Shikhar Dhawan Becomes 5th Batsman To Score 5000 IPL Runs

On Tuesday (20th October) evening, the 34-year-old Indian left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan became the fifth batsman to score 5000 IPL runs.

Shikhar Dhawan reached that feat during the 38th match of the IPL 2020, where his Delhi Capitals (DC) were playing against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai). Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat first after winning the toss.

Before that match, Dhawan scored 4938 runs in 168 T20s. The left-handed batsman was 62 runs away to complete his 5000 IPL runs. In his 169th T20 match, where the left-handed opening batsman played his 168th T20 innings, Dhawan completed his 5000 IPL runs and became the fifth batsman to score 5000 IPL runs.

In this match, Dhawan scored a century as the left-handed batsman remained not out on 106 runs off 61 balls (12 fours and 3 sixes). At the end of that innings, Dhawan became the fourth most run-scorer in IPL history as he has scored 5044 IPL runs in 168 innings.

Batsmen with 5000 IPL runs

Shikhar Dhawan became the 3rd fastest to complete 5000 IPL runs

While Dhawan achieved this feat in 168 IPL innings, he became the third-fastest batsman to complete 5000 IPL runs. Only David Warner and Virat Kohli reached this milestone faster than Dhawan.

During the early IPL 2019, Kohli completed 5000 IPL runs in 157 IPL innings. On last Sunday (18th October), Australian cricketer David Warner broke that record after completing 5000 runs in his IPL career in only 133 IPL innings.

Fastest to complete 5000 IPL runs

Coming back to this 38th match of the IPL 2020, Dhawan scored his 41st 50+ score in IPL career and moved up the third position in the list of most 50+ scores in IPL history.