IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson has achieved the incredible milestone of becoming the first player in RR history to complete 3,000 runs for the franchise. Samson achieved this feat on Sunday during their match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the ongoing IPL 2023 season. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Samson scored a game-changing 60 off 32 striking at 187.50 while chasing 178 after RR were reduced to 4-2 in three overs. In the 115 matches he has played for RR, Samson has scored 3,006 runs at an average of 29.76 and a strike rate of 139.10 with two centuries & 16 fifties to his name. His best score is of 119.
Sanju Samson completes 3000 #IPL runs for Rajasthan Royals.
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Sanju Samson IPL record
His most prolific season for Rajasthan came in 2021. In 14 matches that year, he scored 484 runs at an average of 40.33 and a strike rate of 136.72. He scored one century and two half-centuries, with the best score of 119.
Behind him in the run-scoring charts for RR are Ajinkya Rahane (2,810 runs in 100 matches), Jos Buttler (2,508 in 63 matches), Shane Watson (2,372 runs in 78 matches) and Rahul Dravid (1,276 runs in 46 matches).
In his IPL career, which also saw him represent Delhi Capitals, Sanju has scored 3,683 runs at an average of 29.23 and a strike rate of 136.76. He has scored three centuries and 19 fifties in his career, with the best score of 119. Sanju is the 17th-highest run-scorer in the league’s history.
The top five-run scorers in IPL are Virat Kohli (6,838 runs in 227 matches), Shikhar Dhawan (6,477 runs in 210 matches), David Warner (6,109 runs in 167 matches), Rohit Sharma (5,986 runs in 231 matches) and Suresh Raina (5,528 runs in 205 matches).
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