Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Friday (April 28) became only the third batsman in the history of the Indian Premier League to cross the 4,000-run mark.

The southpaw, who began his career with Delhi Daredevils before moving to his current team in 2011, reached the milestone when he crossed the 61-run mark against Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens. The India opener, who has led to the Knight Riders to two titles, once again led from the front and remained unbeaten on 71 to steer his team to a comfortable 7-wicket win over his former team. Chasing 160, the home side rode on half-centuries from their skipper and Robin Uthappa to chase down the total inside 17 overs.

Gambhir has been looking in ominous form in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League and has already scored 4 fifties. With 376 runs in 9 matches, he is the leading run-getter this season.

Meanwhile, the other two players to achieve the feat are – Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli and Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina. Both the batsmen had achieved the milestone in the last edition of the Indian Premier League. The overall list is led by Raina who has scored 4407 runs in 155 matches.

Here’s a list of the top 10 run-getters in IPL history:

Player	Matches	Runs	Average	100	50
Suresh Raina	155	4407	34.7	1	30
Virat Kohli	144	4274	37.82	4	28
Gautam Gambhir	141	4010	32.08	0	35
Rohit Sharma	150	3986	32.94	1	30
Robin Uthappa	144	3721	30.25	0	21
David Warner	107	3655	39.3	2	34
Chris Gayle	98	3578	42.09	5	21
MS Dhoni	151	3423	38.46	0	17
AB de Villiers	125	3407	39.16	3	22
Shikhar Dhawan	120	3317	32.2	0	26