Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes 3rd fastest Indian batter to hit 2000 runs in IPL

Jaiswal surpassed the legend Sachin Tendulkar who scored 2000 runs in 68 innings

Despite the struggles of inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals on the points table in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, their prolific southpaw opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has continued to enjoy a brilliant season with the bat. Rajasthan Royals are playing against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium today. Jaiswal, before the start of the match, needed 37 runs to complete his 2000 runs in IPL, and on the second ball of the eighth over he achieved that milestone with a boundary to third man off Prasidh Krishna's bowling. 

 

Jaiswal has completed his 2000 runs in just 62 innings, making him the third fastest batter to achieve this milestone, surpassing the legend Sachin Tendulkar who scored 2000 runs in 68 innings. Jaiswal is now only behind Ruturaj Gaikwad and KL Rahul who completed their 2000 IPL runs in 57 and 60 IPL innings respectively.

 

Top 10 Indian players with fewest innings to 2000 IPL runs

 

Rank	Player	Innings
1	Ruturaj Gaikwad	57
2	KL Rahul	60
3	Yashasvi Jaiswal	62
4	Sachin Tendulkar	63
5	Rishabh Pant	64
6	Gautam Gambhir	68
7	Suresh Raina	69
8	Virender Sehwag	70
9	Ajinkya Rahane	71
10	Shreyas Iyer	71

 

Number five in overall list

 

While Jaiswal is number three in the list of Indian batters fastest to 2000 runs in IPL, he ranks fifth in the overall table. Chris Gayle holds the top spot with just 48 innings and Shaun Marsh is second with just 52 innings taken to cross his 2000 IPL runs mark.

 

Top 10 players with fewest innings to 2000 IPL runs

 

Rank	Player	Innings
1	Chris Gayle	48
2	Shaun Marsh	52
3	Ruturaj Gaikwad	57
4	KL Rahul	60
5	Yashasvi Jaiswal	62
6	Sachin Tendulkar	63
7	Shane Watson	64
8	Rishabh Pant	64
9	Jos Buttler	65
10	Faf du Plessis	67