Centuries galore... will there be more on Sunday?

Shubman Gill 129 off 60 balls v MI on May 26 Gill notched up his third ton in four games on Friday All three were matchwinning knocks The last of the lot came against MI in the second Qualifier Put into bat on a flat deck Gillrsquos ton included seven fours and 10 sixes and a strike rate of 21500 The effort took GT to 2333 batting MI out of the game This knock made him the highest runscorer of the season He also is the batter with the most number of centuries this seasonVirat Kohli 101 off 61 balls v GT on May 21Royal Challengers Bangalores Virat Kohli celebrates his century against Gujarat Titans in Bangalore on May 21 PicPTIRoyal Challengers Bangalorersquos RCB Indiarsquos batting icon smashed a brilliant unbeaten century against Gujarat Titans in the final league game of the season His knock came when it mattered the most as RCB needed a win in order to make it to the Playoffs While RCB did not qualify Kohlirsquos ton in the first innings gave them the perfect platform to do so This was Kohlirsquos seventh IPL hundred the most by any playerShubman Gill 104 off 52 balls v RCB on May 21Gujarat Titansrsquos Gill was the reason RCB did not qualify for the Playoffs despite a Kohli century in the final league game Chasing a target of 198 Gill oneupped his India teammate smashing a scintillating unbeaten ton at a strike rate of 20000 to seal the game with five balls to spareCameron Green 100 off 47 balls v SRH on May 21Australian allrounder Green showed why he is considered one of the biggest upcoming talents in world cricket at the moment with a powerpacked ton right when Mumbai Indians MI needed it Playing Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game of the season MI had to win to have any chance of qualifying And they were set to chase a stiff target of 201 runs Greenrsquos onslaught including eight fours and as many sixes striking at 21277 meant that MI chased the target with two overs to spare MI ended up making the Playoffs tooAlso Read GT vs CSK IPL 2023 Final Headtohead record preview and other important statsHeinrich Klaasen 104 off 51 balls v RCB on May 18The only silver lining for Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH all season was Klaasen who was the Rock of Gibraltar in an otherwise underperforming batting lineup On this occasion he carried SRH to a solid total of 186 after the other batters had failed to give them a start yet again smashing eight fours and six sixes along the wayVirat Kohli 100 off 63 balls v SRH on May 18This was the first of Kohlirsquos two hundreds this season and much celebrated by all as Indiarsquos batting icon had scored an IPL ton for the first time since 2019 His century negated Klaasenrsquos efforts in the first innings He smashed 12 fours and four sixes along the way Kohli shared a 172run partnership with Faf du Plessis which meant RCB had almost chased the total before even losing a wicketShubman Gill 101 off 58 balls v SRH on May 15Batting first while playing at home the stage was set for GTrsquos Gill to thump his first IPL ton But what made this knock special was the fact that almost all batters from both teams failed to perform indicating that it was a tough pitch to bat on His ton helped GT post a matchwinning total of 1889 as he was later adjudged player of the matchPrabhsimran Singh 103 off 65 balls v DC on May 13On a difficult Delhi pitch Punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh carried his team to 1677 with a boundaryladen 103 10 fours and six sixes Nobody else in the PBKS lineup managed more than 20 runs showing the value of the knock Delhi could only manage a total of 136Suryakumar Yadav 103 off 49 balls v GT on May 12Star MI batter Suryakumar well known for his scintillating T20 batting had a sluggish start to the season but came to the party towards the fag end He scored a couple of halfcenturies to begin with and added a cherry on top with a blistering 103 at home striking at 21020 He bludgeoned the GT bowlers for 11 fours and six sixes including a six off the final delivery of the innings to reach his century It helped MI post a mammoth 2185 and eventually win by 27 runs His form was a big reason for MIrsquos qualification into the PlayoffsYashasvi Jaiswal 124 off 62 balls v MI on April 30Another rising young talent Yashasvi Jaiswal was fabulous throughout the season for Rajasthan Royals RR doing the bulk of the scoring with 625 runs to his name The 124 by him in Mumbai is the highest individual score in this IPL so far Jaiswal struck a whopping 16 fours and eight sixes which made up for 112 of the 124 runs Despite RR losing the match Jaiswalrsquos outstanding effort earned him the player of the match award Venkatesh Iyer 104 off 51 balls v MI on April 16Kolkata Knight Riderss KKR Iyer scored a ton playing away against MI again when everybody else failed to get going While KKR lost the match his century with six fours and nine sixes was the only reason they stood a chance posting 1856 He was later adjudged player of the matchHarry Brook 100 off 55 balls v KKR on April 14Englishman Brook showed why he is rated so highly when he became the first centurion of this season smashing 12 fours and three sixes on his way there Brook carried his bat through as SRH posted a massive matchwinning total of 2284