Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders, the two teams that battled for the title the season before, are participating in the tournament (KKR). This league has made a name for itself as one of the most illustrious tournaments in the global game of cricket. In the history of the Indian Premier League, some batters have distinguished themselves as being head and shoulders above the opposition by continuing to perform at a high level across a number of seasons.
The top five batters in IPL history with the most runs scored
Virat Kohli
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli, who led the Bangalore franchise from 2013 to 2021 and currently leads the league in run-scoring, is currently the greatest run-scorer in the league. With a strike rate of 129.80 and an average of 36.58 runs per inning, Virat has amassed 6402 runs over the course of 207 innings. He has used his bat to score 542 half-centuries since the league’s inception. Among these, 4,000 of them were gathered during the 2016 season, when he broke the record most runs with 973.
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan, who bats first for India in ODIs, is now ranked second among all-time great batsmen in the Indian Premier League. His strike rate is 126.92 and batting average is 35.17. He has completed 6086 runs in total. Throughout the course of the past two or three campaigns, he was crucial to Delhi Capitals. He had contributed significantly to the team while opening for Sunrisers Hyderabad alongside David Warner.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma has been a successful batsman for his team in the Indian Premier League in addition to being a successful skipper. With 216 innings pitched for the league, he has a 30.65 batting average and a 130.28 strikeout to walk ratio. The third-most runs ever scored in the Indian Premier League’s history are his 5764. With a total of 140 half-centuries, his best score was 109*.There are 170 half-centuries in all. He has been the Mumbai Indians’ opening pitcher since 2019 and is expected to keep playing in that capacity in 2019.
David Warner
The record for the fourth-most runs scored overall in the Indian Premier League and the most runs scored by a foreign player is currently held by David Warner, a former skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad. He amassed more runs than Suresh Raina did in the current 2022 round, 5528, surpassing him. Over the span of 155 innings, he has accumulated 5668 runs with a batting average of 41.98 and a strikeout rate of 140.57.
Up to this point in the league, he has amassed 53 half-centuries in addition to 4 centuries. The previous IPL’s first half saw Warner struggle, and as a consequence, he was eventually dropped from the starting lineup. At the IPL Mega Auction, he was bagged for a total of 6.25 crores of Indian Rupees by his previous team, Delhi Capitals.
Suresh Raina Suresh Raina, affectionately known as Mr. IPL, has stayed true to the notoriety of his moniker by giving outstanding performances from the start of the competition. He is the fourth-highest run scorer of all time with 5528 runs scored in 200 innings at an average of 32.51 and a strikeout percentage of 136.73. Despite consistently producing excellent results in the Indian Premier League over the years, he was not picked up during the super auction for the IPL 2022. Earlier, prior to the auction, CSK decided they would not be retaining the left-handed hitter.