IPL 2018: 5 players who may cross 4000 IPL runs in 2018

The Indian Premier League has entered into its second decade with the commencement of the 2018 season. Like every other season, the tournament is awaiting a plethora of records to be broken and milestones to be breached. As of now, the milestone of 4000 runs is the biggest batting milestone in the league as no player has been able to cross 5000 runs yet.

In ODI and Test cricket, the milestone of 10,000 runs is considered to be one of the biggest milestones and only a handful of players have been able to breach it. So is the milestone of 4000 runs in the IPL.

As of now, only 5 players have been able to cross the 4000 runs mark. Interestingly 4 of them have been playing from the first season of the league and this speaks volumes about the toughness of reaching that number.

Here are the 5 players who may cross the 4000 IPL runs mark this year:

Note: The stats in this article are until the end of Match 4 of IPL 2018.

#5 AB de Villiers (3517 runs)

AB de Villiers, the South African batsman is one of the most explosive batsmen in the IPL. The creator of many shots has always entertained the fans with his 360-degree batting style. He is one of the few players who doesn't have a single hater in India.

AB de Villiers has been the Bangalore's finest foreign batsman over the years. He has been retained by the franchise every single season ever since he joined the team. In the IPL he has played in 130 matches in which he has scored 3517 runs.

The South African played a thunderous knock of 44 runs off 23 balls in the opening game for Bangalore. In all probability, he will be playing all the matches for Bangalore in this season. He is 483 runs short of reaching the 4000 runs mark and may breach the milestone before the end of the tournament.