IPL 2017: 5 players with centuries for multiple IPL teams

#4 Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings)

McCullum gave the IPL a rocking start with his 73-ball 158 against RCB in the very first game

The New Zealand legend’s name will be forever etched in the history of the IPL as someone who put the T20 tournament on the global map in its very first game. The fireworks that lit up the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the inauguration ceremony sure took a backseat as shots flew from McCullum’s bat to each and every corner of the ground.

RCB could only sit and watch as there was very little they could do to prevent the kind of onslaught that was on display. To this day, McCullum’s 73-ball 158 remains one of the most iconic knocks in IPL history and it will remain so until the very end.

McCullum didn’t have many days like that though at KKR, either as a batsman or as the skipper, in the following season, before he was picked up by Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2011 edition. He enjoyed a highly successful time with the MS Dhoni-led franchise and also brought up his 2nd IPL century when he smashed 100 off 56 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Die-hard fans of the IPL and CSK will remember the manner in which McCullum powered his way to the three-figure mark when it looked like he could well miss out. He smashed fellow countryman Trent Boult for a six, followed by a boundary and brought up three figures off the final ball of the innings with a tight single.

Team	Opposition	Date	Runs	Balls	SR	Venue	Result
Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore	18 April 2008	158*	73	216.43	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs
Chennai Super Kings	Sunrisers Hyderabad	11 April 2015	100*	56	178.57	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs