The 36-year-old Indian left-handed opening batter Shikhar Dhawan had a memorable experience during his 200th IPL match last Monday (25th April) night. In that game, he not only won the Player of the Match award for his match-winning knock, but he also climbed up in some other big batting record books.
It was the 38th game of the IPL 2022, where Mayank Agarwal-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) faced Ravindra Jadeja-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Wankhede Stadium. Opener Shikhar Dhawan’s 88 not out off 59 balls (9 fours and 2 sixes) helped PBKS to manage 187/4 at the end of the first innings.
In reply, CSK only managed to score 176/6 (20 overs) as PBKS won that game by 11 runs.
Dhawan’s 200th IPL match was memorable for some big reasons as he achieved some crucial milestones during that game. We are talking about these milestones below.
Played the 200th IPL match
8th to play 200 IPL matches
Shikhar Dhawan became the eighth cricketer to play 200 IPL matches. IPL is still waiting to experience the first overseas cricketer to play 200 IPL matches.
Player | Number of IPL matches |
MS Dhoni | 228 |
Dinesh Karthik | 221 |
Rohit Sharma | 221 |
Virat Kohli | 215 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 208 |
Suresh Raina | 205 |
Robin Uthappa | 201 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 200 |
Completed 6000 IPL runs (6086 runs)
2nd to complete 6000 IPL runs (1st left-handed batter to complete 6000 IPL runs)
Shikhar Dhawan became the second player to complete 6000 IPL runs. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli was the first cricketer to record 6000 IPL runs as the leading IPL run-scorer has already scored 6402 IPL runs.
So, Dhawan became the first left-handed batter to score 6000 IPL runs.
Completed 9000 T20 runs (9077 runs)
11th to complete 9000 T20 runs (3rd left-handed, 3rd Indian and 4th Asian to complete 9000 T20 runs)
Shikhar Dhawan became the 11th batter to complete 9000 T20 runs. Among these 11 batters, he became the third left-handed batter, third Indian cricketer and fourth Asian cricketer to score at least 9000 T20 runs.
Batters with 9000 T20 runs
Name | Nationality | Continent | Batting style | Runs |
Chris Gayle | Jamaican | North America | Left-handed | 14562 |
Shoaib Malik | Pakistani | Asia | Right-handed | 11698 |
Kieron Pollard | Trinidadian | North America | Right-handed | 11542 |
Aaron Finch | Australian | Oceania | Right-handed | 10564 |
David Warner | Australian | Oceania | Left-handed | 10527 |
Virat Kohli | Indian | Asia | Right-handed | 10392 |
Rohit Sharma | Indian | Asia | Right-handed | 10048 |
Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | Oceania | Right-handed | 9922 |
Alex Hales | English | Europe | Right-handed | 9471 |
AB de Villiers | South African | Africa | Right-handed | 9424 |
Shikhar Dhawan | Indian | Asia | Left-handed | 9077 |
Completed 1000 T20 runs vs CSK (1077 runs)
1st to complete 1000 T20 runs against CSK
Shikhar Dhawan also became the first cricketer to score 1000+ T20 runs against Chennai Super Kings. While the left-handed batter has scored 1077 T20 runs against CSK, 1029 runs out of those has scored in the IPL.
Scored 48th IPL 50+ score
2nd most 50+ score in IPL history (most IPL 50+ scores as an Indian)
Shikhar Dhawan scored his 48th 50+ score in his IPL career (including 2 centuries). During that innings, while the left-handed batter surpassed another Indian cricketer Virat Kohli (47 times IPL 50+ scores) in the list of most 50+ scores in IPL career, only Australian left-handed batter David Warner (57 times IPL 50+ scores) has now more IPL 50+ scores than Dhawan.
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