IPL 2026 | ‘Batters don’t need to go slam bang all the time’: Gopal Koli
Updated On: 01 May, 2026 08:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro
Gopal Koli, who scored a Kanga League record 188 in a day without hitting a six back in 1972, reveals how he worked with ones, twos, and fours
Gopal Koli at the New Hind Sporting Club in Matunga on Wednesday. Pic/Ashwin ferro
Long before the IPL, New Hind Sporting Club’s (Matunga) Gopal Koli scored a mammoth 188 in a day, during a Kanga League ‘A’ Division match against United Cricketers in 1972.
The feat figures in the list of the league’s ‘A’ Division records of highest scores. However, what’s most interesting about this knock is that Koli achieved it without hitting a single six.
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