Stats: Top 10 records in 10 years of IPL history
The Indian Premier League was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007, and the inaugural season was played in 2008. Since then, the IPL emerged as the most successful league in cricket history. Now, 11 years down the line, many records have been made or broken every season.
As the 11th season of IPL is going to kick off in April next year, let's have a look at the top 10 current records.
#1 Most runs
Suresh Raina, the player who played the highest number of matches in IPL history, is also the highest run scorer in the tournament. He scored 4540 runs with the help of 1 century and 31 half-centuries.
Raina is the only batsman to score 400+ runs seven consecutive times. Due to his consistency, he is the most reliable middle-order batsman in the game.
RCB captain Virat Kohli is at 2nd with 4418 runs. Going by the rate of run scored by Virat Kohli, Raina’s IPL record can be broken. Let's have a look at the top 5 batsmen on the list:
