Kolkata Knight Riders are the champions of the IPL 2012 & 2014, and are among the top three highly-rated franchises in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Gautam Gambhir was the most acknowledged skipper of KKR, who successfully led the team for 7 long years. Later, Eoin Morgan was the only guy who proved vital in the leadership after Gambhir, as he took the side into the finals of IPL 2021.

The real strengths of the team have been the batting & the spin department. Kolkata has got the finest hitters of the world like Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Chris Lynn & now the Caribbean king Andre Russell.

Sunil Narine, then the bottom batter of KKR, created his impact with some lower-order hitting for his side; Gambhir invented a new template for the power-hitting of Narine as he was promoted from No. 8 to play in the frontline opening slot by Gambhir. The result: He spelled the magic of his batting by scoring quickfire knocks and paved the way to one of the highest powerplay scores in IPL history.

Brendon McCullum, the other KKRian registered the highest figures in the batting from the side of KKR. He inaugurated the tournament by smacking a ton of 158*(73) with the bullet pace strike rate of 216.43.

This article will discuss the highest batting shows from KKR batters which ultimately helped them achieve their 5 best totals in the IPL.

Highest Team Totals for KKR in IPL

ScoreInnsAgainstVenueDate
272/7 (20.0)1DCVisakhapatnam3 Apr 2024
261/6 (20.0)1PBKSEden Gardens26 Apr 2024
245/6 (20.0)1PBKSIndore12 May 2018
235/6 (20.0)1LSGLucknow5 May 2024
232/2 (20.0)1MIEden Gardens28 Apr 2019
223/6 (20.0)1RREden Gardens16 Apr 2024
222/3 (20.0)1RCBBengaluru18 Apr 2008
222/6 (20.0)1RCBEden Gardens21 Apr 2024
218/4 (20.0)1PBKSEden Gardens27 Mar 2019
210/8 (20.0)2DCSharjah3 Oct 2020

1) 245/6 vs KXIP (2018)

Facing Kings XI Punjab in the second met-up of the league phase of the year 2018, KKR has registered their highest total of 245/6 in the history of IPL. Batting first, the best knocks of Sunil Narine 75 (36) & Dinesh Karthik 50 (23) has been delighted by everybody. Later KXIP started a well-tuned batting inning by Chris Gayle & KL Rahul, but they were clinically restricted to the total of 214/8 in 20-overs.

2) 232/2 vs MI (2019)

The action-packed knock of Andre Russell completely owned this league encounter against Mumbai Indians. Batting first, Kolkata has made the humongous total of 232/2 in their allotted 20-overs, including the dismantling cameo of 80* (40) by Andre Russell. He has scored 6 fours and 8 sixes in his innings, and the scoring rate was sharply maintained at 200. Later, MI started well in the chase but could only get to the total of 198/7, and in the end, KKR snatched a victory by 34 runs.

3) 222/3 vs RCB (2008)

The best total of KKR, which acquires the 3rd position in the list, has come against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the very match of the inaugural IPL season in 2008. Brendon McCullum, the deputy skipper of the team smacked a century knock of 158* (73), which took KKR to the flyer of 222-runs. McCullum smashed 13 sixes, and 12 fours in that match and also grabbed the ‘Player of the Match’ award as KKR rattled MI on a score of 140/10. One could find the highlights of the game here.

4) 218/4 vs KXIP (2019)

Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders were facing the mediocre lineup of KXIP in the 6th league match of IPL 2019. When they were invited to bat first by Punjab, nobody would have guessed that the toss-winning decision of R Ashwin would be proved completely wrong as the likes of Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, and Andre Russell. The trio took on every single bowler of the Punjab bowling unit and made 218/4 in 20-overs. As KXIP came out to chase in the second half, they were aggressively curbed on the tally of 190/4, as Russell was leading the charge with the ball too. He produced the figure of 2/21 in his quota, and KKR got victorious by 28 runs. Find out 5 top innings of Andre Russell in IPL here.

5) 210/8 vs DC (2020)

At the last position, KKR’s total of 210/8 has made its enlistment, which has come against DC in the IPL 2020. The lethal southpaw power of Nitish Rana has taken charge with the bat on Delhi’s bowlers and slammed the knock of 58(35). He collected 4-fours & 4-sixes in his batting knock, and KKR fell just short by 18 runs to chase down the mountainous total of 228-runs set by Delhi Capitals.

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