sachin tendulkar has made the highest number of runs in ipl.
sachin tendulkar has made the highest number of runs in ipl.
which player has made the highest number of runs in ipl?
sachin tendulkar
despite struggling to find form in the initial stages of the 2012 ipl, raina found form in the latter stages and finished the tournament as chennai's leading run scorer, scoring 441 runs and on the course became the only player to score 400 runs in every ipl. he scored a blistering 73 in the final against kolkata knight riders and added 116 with mike hussey, who scored a magnificent 86, to help his team put a big total on board. he became the first player in the history of ipl to cross the mark of 2000 ipl runs. for his performances in 2012, he was named in the cricinfo ipl xi.
suresh raina
in the 2011 ipl player auction, gambhir was the most sought after player, fetching a bid of $2.4 million from the kolkata knight riders, making him the highest paid cricketer in the history of ipl. he was then appointed as the skipper of the team. under gambhir's captaincy, the kolkata knight riders qualified for the ipl playoffs and also made it to the champions league twenty20 for the first time. he eventually led the side to their first title in 2012 by defeating defending champions chennai super kings by 5 wickets at their home ground in chennai. for his performances in 2012, he was named as captain of the cricinfo ipl xi. gambhir is the leading run-scorer of the kolkata knight riders. during the same season, he scored 6 half-centuries out of a total of nine from his team and became only the second player to cross the 2000 runs mark in the history of the ipl and the second highest run scorer ever in the tournament. he led kolkata knight riders to their second title in 2014 by beating kings xi punjab by 3 wickets. he led kolkata knight riders to the playoffs in the 2016 and 2017 season and was also the highest run-scorer. for his performances in the 2017 ipl season, he was named in the cricinfo and cricbuzz ipl xi.
gautam gambhir