Ace batter Ajinkya Rahane Has completed 5000 runs in the history of the Indian Premier League. Born in Maharashtra, Maharashtra achieved milestones and entered the elite list between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata, Kolkata during the match 57 of IPL 2025. Rahane, who is also captaining KKR in the ongoing edition of the Marki tournament.
In this process, he became the third oldest player to reach Landmark in 36 years and 335 days. The oldest record of the oldest to reach 5000 runs in the IPL stands with CSK captain MS Dhoni, who did so at the age of 41 years and 270 days. On the other hand, AB de Villiers scored 37 years in the league and 5000 runs at the age of 69 days. Currently, Virat Kohli of the youngest RCB in the list is Virat Kohli, and only reached praise in 30 years and 143 days, spending all his years with the same franchise.
Rahane, who started his IPL stent with Mumbai Indians, has played for many franchises like Rising Pune Super Giant, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capital. There are also hundreds of people in his IPL career, both for Rajasthan-based franchise. The first IPL season of the experienced batter came in 2012, where he scored an average of 40.00 with a century and 560 runs in the season with three half -centuries.
Talking about his form in the current league, Rahane is scoring a stellar run as the number 3 batsman for the defending champion, despite his captaincy here and there. In 11 innings so far, 375 runs born in Ashwi-KD have been collected at an average of 37.50, including a fifty triple for the Kolkata-based franchise. He is also the most run-match for his side. KKR's merit hangs from a thread, Rahane will lead the team to the top four to lead the remaining league stage stability and for the business end of the tournament.
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