Since IPL first started showcasing cricket’s most promising up-and-coming players in 2008, the Indian Premier League’s popularity has skyrocketed. According to international sports news cricket, by turning in outstanding performances when their teams’ fates were on the line, several players were vital to the accomplishments of their respective teams. Many have seen some of the league’s most dramatic run chases live in front of them, and they have been incredible. Learn the names of the top ten run scorers in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Dinesh Karthik 

Dinesh Karthik is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished wicket-keeper batsmen in the Indian Premier League. He is one of the very few athletes who has competed in each and every season up to this point. He has kept wicket and scored a total of 4376 runs over 229 games. He had his finest offensive season ever in 2013, when he batted for the Mumbai Indians, scoring 510 runs. This was his best offensive season ever. Karthik is the ninth player in the history of the Indian Premier League to accumulate the most runs.

Robin Uthappa 

Uthappa has been praised for how steady, strong, and reliable he is on the field. He is good for any team because he knows how to win. In 209 games, he scored 4,652 runs. No one knows what kind of knockout performances he gave in 2014 when he scored 660 runs in 15 games and won both the Orange Cap and the IPL trophy. He led Kolkata Knight Riders to the championship. Uthappa comes in at number nine on the list.

Chris Gayle 

Chris Gayle is known for giving performances that are strong but smooth. Even the best bowlers in the IPL have trouble facing him. In 142 games, he got a total of 4,965 runs. The eighth-best player in IPL history also holds the records for most sixes (357) and most hundreds (6).

M.S. Dhoni

M.S. Dhoni has led the Chennai Super Kings to four IPL titles while he has been their captain. As a batsman, Dhoni has scored 4978 runs in 234 games, for an average of 39.19 runs per game. He has made 24 fifty-plus scores. In the IPL, he has scored 84 runs once. Even though he doesn’t play for his country on the international stage, in the IPL he’s still the player to beat.

Ab de Villiers

Ab de Villiers is known as a good batter, wicketkeeper, and quick fielder. He has been called the “360-degree player” at times. In 182 games, he has scored 5162 runs, making him one of the best players in IPL history. He has the second-most sixes, after Chris Gayle (251 total). He has scored 200 or more runs with the former captain Kohli twice and 100 or more runs with him five times. He is now number six on the list because he has changed the way the RCB team plays.

Suresh Raina 

Suresh Raina is known as “Mr. Dependable” in the Indian Premier League because he always plays well. Raina has played for CSK 205 times and has a strike rate of 137.26 and an average of 33.46 runs per game. The fact that he has kept up a high level of performance in every IPL season shows how good he is. Raina didn’t play in 2020 because she had other things to do. His work in the middle order of CSK is very important. Now, he has scored the fifth-most runs in the history of the IPL.

 Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Mumbai Indians and is one of the best batters in the league. He has led his team to several wins. In the 13 years, he has played in the IPL, he has won five titles. Rohit has been a great captain and a great batter. In 227 games, he has scored 5877 runs, for an average of 31.24. Under his name, it says that he has been alive for 100 and a half years. He is now number four on the list.

David Warner

David Warner will always be remembered as the player who got to 5000 runs the fastest and won the Orange Cap three times. Warner is the best international batter in the history of the tournament. In 162 games, he had a strike rate of 140.69 and scored 5881 runs. He led Sun-Risers Hyderabad to the Indian Premier League championship in 2016. He has made 48 half-centuries and four hundred for Australia. Warner has sometimes been the only player on the team.

Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan is a good batsman who always does a good job. He took part in 206 games and scored 6244 runs (including 247 half-centuries). During the IPL season, he hit 701 fours. This was a new record. Dhawan was a big reason why the Delhi Capitals made it to the IPL finals for the first time in 2020. He is now second all-time in terms of batting average in the IPL.

Virat Kohli 

Many people think that the former Indian captain was a great batter who made a big difference in the success of the Indian Premier League. Kohli has scored more runs than any other player in IPL history. He has played in 224 games and scored a total of 6624 runs, with 544 half-centuries. He got an amazing 973 runs in 2016, including four centuries. Because of what he did, he now holds the record for the most runs scored in an IPL season.

Conclusion:

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a tournament that has added a lot to the game of cricket. The league has given players a great place to show off what they can do. The players’ confidence goes up when they play in front of loud crowds or against the best players in the world.