Ishan Kishan races past 2,500 IPL runs: Decoding his stats
Mumbai Indians opener Ishan Kishan has completed 2,500 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The southpaw accomplished the milestone with his 15th run in Match 29 of IPL 2024 against Chennai Super Kings. He ended up scoring 23 off 15 balls with the help of three fours and a six. Here we look at his stats.
Decoding Kishan's IPL career stats
Kishan took 97 games to complete 2,500 runs (now 2,508) in the cash-rich league. While he averages 29.51, his strike rate is 136.75. The tally includes 16 half-centuries with 99 being his best score. Around 2,200 of his runs have come for MI in 81 games. He scored 319 for the now-defunct Gujarat Lions in the 2016 and 2017 seasons combined.
Sixth-most runs for MI
Kishan's tally of 2,189 runs for MI is the sixth-highest for any batter. He is only behind the likes of Rohit Sharma (5,450-plus), Kieron Pollard (3,915), Suryakumar Yadav (2,740), Ambati Rayudu (2,635), and Sachin Tendulkar (2,599). No other batter has even 1,700 runs for the franchise. Meanwhile, against CSK, he has raced to 238 runs in 11 games, averaging 26.44 (50s: 1).
His run in the ongoing season
Kishan has aced the role of an attacking opener this season. After bagging a duck in MI's opener against Gujarat Titans, the southpaw has recorded scores worth 34, 16, 42, and 69 (before this match). He hence has raced to 186 runs at a stunning strike rate of 186. The young wicketkeeper-batter would be raring to enhance his tally going forward.
How has the match proceeded?
CSK managed 206/4 versus MI at Wankhede Stadium. Ruturaj Gaikwad smoked 69 and added 90 runs alongside Shivam Dube, who made an unbeaten 66. Meanwhile, MS Dhoni hit an unbeaten 20. MI were off to a fine start as Rohit Sharma and Kishan added 70 runs for the opening wicket before Matheesha Pathirana dismissed the latter.
