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As soon as every season of IPL comes, that innings of 2008 comes in the mind, which gave the IPL a new identity. In 2025 also, two teams will play Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore opening matches which in 2008 …Read more
McCallum scored a century in the first innings of IPL and final innings of Tests
Highlights
- Brendon McCallum gave the IPL a new identity in 2008.
- McCullum scored the fastest century in Test cricket in 2016.
- McCullum promoted the ‘Bezball’ style as the coach of England.
New DelhiTo say the biggest festival of India or the biggest market of cricket, which is going to be decorated again. The next two months are going to be dominated by the players in colorful jerseys on the TV screen and all this is going to happen with the same passion and passion for 17 years because in the first match of this tournament in 2008, no one was imagined.
In 2025 too, two teams will play Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore opening matches which played in 2008. Then Brandon McCallum, who was playing for Kolkata, had taken T20 and IPL craze to easy by scoring a smokeless century. Here, when the batsman came down to play his last Test innings, he also showed Test cricket a different way from his batting.
First match of IPL and century in final innings of Test
Today, there is money in the IPL, glamor is dazzling, there is a lot of money and playing IPL for the players has become a status symbol and all this is just because on 18 April 2008, the innings that was identified for this tournament was played on the Bangalore ground. McCallum scored 158 runs with the help of 13 sixes and 10 fours at a strike rate of 216.43. Even today, all the fans and experts consider this century as a game changer for the IPL. It is a strange coincidence that after 8 years, McCallum also worked the same in his last Test on the ground of Cris Christ. On 20 February 2016, Brandon McCallum, who came out playing his last Test, gave the fastest century in Test history. Brendon McCullum made a world record in just 54 balls. He broke the record of Test century scored in 56 balls of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies and Misbah ul Haq of Pakistan. Till date no player has broken this record of McCullum. A centuries are scored on the cricket field, but both the centuries of McCallum changed the thinking of world cricket.
McCallum also changed thinking as a coach
After becoming the coach of England, McCallum also showed his batting imprint in his coaching and brought him in Test cricket. In the last few years, the most discussion in world cricket has been ‘Bezball’, but its inspiration is ridiculous to constantly talk about the England Test team coach Brendon McCullum. Inspired by Mackulam’s surname ‘BAZ’, ‘Bazball’ name is associated with aggressive attitude in lieu of England in Test cricket. Since McCullum became the coach, the England team seems to be completely changed. Maikkulam said, ‘I am sure that the England players will retain this attitude. This is the reason why people who are giving us this ridiculous adjective (bezball) do not like it. The players worked hard on their performance and have been deeply thought of behind it. He has faced the pressure beautifully. Overall, one thing is clear that McCallum showed a big role in making the IPL identity and showed the way to play Test cricket in a different way, which people will always remember.
