Manish Pandey on Monday grew to become solely the fourth participant within the historical past of the Indian Premier League to characteristic in all 18 seasons of the event. The 35-year from Karnataka joined the elusive checklist of gamers like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.
Manish was introduced in as Impression Sub by Kolkata Knight Riders, the place he managed 19 runs in a dropping trigger towards Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium as MI chased down a low whole of 117 in simply 12.5 overs. KKR slumped to the underside of the factors desk with the loss, nonetheless, Manish had some private milestones to realize.
Here’s a checklist of gamers who’ve featured in all 18 seasons of the IPL:
M.S. Dhoni:
Popularly generally known as ‘Captain Cool’, the 43-year-old has posited himself as among the finest captains that India has ever produced. Dhoni spent a complete of 16 seasons with the Chennai Tremendous Kings, enabling the franchise to safe 5 IPL titles within the course of. He additionally spent two seasons captaining Rising Pune Tremendous Giants (RPSG).
Virat Kohli:
King Kohli stays the one participant within the historical past of the IPL to have by no means been auctioned and has been retained by RCB since his first draft in 2008. Regardless of his lack of ability to steer his group to the all-elusive IPL crown, Kohli leads the checklist of gamers with most orange caps.
Rohit Sharma:
The Mumbai Indians opener started his profession with the Deccan Chargers in 2008 and has been an elemental a part of MI’s success ever since he stepped into their franchise in 2011. Sharma’s six IPL trophies make him probably the most embellished participant in IPL historical past and has led MI to 5 IPL triumphs, tying him with M.S. Dhoni for many trophies as captain.
Manish Pandey:
Pandey debuted within the IPL with Mumbai Indians (2008) after which went on to create historical past as the primary Indian to hit 100 within the competitors for Royal Challengers Bangalore (2009-2010). He then went on to play for Pune Warriors India (2011-2013), Kolkata Knight Riders (2014-2017), Sunrisers Hyderabad (2018-2021), Lucknow Tremendous Giants (2022), Delhi Capitals (2023) after which again to KKR within the final two seasons. His six years with KKR (2014-2017, 2024-2025) noticed him win two IPL trophies of their violet jersey.
(Written by Sherwin Shaju and Rohan)