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KKR vs PBKS: Ajinkya Rahane becomes 7th Indian to reach 4000-run mark in IPL


IPL 2022: Senior batter Ajinkya Rahane reached the 4000-run milestone, becoming the 7th Indian and the 10th overall to get to the landmark. He achieved the milestone during KKR’s chase of 139 against PBKS on Friday.

Ajinkya Rahane joined the 4000-run club ini the 2nd match of IPL 2022 (Courtesy of BCCI/PTI)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ajinkya Rahane completed 4,000 runs in the Indian Premier League
  • Rahane became the 10th man to get to the landmark
  • Rahane reached the 4000-run mark in his 154th IPL game

Kolkata Knight Riders batter Ajinkya Rahane added another feather to his cap on Friday as he became the seventh Indian to score 4000 runs in the Indian Premier League during IPL 2022 match against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Rahane joined an exclusive list of cricketers to have achieved the feat before him. Rahane needed 8before the start of KKR’s match against PBKS to get to the milestone. Rahane now has over 4000 runs in 154 IPL matches. He has 2 hundreds and 28 fifties in the tournament.

Rahane got there with two classy flicks that symbolizes the touch player that he is. Rahane had an opportunity to get to the landmark an innings earlier but he got out early in KKR’s game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday.

IPL 2022 Full Coverage

Ajinkya Rahane, who lost India’s Test vice-captaincy earlier this year, started his IPL career with Mumbai Indians before moving to Rajasthan Royals (5 season), Delhi Capitals and now he plays for KKR. Royal Challengers Bangalore star Virat Kohli leads the list with 6324 runs followed by Shikhar Dhawan (5827), Rohit Sharma (5652) Suresh Raina (5528) and David Warner (5286) completing the top five.

MOST RUNS IN IPL

PLAYER RUNS MATCHES HUNDREDS
Virat Kohli 6324 208 5
Shikhar Dhawan 5827 193 2
Rohit Sharma 5652 213 1
Suresh Raina 5528 205 1
David Warner 5499 150 4
AB de Villiers 5162 184 3
Chris Gayle 4965 142 6
MS Dhoni 4746 221 0
Robin Uthappa 4796 194 0
Gautam Gambhir 4217 154 0
Dinesh Karthik 4078 214 0
Ajinkya Rahane 4000* 153 2

Rahane opened the batting for the Kolkata franchise against CSK and scored a fluent 44 off 34 balls. He was the top scorer for the team as they defeated defending champions Chennai by six wickets. KKR will next take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday.

Rahane played only a couple of games for the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the previous IPL season before being released. The 33-year-old was purchased by the Kolkata franchise for ?1 crore at the mega auction last month. Rahane has been going through a tough phase recently as he was also dropped from the Indian Test side for the home series against Sri Lanka.

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