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Kohli, the tallest runner in the IPL, took 158 innings at 5,000 feet. The Sunrisers Hyderabad captain got there in just 135 innings! Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma participated in 163 and 18 innings respectively. Only these four have five thousand races in the tournament.
Warner entered the 5,000 club against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Before hitting, he was 10 runs away from this feat. He touched it with the 18 ball.
Warner hit number four, surprising everyone by chasing Kolkata’s 183 runs. He played an undefeated 46 innings of 33 balls with five fours. However, the team could not win. After the match tied, his team lost in the super over.
Warner, who became the first foreign cricketer to score 5,000 runs in the tournament, has scored four centuries and 48 half centuries. AB de Villiers follows with 4,060 races among foreigners. Chris Gayle, who has scored the most in six centuries in the IPL, has scored 4,536 runs.
Warner also has the highest average 43.05 and 141.05 hitting rates among batters who have scored 5,000 runs in the IPL. They were followed by Kohli (38.75) and Raina (136.14) at strike rate.
Shikhar Dhawan is very close to 5,000 runs in this national T20 tournament in India. The left-arm hitter, who played 18 innings, scored 4,938 runs. The Delhi Capitals starter scored his first century T20I on Saturday against Chennai Super Kings.
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