India skipper and Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Rohit Sharma touched a new milestone on Sunday during their match against Chennai Super Kings.
The veteran batter surpassed Shikhar Dhawan to become the second-highest run-getter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium during his knock of 76* in 45 balls, with four boundaries and six sixes.
He has now has 6,786 runs in his kitty.
He has outdone Shikhar, who had made 6,769 runs in 222 IPL matches at an average of 35.25, the strike rate of over 127, with two centuries and 51 fifties and best score of 106*.
The all-time run-getter in IPL history is the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli, who has made 8,326 runs at an average of 39.27 and a strike rate of 132.26, with eight centuries and 59 fifties. His best score is 113*.
This season, Rohit has scored 158 runs in seven innings at an average of 26.33, with a strike rate of 154.90, with a fifty to his name.
In 264 IPL matches and 259 innings, Rohit, who has represented Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in his career, has scored 6,786 runs at an average of 29.63 and a strike rate of 131.61. He has scored two centuries and 44 fifties.
His best score is 109*.
Rohit also surpassed Kohli on Sunday to become the player with the most 'Player of the Match' (POTM) awards in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) so far.
Rohit scored an unbeaten knock of 76 runs from 45 balls and went on to win his 20th Player of the Match award in his 264th IPL match. On the other hand, Kohli has 19 POTM awards in his 260 games so far.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) stand-in captain MS Dhoni and former IPL winner David Warner are two more players who have made their name in the list by winning the award 18 times each. The top two players in this list are former RCB players AB de Villiers (25) and Chris Gayle (22).
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