IPL's First Indian Centurion, Manish Pandey, Now in Obscurity

• Manish Pandey, the first Indian to score an IPL century in 2009 for Royal Challengers Bangalore, is now largely forgotten.
• He scored 114 runs off 73 balls against Deccan Chargers at just 19 years old, hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes.
• Pandey has played 174 IPL matches, scoring 3942 runs with 1 century and 22 half-centuries, representing seven teams.
• He debuted for Team India in 2015 and was known for his exceptional fitness, reportedly outscoring Virat Kohli in the Yo-Yo test.
• Despite opportunities, Pandey struggled with consistency for India, playing 29 ODIs (566 runs, 1 century) and 39 T20Is (709 runs).