19 April,2017 12:38 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Chris Gayle set a record to become the first cricketer ever to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Gujarat Lions at the IPL 2017 season yesterday
Chris Gayle set a record to become the first cricketer ever to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Gujarat Lions at the IPL 2017 season yesterday.
Let's take a look at ten of the leading run getters in the history of the shortest format of the game.
Chris Gayle
Matches - 290. Runs - 10,074. Average - 40.62. Strike rate - 149.51. Hundreds - 18
Brendon McCullum
Matches - 272. Runs - 7596. Average - 31.51. Strike rate - 138.31. Hundreds - 7
Brad Hodge
Matches - 270. Runs - 7338. Average - 36.87. Strike rate - 131.27. Hundreds - 2
Kieron Pollard
Matches - 363. Runs - 7087. Average - 30.54. Strike rate - 151.72. Hundreds - none
David Warner
Matches - 227. Runs - 7156. Average - 35.42. Strike rate - 143.40. Hundreds - 5
Shoaib Malik
Matches - 271. Runs - 6909. Average - 37.34. Strike rate - 123.44. Hundreds - none
Dwayne Smith
Matches - 289. Runs - 6767. Average - 26.22. Strike rate - 126.79. Hundreds - 3
Virat Kohli
Matches - 212. Runs - 6667. Average - 41.40. Strike rate - 132.91. Hundreds - 4
Suresh Raina
Matches - 250. Runs - 6589. Average - 33.44. Strike rate - 138.80. Hundreds - 3
Luke Wright
Matches - 266. Runs - 6296. Average - 28.61. Strike rate - 144.8. Hundreds - 6
