While making the fastest 3000 in IPL broke the previous record to get to number 1
Rishabh Pant LSG vs DC: Rishabh Pant touched the 3000-run mark in the IPL in 2028 balls. Earlier the record was in the name of Yusuf Pathan. This former explosive batsman had achieved this feat in 2062 balls.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant played a brilliant inning of 41 runs in the 26th match of IPL 2024 against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday night, April 12. With this inning, he completed 3000 runs in his IPL career. He has become the Indian batsman to score 3000 runs in the fewest number of balls in the history of the IPL.
Rishabh Pant broke the records of legends like Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Suryakumar Yadav and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Based on this inning of Pant, Delhi Capitals registered their second win of the season by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets.
The batsman touched the 3000 run mark in IPL in 2028 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Yusuf Pathan. This former explosive batsman had achieved this feat in 2062 balls. Rishabh Pant has now made this great record by taking 34 balls less than him.
With this feat Pant has become the third youngest Indian batsman to reach this milestone. Shubman Gill is the youngest Indian to score 3000 runs in the history of IPL, while the second in this list is Virat Kohli.
Young IPL players to score 3000 runs
- Shubhman Gill (24 years)
- Virat Kohli (26 years)
- Rishabh Pant (26 years)
- Sanju Samson (26 years)
- Suresh Raina (27 years)
In terms of innings, Rishabh Pant is jointly in third place in the list of Indians who have scored the fastest 3000 runs in the history of IPL. Suresh Raina and Pant have achieved this feat in 103 innings. KL Rahul is present at the top of this list.
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