Highest scores on IPL debut: Full l, players scores

Highest IPL scores on debut: The Indian Premier League has evolved as a platform for fresh local and international cricketers to showcase their wares with the bat, living up to the ‘where talent meets opportunity’ tagline that has been associated with the lucrative tournament. Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum gave the IPL its much needed impetus on the inaugural night in 2008 when he walloped an eye-popping 158 not out for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
McCullum remains as one of only two players alongside Michael Hussey to slam centuries on their IPL debuts. As many as 22 players have regered a fifty-plus score on IPL debut. Among Indians, former Rajasthan Royals batter Swapnil Asnodkar holds the record for the highest score on debut, having scored 60 in his first outing in IPL 2008 against KKR. Australia’s Jake-Fraser McGurk is the latest batter to score a half-century on debut, achieving it during an IPL 2024 match for the Delhi Capitals.
Highest individual scores on IPL debut

Player
Runs
Match
Team
Versus

Brendon McCullum
158*
18/04/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders

Michael Hussey
116*
19/04/2008
Chennai Super Kings
Punjab Kings

Shaun Marsh
84*
01/05/2008
Punjab Kings

Kyle Mayers
73
01/04/2023
Lucknow Super Giants
Delhi Capitals

Graeme Smith
71
24/04/2008
Rajasthan Royals

James Hopes
71
19/04/2008
Punjab Kings

Swapnil Asnodkar
60
01/05/2008
Rajasthan Royals

Owais Shah
58*
12/03/2010
Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir
58*
19/04/2008
Delhi Capitals

D Padikkal
56
21/09/2020
Royal Challengers Bengaluru

AT Rayudu
55
13/03/2010
Mumbai Indians

J Fraser-McGurk
55
12/04/2024
Delhi Capitals

Kumar Sangakkara
54
19/04/2008
Punjab Kings

S Vidyut
54
02/05/2008
Chennai Super Kings
Delhi Capitals

Sam Billings
54
30/04/2016
Delhi Capitals

A Badoni
54
28/03/2022
Lucknow Super Giants
Gujarat Titans

Paul Collingwood
53
29/03/2010
Delhi Capitals

Shikhar Dhawan
52*
19/04/2008
Delhi Capitals

S Goswami
52
19/05/2008
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Delhi Capitals

David Warner
51
02/05/2009
Delhi Capitals

Richar Levi
50
04/04/2012
Mumbai Indians

Kear Jadhav
50*
25/03/2010
Delhi Capitals

Royal Challengers Bengaluru