Shreyas Iyer completes 6,000 runs in T20 cricket: Key stats
What's the story
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has completed 6,000 runs in men's T20 cricket.
Iyer reached the landmark in Match 5 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Iyer, who helped KKR win IPL 2024, attained the feat with his 26th run in the match against GT.
Here are the key stats.
Runs
Iyer races past 6,000 T20 runs
As mentioned, Iyer completed 6,000 T20 runs with his 26th in the match. He unlocked the achievement in his 224th encounter.
The Indian batter has three tons and 37 half-centuries in T20s so far. Over 3,100 of his T20 runs have come in the IPL.
Meanwhile, the star batter has scored 1,104 runs from 51 T20Is for Team India.
Score
Do you know?
Iyer holds the record for the second-highest T20 score by an Indian batter.
In February 2019, he smashed 147 off just 55 balls for Mumbai against Sikkim in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Iyer's knock had a record 15 sixes.
Tilak Varma broke his record last year, having scored a blistering 151 for Hyderabad against Meghalaya in the same tournament.
Price
Iyer carries ₹26.75 crore price tag
Iyer was named the PBKS skipper in January this year. He was picked up by the Kings for a record ₹26.75 crore.
Iyer is one of only eight captains to have won the IPL, having led KKR to victory in 2024.
He became the first player to lead two different franchises to IPL finals. Under him, Delhi Capitals finished as the runners-up in 2020.
Journey
His journey in IPL
Iyer started his IPL journey with DC in 2015. To date, he remains one of only five batters with 2,000-plus runs for DC in the IPL.
He scored 2,375 runs from 87 games for the Capitals before moving to KKR in 2022. Notably, 16 of his 21 IPL fifties have come for DC.
Iyer struck at 146.86 in KKR's title-winning 2024 campaign.