Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Rajasthan Royals batter Jos Buttler completed 3,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday.
The England wicketkeeper-batter accomplished this milestone during his side’s IPL 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the match, Buttler scored 52 off 36 balls. His knock consisted of a four and three sixes and runs came at a strike rate of over 144. This was his third half-century in IPL 2023 out of four innings.
In the ongoing IPL 2023, Buttler is the third-highest run-getter so far. He has 204 runs in four innings at an average of 51.00 and a strike rate of 170, with three fifties. His best score is 79.
In his 86-match IPL career, Buttler has now scored 3,035 runs at an average of 40.46. His runs have come at a strike rate of 150.91. He has scored five centuries and 18 fifties in 85 innings, with the best individual score of 124.
He is the third-fastest to reach the 3,000-run mark in IPL in terms of innings taken, behind West Indies legend Chris Gayle (75 innings) and India opener KL Rahul (80 innings). Below Buttler are stars like Australian opener David Warner and South African batter Faf Du Plessis (94 innings).
Buttler is the 21st batter in the all-time highest run-scorers list in league’s history. The top-five run-getters in IPL are: star India batter Virat Kohli (6,788 runs), India opener Shikhar Dhawan (6,469 runs), David Warner (6,090), India skipper Rohit Sharma (5,966) and former India middle-order batter Suresh Raina (5,528).
With this win over CSK, RR is the table-toppers, having won three out of their four matches. They have a total of six points. CSK is at the fifth spot with two wins and two losses and a total of four points.
