Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma reached a significant personal landmark on Thursday during the Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab. The right-hander became the third player, after Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina, to score 5,000 runs in the T20 tournament.

Rohit, who became the Mumbai Indians captain in 2013 and has led the franchise to four titles since then, also completed 600 runs against Kings XI Punjab. He has scored these many runs against four other teams in the IPL.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in IPL history, with Chennai Super Kings veteran Suresh Raina, who has skipped this season due to personal reasons, in second position.

Most runs in IPL

Player Mat Runs HS Avg SR 100 50 4s 6s
Virat Kohli 180 5430 113 37.19 131.12 5 36 480 190
Suresh Raina 193 5368 100* 33.34 137.14 1 38 493 194
Rohit Sharma 192 5068 109* 31.87 131.26 1 38 444 204
David Warner 129 4793 126 42.79 142.05 4 44 464 184
Shikhar Dhawan 162 4648 97* 33.20 124.64 0 37 531 97
AB de Villiers 157 4529 133* 40.43 152.08 3 35 369 219
Chris Gayle 125 4484 175* 41.13 151.02 6 28 369 326
MS Dhoni 193 4476 84* 42.22 137.89 0 23 299 212
Robin Uthappa 180 4427 87 28.37 130.20 0 24 437 156
Gautam Gambhir 154 4217 93 31.23 123.88 0 36 491 59

Earlier in this season, Rohit became the second player after Kieron Pollard to hit 150 sixes for Mumbai Indians. The 33-year-old Mumbaikar also got to 200 sixes in the IPL, become the fourth man to do so after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers.