IPL 2021: AB de Villiers becomes second overseas player to register 5,000 runs

AB de Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore plays a shot during the Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Pic/PTI

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers on Tuesday became the second overseas player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to register 5,000 runs.

He achieved the feat in the ongoing match against Delhi Capitals here at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner was the first overseas player to go past the 5000-run mark in the IPL.

RCB skipper Virat Kohli (6041) has the most runs in the IPL and he is followed by CSK's Suresh Raina who has 5472 runs to his name. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are the other two Indian players who have more than 5000 runs in the IPL.

AB de Villiers' unbeaten knock of 75 runs off just 42 balls helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) post a score of 171/5 in the allotted twenty overs against Delhi Capitals here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.

Along with de Villiers, Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell also chipped in with knocks of 31 and 25. For Delhi Capitals, all the five bowlers used by skipper Rishabh Pant ended up taking one wicket each.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever