New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Former New Zealand captain and current England head coach Brendon McCullum spoke on his 158* knock for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opener of the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008, recalling that he was "in no form whatsover leading up to the game and did not know where to get a run from".

The IPL 2008 opener between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru saw McCullum smashing an unbeaten 158* in just 73 balls, with 10 fours and 13 sixes. This knock on the very first day of the IPL launched McCullum into a stratosphere of megastardom and made the league an immense success right in the first season.

However, McCullum was not in the best of the form, with his previous five T20I inning...