Top 5 IPL hundreds in a losing cause

#2 Wriddhiman Saha vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2014

Saha remained unbeaten on 115 off just 55 balls with 10 fours and 8 sixes

The 2014 IPL final at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru saw a batsman scoring a century in the final for the first time in the tournament's history. Put into bat first by Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab lost Virender Sehwag and skipper George Bailey in the first six overs.

Wriddhiman Saha, in the company of Manan Vohra, reconstructed their innings and put on a 129-run partnership for the third wicket in 12 overs.

Vohra departed for a 52-ball 67 and it was then Saha took a majority of the strike. He reached his maiden IPL century and remained unbeaten on 115 off just 55 balls with 10 fours and 8 sixes. He was at ease facing the mystery spinner Sunil Narine as he kept sweeping him for fours and sixes.

Punjab ended their innings at 199/4 in their 20 overs and went into the break as the favourites a no team has scored 200 in an IPL final.

But, to everyone's surprise, Kolkata Knight Riders breached the 200-run mark for the first time in an IPL final and chased down the target set by Punjab. Manish Pandey was the star of the show for KKR with a 50-ball 94 and was backed well by Yusuf Pathan's 22-ball 36.

Kolkata sneaked home with 3 wickets in hand and 3 balls to spare. Manish Pandey was adjudged the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock.