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The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is drawing closer each day. IPL 2020 begins from March 29, and the inaugural match will be played between Mumbai Indian (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In the history of IPL, only two batsmen have crossed the 5000-run mark, first is the Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli, who has 5,412 runs to his name, and the other one being Suresh Raina, who has scored 5,368 runs in the cash-rich league.

In the upcoming season though, five more batsmen will have the opportunity to join Kohli and Raina in the illustrious 5000 IPL run club, and etch their names in the history books.

Here are five batsmen who can cross the 5000-run mark in IPL 2020:

5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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MS Dhoni. Photo: BCCI

MS Dhoni will return to the field of cricket after a long break in IPL 2020. He has been on a sabbatical since the 2019 ODI World Cup, and he will make a much-anticipated return with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) yet again.

In the last two years in the IPL, the 37-year-old has scored runs for fun, and he will be looking to keep the run going.

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In his career so far, Dhoni has played 170 matches in the IPL, scoring 4432 runs at an average of 42.20 and a strike rate of 137.85.

To reach the 5000 run mark, the veteran still needs 568 runs, although it looks like an uphill task.

One because he’s not played cricket since a long time, and two, because the highest number of runs Dhoni has ever scored in one season, is 455.

However, there’s still a slender chance, of the former Indian skipper reaching to the 5000 IPL run record.

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