Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) AB de Villiers became the 6th player to achive the 5000-run score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday. The 37-year-old reached this important milestone in the match against the Delhi Capitals (DC).
Before the beginning of the match, AB de Villiers had scored 4,978 runs in 160 innings. He required additional 22 runs to reach the 5000-run mark.
AB de Villiers came out into the middle in the 9th over after RCB were demanded to bat first. He started on a attentive note but started hitting the big shots once he got looking in. The Protean touch 5,000 runs in the IPL with a brilliant approx 79-meter six off an Axar Patel’s delivery in the 15th over of the match.
5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣+ reasons why we love AB! ❤️#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 #DCvRCB #DareToDream pic.twitter.com/c44MTruS8A
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 27, 2021
Suresh Raina along with more player like Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, and David Warner are the players who achieved this milestone earlier AB de Villiers.
1st innings in Match 22 in IPL 2021
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AB de Villiers is the third-fastest player to score 5,000 runs in the IPL
AB de Villiers reached the 5,000-run note in the IPL in only 161 innings, suitable the 3rd-fastest player to achieve the milestone. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s David Warner is the fastest as he controlled this important milestone in only 135 innings. Virat Kohli is 2nd on the list and after passing the 5000-run score in his 157 innings in the IPL.
Fastest to 5,000 IPL runs
David Warner – 135 innings
Virat Kohli – 157 innings
AB de Villiers – 161 innings
Shikhar Dhawan – 168 innings
Suresh Raina – 173 innings
Rohit Sharma – 187 innings
Legend @ABdeVilliers17 my idol 👌👌 https://t.co/iPcsmFinGv
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) April 27, 2021
AB de Villiers is alone the 2nd overseas player to score 5,000 runs in this IPL 2021. He has the 2nd-highest average amongst these 6 players with 5000+ runs and has the maximum strike rate of them all.
The Pretoria-born scored an undefeated 75 in the match against the Capitals on Tuesday and propelled RCB’s score to 171/5. He scored 22 runs in the last over of the innings, which was bowled by Marcus Stoinis.
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