From the experienced Virat Kohli, Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah to youngsters such as Abhishek Sharma, Shashank Singh and Harshit Rana, the T20 tournament saw several impressive performances when it mattered the most. We pick the best of the lot
With 741 runs in 15 matches, Virat Kohli finished as the highest run-getter of the tournament and winner of the Orange Cap.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) entered a new era with an explosive season of cricket in its 17th edition. Sixes and fours rained like never before as a plethora of records were broken in the T20 tournament. Over 250 runs in 20 overs—which seemed an improbability not long ago—were scored several times with Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) 287 runs setting a new record for the highest total in a T20 match.