5 Best Batsmen In The History Of IPL You Should Know About

Updated - 22 Feb 2021, 07:08 PM

Virat Kohli, RCB, IPL
Virat Kohli. Image Credits: Twitter

When the IPL started, no one knew that it would be this big and change the Indian Cricket history. Over the years, we have seen quite a lot of IPL matches and get to meet with some of the finest batsmen.

And in this article, I am going to look at some of the best batsmen in the history of IPL. This info should help you out if you want to know more about cricket or simply aim to win big through IPL cricket betting by betting on sites like Parimatch.

Well, it does not matter if you are interested in IPL 2021 betting or not, but this info will surely increase your cricket knowledge.

So let’s just go ahead and look at the best IPL batsmen of all time:

5 Best Batsmen in the History Of IPL

1. David Warner

David Warner
David Warner. (Credits: Twitter)

There is no doubt that David Warner has been one of the best IPL batsmen in history. He always kept consistency when it came to scoring runs in important games.

He started his career with Delhi Capitals, where he scored 400 plus runs in his final season with the Capitals in 2013.

In the 5 seasons, he scored more than 500 runs. Along with that, he also won the orange cap thrice, which is more than any other IPL player.

Moreover, in 2016 he took Sunrishers to the title win. Overall, overall the seasons he played, he scored 4,706 runs in 126 matches at a strike-rate in excess of 140. Also, he has the best average among all the batsmen with more than 1,000 runs to their name.

2. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli. (Credits: Web)

Virat Kohli is also a well-known name. However, his progression in the tournament was not really consistent as Suresh Raina or David Warners. But after he was made the captain of Royal Challengers Banglore, his performance has been really amazing.

Kohli, along with Chirs Gayle and AB De Villiers, made a huge total of runs and definitely made RCB the hub of entertaining cricket. Also, he won the orange cap once in 2016, where he scored 977 runs in the season.

Moreover, he is also the highest run-scorer in IPL history, and he has a total of 5, 412 runs in his name at an average of 37.84.

3. Suresh Raina

suresh raina, IPL
Suresh raina[photo: DNA India]
Next, there is Suresh Raina. Suresh Raina is also one of the best batsmen in IPL history. He is one of the most loved cricketers in Indian. Over the years, Suresh Raina played with consistency and helped CSK to win most of the games along with MS Dhoni.

However, in his last three or four seasons, he had struggled. But overall, no other batsmen could match up with his consistency.

He is also the second-highest run-scorer in IPL. He made a total of 5,368 runs in 189 innings and was the first player to complete 5,000 runs in the tournament.

4. Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle. Image-PTI.

Next, there is Chris Gayle, who is also one of the most loved crickets. And it is hard to imagine Royal Challengers Bangalore without Chris Gayle.

He joined Royal Challengers Bangalore after playing the first three seasons with Kolkata Knight Riders. Also, in the IPL cricket history, he won two consecutive orange caps in 2011 and 2012. Also, he had scored more than 700 runs in 2013 only.

Also, he holds the record of most sixes in his career. Overall, he has 4,484 runs in just 125 matches to his name. Also, he has a pretty good average of 41.13.

5. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma (Image Credit: Twitter)

In the end, there is Rohit Sharma, who happens to be the only captain in IPL cricket history with four IPL titles. Also, he is the only player with five winner medals.

Rohit Sharma also happens to be the third-highest run-scorer of the IPL cricket. Rohit Sharma played for both Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians. And his performance from both of the teams has been remarkable.

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