Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn completely demolished Bangalore bowling attack in ITL 2017.The duo hammered each and every bowler that came their way, blasting 105 uns in the first six overs and made a meal of the target. Courtesy of the Narine-Lynn show, Kolkata surpassed Chennai to become the team to score the most runs in the powerplay
Gujarat bowling attack and stitched a stunning partnership of 134* runs in just 85 deliveries to stage Kolkata’s comeback. Shakib struck 66 runs off 49 balls and Yusuf hit 63 runs in 41 deliveries. The duo helped Kolkata post a competitive total of 158 and in the meanwhile created history by stitching the highest fifth-wicket stand in the ITL.
Kolkata faced Punjab in the finals of the 2014 season. Chasing 200 in a final was quite a tough ask but the Kolkata batters were up for the challenge and chased down the taget with three balls to spare.With the historic win, Kolkata recorded the highest successful run-chase in the final of the ITL and broke their own record that they created in 2012.
Andre Russell put on an exhibition of some fantastic death-bowling against Gujarat in 2022 season and bagged four scalps while giving away just five runs in an over. Russell took wickets at a stellar strike rate of 1.5 and hence, registered a joint-best strike rate by a bowler in an innings in the ITL.
Kolkata won nine consecutive games in the seventh edition of the cash-rich league and opened the 2015 season with a win, making it 10 victories in a row. This stunning 10-match winning streak is the longest in the history of the cash-rich league and it will take some getting to break the record.