Breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Devdutt Padikkal Becomes Fastest Indian To Complete 1000 T20 Runs

On last Saturday (31st October) night, Devdutt Padikkal created history in Indian cricket as he became the fastest Indian to complete 1000 T20 runs after breaking the previous record of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Serving for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), the 20-year-old talented batsman Devdutt Padikkal reached that feat by creating a new record during the 52nd match of the IPL 2020 against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Sharjah.

While SRH captain David Warner sent them for bat first, RCB managed to score only 120/7 (20 overs). Later, SRH chased down the target comfortably in 14.1 overs after losing five wickets.

During the first innings of that match, the young in-form RCB opener Padikkal managed to score only 5 runs but it was enough to complete his 1000 T20 runs as he has scored 1002 runs in T20 career after that innings. Padikkal completed his 1000 T20 runs in just 25 T20 innings and became the fourth fastest batsman to complete 1000 T20 runs. In the record of fastest to 1000 T20 runs, he is only behind of Australian cricketers Brad Hodge, Shaun Marsh and Matthew Hayden.

Top 5 fastest batsmen to complete 1000 T20 runs

While Devdutt Padikkal completed 1000 T20 runs in 25 innings, Sachin Tendulkar reached the same feat in 31 innings

However, on the other hand, youngster Padikkal became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 1000 T20 runs. To achieve this feat, he broke the record of legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was previously holding that Indian record after completing his 1000 T20 runs in 31 T20 innings.

Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his 1000 T20 runs in 34 T20 innings

Meanwhile, on Sunday (1st November) afternoon, Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his 1000 T20 runs in 34 T20 innings. While he was 15 runs away to reach that feat, he completed 1000 T20 runs playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) during the 53rd match of the IPL 2020 against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Abu Dhabi. Ruturaj became the joint fifth fastest Indian to complete 1000 T20 runs.

Fastest Indian batsmen to complete 1000 T20 runs