Manish Pandey First Indian Batsman to Record Century in IPL 2009
The 19 year old Indian Batsman Manish Pandey becomes first Indian to Score a century in IPL T 20. He turned out for the Royal Challengers Bangalore this year. His century against Deccan Chargers was 8th century scored in all IPL matches. Manish scored 114 not out in 73 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes is also the second century in this season.
Manish was born on 10th September 1989 in Karnataka. He was a part of the Indian team that lifted the 2008 International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bangalore Royal Challengers signed on Manish for $105,000, looks like just one match has recovered all investment IPL. Last time he was selected to be a member of the Mumbai Indians team owned by Reliance Industries Limited to play in the inaugural season 2.
That century also possibly meant he wouldn't have to carry out his intention of following his father into the army if he didn't make it as a professional cricketer. He went on to make his first form in a List a match for Karnataka against Saurashtra.
