IPL 2018: Highest individual score for each franchise in IPL history

#12 Gujarat Lions (84, Suresh Raina)

The day he played a captain's knock

Gujarat Lions had a memorable debut season in 2016 after finishing top on the points table. Hence, there were high expectations of the players in 2017 as well. However, the team started the season poorly, losing 4 of their first 5 matches, and had to play catch up for the rest of the season. Someone had to step up and take the responsibility of playing that one match-winning knock for the next match, and who better than the skipper to do that?

With Kolkata Knight Riders, their opponents in the match, posting a challenging 187, Raina took control and play a defiant knock. Raina's knock of 84 runs in 46 balls, which included 9 fours and 4 sixes, made the giant total look gettable. With good support from Brendon McCullum and Ravindra Jadeja at different stages of the inning, Raina took his team to a memorable win in just 18.2 overs and brought the Lions back into the competition.