The record for the highest IPL individual score while batting second belongs to a player whose name has been lost to the new-age cricket fans. 120* P Valthaty KXIP v CSK 2011 When Chennai Super Kings struck 188 against Punjab in the 9th match of IPL 2011, they must have been confident of a victory, especially with a bowling lineup consisting of Tim Southee and Ravichandran Ashwin. However, a young batsman had other plans. Chennai must have been wary of Kings XI Punjab opener Adam Gilchrist but the knockout punch instead came from Gilchrist's batting partner Paul Valthaty, who remained unbeaten and 120 off 63 deliveries while striking 19 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 190.48. Valthaty ensured that Punjab went on to win the match by 6 wickets with 5 deliveries to spare. 119 V Sehwag DD v DC 2011 VirenderSehwag was at his classic best in a match between Delhi and Deccan Chargers in IPL 2011. The chargers batted first and scored 175 from their 20 overs on the back of a half-century from JP Duminy and 44 from Kumar Sangakkara. AjitAgarkar was the best bowler for Delhi and took 2 wickets while conceding 29 runs from his four overs. The target was made to look way too small by Sehwag, who was in his element that day. He struck 119 runs off just 56 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes. Sehwag struck at 212.50 and even the likes of Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma and Daniel Christian were left with no answers to Sehwag blitz. He was finally dismissed by Dale Steyn, but by then, he had done enough to make sure that Delhi won the match by 4 wickets with one over to spare. 119 S Samson RR v PBKS 2021 In Rajasthan Royals' first match of IPL 2021, there was a lot of pressure on Sanju Samson. He had replaced Steve Smith as the captain of the franchise and had big boots to fill. Things didn't turn out well for Samson as Punjab batted first and piled on a total of 221. To add to that, Ben Stokes was dismissed for a duck and Rajasthan were under serious pressure. This is when Samson, coming into bat at number 3, first took his time and soaked up the pressure. He then began to play his strokes and smashed 119 off 63 deliveries at a strike rate of 188.89 to take the match right down to the wire. Unfortunately, Samson was holed out in the deep off the last ball and Rajasthan lost by 4 runs.
