Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma completed 6,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad on April 18. It took him 232 matches (227 innings) to accomplish the feat, and has scored 41 fifties and one hundred in the IPL.
Rohit was at 5986 runs before the start of the match and needed 14 runs to reach the milestone. On the second ball of the third over, he hit the second of his three consecutive fours to complete 6,000 runs in IPL history. He scored 28 runs in the innings, but became just the fourth player to score 6,000 IPL runs after Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner.
The current captain of India men’s cricket team in all formats has enjoyed a stellar career in the IPL, having won the cup six times. Rohit is also the most successful captain in the history of the tournament with five titles. He began his IPL stint in 2008 with Deccan Chargers and won his first IPL title in 2009 when the competition was played in South Africa. He left Deccan Chargers for Mumbai Indians in 2011.
