: ‘I just thought I'm going to keep swinging here:’ Brendon McCullum recalls scoring IPL’s first ton #IndiaNEWS On April 18, 2008, Brendon McCullum, donning the colours of the Kolkata Knight Riders,

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‘I just thought I'm going to keep swinging here:’ Brendon McCullum recalls scoring IPL’s first ton #IndiaNEWS
On April 18, 2008, Brendon McCullum, donning the colours of the Kolkata Knight Riders, scored an unbeaten 158 off just 73 deliveries to set the tone for what the Indian Premier League was going to become, in the first-ever match of the T20 competition.The annual event has been a constant in the cricket calendar ever since, and has been arguably the most entertaining contest the sport has seen – with the skill and glamour of the biggest names in the sport coming together.Now, 14 years later to the day, KKR team mentor David Hussey - who played for the team on the opening day in 2008 - interviewed KKR’s head coach McCullum about that historic knock which remains the only century scored by a player from the franchise so far.“Nobody that supports the IPL or cricket in general realised quite how big this tournament was going to become,� McCullum said to Hussey on the IPL website. “We all found out that night what it means to all the people who follow cricket in India and around the world. It was nice to play a small hand in that.�KKR were put into bat by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. McCullum opened the batting along with former India and KKR...Read more

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