IPL 2020 SRH vs KKR: Warner becomes 1st foreign player to reach 5000 runs

David Warner is also a leading run-scorer as an overseas player in Indian premier league history

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner became first overseas players to reach 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League on Sunday.

The Australian batsman crossed the 5,000-run in IPL after scoring 10 runs against Kolkata Knigth Rider in IPL 2020. He reached the milestone by taking a single off Pat Cummins in the 14th over.

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Overall, Warner becomes the 4th player to reach 5,000 IPL runs after Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Warner is also a leading run scorer as an overseas player. In the various editions of IPL, he has so far played 135 matches, and scored 5000 runs at an average of 42.77 and strike rate of 140.74. Warner has also scored four centuries and 44 fifties, his highest score is 126 runs. 

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David Warner IPL career

Warner started his IPL career with Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) as the franchise bought him in the second edition of Indian Premier league (IPL 2009). In the IPL 2014 players’ auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad bagged him for $880,000 and appointed him as a captain. He became leading run-getter in that season earning the Orange cap but his team failed to qualify for play-offs.

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In IPL 2016, he led Sunrisers Hyderabad to one and the only IPL title as he smashed 38 balls 69 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He did not participate in 2018 edition of IPL after ball tampering scandal in Capetown.

Top 10 run-getters in Indian Premier League:
 

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Virat Kohli	186	178	29	5759	113	38.65	4,384	131.36	5	38	498	199
2	Suresh Raina	193	189	28	5368	100*	33.34	3,914	137.14	1	38	493	194
3	Rohit Sharma	196	191	28	5149	109*	31.58	3,937	130.78	1	38	451	209
4	David Warner	135	135	18	5000	126	42.72	3,552	140.73	4	46	480	189
5	Shikhar Dhawan	168	167	23	4938	101*	34.29	3,920	125.96	1	39	563	103
6	AB de Villiers	163	151	36	4680	133*	40.69	3,056	153.14	3	37	378	231
7	MS Dhoni	199	178	68	4568	84*	41.52	3,318	137.67	0	23	306	215
8	Chris Gayle	126	125	15	4537	175*	41.24	3,014	150.53	6	29	370	331
9	Robin Uthappa	184	177	17	4535	87	28.34	3,486	130.09	0	24	449	159
10	Gautam Gambhir	154	152	17	4217	93	31.23	3,404	123.88	0	36	491	59