From IPL Archives: Top run-scorer of each side during 2009 season

#5 Brad Hodge (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Brad Hodge

Key Statistics: Matches 12, Innings 12, Not Outs 3, Runs 365, Highest 73, Centuries 0, Fifties 3, Average 40.56, Strike Rate 117.74.

Yet another team that underwent a really torrid time at the IPL 2009 - the KKR. With just 3 wins from 14 contests in the group stage, Kolkata finished a miserable last in the standings, as very few players of the franchise emerged clean having given it their all despite the harrowing run.

One among them was Australian Brad Hodge, who emerged Kolkata's highest run-scorer, also the eighth-best in the whole tournament. Hodge made 365 runs from 12 innings at a strike rate of over 117. He also had three fifties to his name, including his season-best score of 73.

The 73 came against Mumbai Indians on 1st May 2009, when Mumbai scored just 148 runs to give Kolkata a shot at victory. And the win was in sight as long as Hodge was out there in the middle when he played 60 deliveries, including 6 hits to the ropes and 3 over it. But Kolkata crumbled as soon as he fell, eventually falling short by 9 runs. The loss summed up their tournament in a nutshell.