Top 5 innings by Sachin Tedulkar in IPL history

#1 100 vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 2011

Sachin Tendulkar was at his magnificent best against Kochi

A century in T20 cricket was the only thing eluding the great man who was inching towards 100 international hundreds. He finally achieved the feat in the shortest format of the game as well in the 13^th game of the 4^th season at his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Batting first against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, he looked in ominous touch right from the word go. He didn’t show any mercy on either the pacers or the spinners. The strokes were right out of the textbook and there was no absolutely slogging. After playing a steady hand during the mid overs, he decided to up the ante.

He went all guns blazing and reached near the three figure mark. Needing 5 off the last 2 balls, he hit a boundary and a single to bring up his first and the only hundred in IPL. He finished not out on 100 off 66 balls with 12 fours and 3 sixes that took the total to 182. But it didn’t turn out to be a fairy tale as Kochi chased the total down with an over to go.