AB de Villiers – double distinctions – 5000 runs in Twenty20 games and 3000 runs in IPL
AB de Viiler’s run aggregate at the end of this game in Twenty20 games read 5007. He completed 5000 runs when he was on 122 during his knock of 129 not out. He became the 18th batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to aggregate 5000 plus runs. The following table lists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 249 | 244 | 34 | 8858 | 175* | 42.18 | 17 | 55 | 13 | 686 | 638 |
| 2 | BJ Hodge | 256 | 242 | 55 | 6998 | 106 | 37.42 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 681 | 231 |
| 3 | BB McCullum | 231 | 228 | 22 | 6578 | 158* | 31.93 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 630 | 304 |
| 4 | DA Warner | 214 | 213 | 21 | 6535 | 135* | 34.03 | 5 | 50 | 15 | 648 | 279 |
| 5 | SK Raina | 238 | 224 | 36 | 6213 | 109* | 33.04 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 540 | 243 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 199 | 187 | 36 | 6149 | 109 | 40.72 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 574 | 187 |
| 7 | KA Pollard | 310 | 277 | 84 | 6082 | 89* | 31.51 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 396 | 403 |
| 8 | RG Sharma | 232 | 221 | 38 | 6076 | 109* | 33.20 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 521 | 244 |
| 9 | Shoaib Malik | 233 | 221 | 63 | 5995 | 95* | 37.94 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 485 | 166 |
| 10 | DJ Hussey | 258 | 243 | 48 | 5960 | 100* | 30.56 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 411 | 234 |
| 11 | DR Smith | 251 | 244 | 21 | 5855 | 110* | 26.25 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 550 | 283 |
| 12 | LJ Wright | 244 | 225 | 24 | 5737 | 153* | 28.54 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 597 | 224 |
| 13 | OA Shah | 230 | 217 | 49 | 5509 | 84 | 32.79 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 423 | 215 |
| 14 | RN ten Doeschate | 267 | 236 | 52 | 5372 | 121* | 29.19 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 319 | 240 |
| 15 | G Gambhir | 207 | 203 | 19 | 5279 | 93 | 28.69 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 611 | 75 |
| 16 | TM Dilshan | 219 | 215 | 25 | 5188 | 104* | 27.30 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 632 | 110 |
| 17 | JP Duminy | 207 | 194 | 62 | 5097 | 99* | 38.61 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 369 | 171 |
| 18 | AB de Villiers | 205 | 190 | 36 | 5007 | 133* | 32.51 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 422 | 206 |
AB de Villiers required 21 more runs which would fetch him 3000 runs in Indian Premier League. At the end of the game his run aggregate read 3108. Prior to the start of the game against Gujarat Lions slated for 14.05.16, he has an aggregate of 2979 runs. He became the ninth batsman to total 3000 plus runs in IPL. The following table lists the nine batsmen who have scored 3000 plus runs in IPL.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s | |
| 1 | SK Raina | 143 | 139 | 20 | 3985 | 100* | 33.48 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 345 | 157 | |
| 2 | V Kohli | 134 | 126 | 21 | 3814 | 109 | 36.32 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 331 | 135 | |
| 3 | RG Sharma | 140 | 136 | 23 | 3813 | 109* | 33.74 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 318 | 158 | |
| 4 | G Gambhir | 127 | 126 | 12 | 3531 | 93 | 30.97 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 411 | 50 | |
| 5 | RV Uthappa | 130 | 125 | 15 | 3323 | 83* | 30.20 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 332 | 103 | |
| 6 | CH Gayle | 87 | 86 | 12 | 3218 | 175* | 43.48 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 263 | 231 | |
| 7 | MS Dhoni | 140 | 126 | 43 | 3198 | 70* | 38.53 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 232 | 135 | |
| 8 | AB de Villiers | 115 | 104 | 24 | 3108 | 122* | 38.85 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 264 | 133 | |
| 9 | DA Warner | 94 | 94 | 11 | 3040 | 109* | 36.62 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 302 | 125 |