Ranking David Hussey’s top 3 performances in IPL

David Hussey was one of the best T20 players when in his prime. Despite David Hussey playing very little cricket for Australia, he was a huge name in franchise cricket across the world.

The big-hitting exploits and the spin-bowling talents of David Hussey saw him play for three IPL teams. His stint began with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first edition in 2008, this was followed by stints with Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings before he exited the league in 2014.

David Hussey played a total of 64 matches in the Indian Premier League and scored 1291 runs with an average of 26 and a strike rate of 122. David Hussey had a best of 71 which was one of the 5 fifties he hit and also picked 8 wickets with the ball.

Here are the top 3 David Hussey performances in the IPL

3- 57* vs Deccan Chargers -2008- Hyderabad

Taking on the Deccan Chargers away from home KKR were placed at 73/2 at one stage. David Hussey joined skipper Sourav Ganguly as the pair added 102 runs for the 3rd wicket. David Hussey blazed his way to 57 off 29 balls with four boundaries and 3 sixes as KKR scored 204 on the board and won the match by 23 runs.

2- 68* vs Mumbai Indians – 2012 – Mohali

Put into bat first, Punjab Kings scored 168 on the board thanks to David Hussey. The Australian batter scored 68 runs from 40 balls with four boundaries and four sixes. It was due to this innings the home team could post a decent score on the board. Mumbai Indians won the match thanks to fifty by Rohit Sharma and Robin Peterson scoring an unbeaten 16 to help MI win the game.

1- 71 vs Punjab Kings – 2008 – Mohali

Playing against his future team, David Hussey saw Punjab Kings score a massive score of 178 on the board. KKR were placed at 50 for 5 as Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan, and Gagandeep Singh hurt the visiting side. David Hussey held one end up and went hammer and tongs to score 71 off 46 balls but couldn’t prevent KKR from losing the game by 9 runs. 

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