Finn Allen joins Brendon McCullum and Sunil Narine (Image: X)
Finn Allen produced a sensational knock to score his maiden IPL century during the 51st match against Delhi Capitals, joining Kolkata Knight Riders’ elite list of century-makers alongside Brendon McCullum and Sunil Narine.Batting first, Delhi Capitals managed to post 142 runs on the board. In reply, KKR were buoyed by a stunning innings from Allen, who remained unbeaten with 100 off just 47 deliveries. His explosive batting, coupled with a useful cameo from Cameron Green (33), guided Kolkata to a dominant win.Finn Allen became the fourth KKR batsman in 19 seasons of IPL history to score a century.
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Hundreds for KKR in IPL:
- 158* (73) – Brendon McCullum vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008
- 104 (51) – Venkatesh Iyer v. M.I., Wankhede, 2023
- 109(56) – Sunil Narain v. R.R., Kolkata, 2024
- 100* (47) – Finn Allen v. DC, Delhi, 2026
During his stunning innings, Allen smashed 10 sixes, moving to third place in KKR’s list of most sixes in a single IPL innings.
Russell is second with 11 sixes, while McCullum still tops the charts with 13 sixes from his landmark 158* in the opening IPL match in 2008.After being named man of the match, Allen reflected on his innings and explained that he focused on batting responsibly after KKR dropped a few early wickets.“What I’ve been working on is trying to get more strings to my bow. Obviously we lost some early wickets, so I just tried to take a little bit of responsibility and get a win on the board for the boys,” Allen said during the post-match presentation.
He also admitted that the pitch was difficult in the beginning and praised Axar Patel for his disciplined spell of bowling.“It was still a bit difficult in the beginning. Axar bowled the ball well and restricted us. So I just tried to get into strong positions and hit deep,” he added.