IPL 2020 RCB vs KXIP: Chris Gayle becomes 8th player to cross 4500 IPL runs

Gayle also has the maximum number of IPL sixes (329) in Indian Premier League history and only player to hit 300 sixes

Kings XI Punjab’s Chris Gayle became 8th player in Indian Premier League to reach 4,500 runs on Thursday. The self-proclaimed universe boss reached the milestone after scoring 16 runs during RCB vs KXIP match at Sharjah in IPL 2020.

 

Gayle was not part of KXIP playing 11 in first 7 matches as the KL Rahul led side is sitting at the bottom of IPL 2020 points table. Gayle crossed the 4,500 run mark, when he smashes Washington Sundar for a SIX towards backward square leg in 13th over of KXIP's over. KXIP is chasing 172 runs to keep its playoffs hope alive

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Chris Gayle IPL career

Chris Gayle started his IPL career with Kolkata Knight Riders and then moved to Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he single handedly won many matches. In the 2012 season, he piled up a mammoth total of 733 runs at a strike rate of 160 for RCB. In 125 matches played so far, he has scored 4,484 runs at an average of 41.13 and a strike rate of 151.02, with six centuries and 28 fifties, his highest score is 175 runs not out which he scored in 2013 season. In the IPL 2018 player auction, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab at a base price of Rs 2 crore. 

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Chris Gayle IPL records

• Chris Gayle 175 runs against Pune Warriors India in 2013 season is the highest individual score in IPL history.
• He holds the record of maximum, 17 sixes, in an IPL innings.
• Gayle also has maximum number (329) of IPL sixes in Indian premier League history and only player to hit 300 sixes. AB de Villiers is at second position with 225 sixes by his name.
• Gayle is third overseas player in Indian Premier League to reach 4,500 runs after David Warner and AB de Villiers.

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Here are top ten run scorer in Indian Premier League history:

 

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Virat Kohli	185	177	29	5716	113	38.62	4,352	131.34	5	38	497	197
2	Suresh Raina	193	189	28	5368	100*	33.34	3,914	137.14	1	38	493	194
3	Rohit Sharma	195	190	28	5114	109*	31.56	3,901	131.09	1	38	446	208
4	David Warner	134	134	17	4990	126	42.64	3,538	141.04	4	46	480	189
5	Shikhar Dhawan	167	166	22	4837	97*	33.59	3,862	125.24	0	39	549	102
6	AB de Villiers	162	150	35	4625	133*	40.21	3,034	152.43	3	36	377	225
7	MS Dhoni	198	177	68	4565	84*	41.88	3,313	137.79	0	23	306	215
8	Chris Gayle	126	125	16	4519	175*	41.45	2,999	150.68	6	28	370	329
9	Robin Uthappa	183	176	17	4494	87	28.26	3,464	129.73	0	24	442	158
10	Gautam Gambhir	154	152	17	4217	93	31.23	3,404	123.88	0	36	491	59