Batsmen who have scored 5000 plus runs in Twenty20 games – DR Smith is the new entrant to the elite list
DR Smith’s run aggregate at the end of the game between Chennai and Punjab at Chennai on 24.04.15 read 5045 in T20 games. He completed 5000 runs when he was on 20 during his knock of 39 in the game between Chennai and Bangalore at Bangalore on 22.04.15. He became the ninth batsman in the history of IPL to score 5000 plus runs. The following table lists out all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat
No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
1 | CH Gayle | 200 | 196 | 26 | 7184 | 175* | 42.25 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 568 | 499 |
2 | BJ Hodge | 233 | 219 | 46 | 6363 | 106 | 36.78 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 638 | 198 |
3 | DJ Hussey | 248 | 236 | 46 | 5822 | 100* | 30.64 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 400 | 230 |
4 | BB McCullum | 203 | 200 | 21 | 5802 | 158* | 32.41 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 552 | 260 |
5 | DA Warner | 187 | 186 | 18 | 5586 | 135* | 33.25 | 5 | 41 | 14 | 549 | 241 |
6 | SK Raina | 192 | 182 | 31 | 5295 | 109* | 35.06 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 461 | 215 |
7 | KA Pollard | 273 | 243 | 73 | 5233 | 89* | 30.78 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 344 | 348 |
8 | OA Shah | 213 | 200 | 48 | 5096 | 84 | 33.52 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 388 | 203 |
9 | DR Smith | 218 | 211 | 20 | 5045 | 110* | 26.41 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 459 | 255 |