore-turned Kolkata Knight Riders batsman, Manish Pandey was the first Indian cricketer to score a century in the Indian Premier League in an RCB outfit.

The Karnataka man, Manish Pandey scored over half a thousand IPL runs for the RCB in the period between 2009 and 2010. Courtesy of a lethal combination of 31.61 average and a strike rate of around 120, the 26-year-old was, well and truly, one of the most important domestic cricketers for RCB in the 2009 and the 2010 editions of the Indian Premier League.

Also widely acknowledged as a terrific fielder, Pandey’s unbeaten 114 against the Deccan Chargers back in the 2009 edition of the IPL is his highest individual batting score in the coveted domestic T20 league till date.