Rohit Sharma 67 Runs Away From Huge IPL Record, Can Become 2nd Batsman After Virat Kohli To Achieve Milestone

May 27,2025
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Rohit Sharma is close to a huge IPL record. Photo: BCCI

Rohit Sharma will be in action when Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 69th match of IPL 2025 on Monday (May 26). He has been playing the ongoing season as an Impact Player and might once again come out to bat only. Rohit can achieve a huge milestone and can become only second batsman after Virat Kohli to do it if he scores 67 runs against PBKS.
With 6933 runs, Rohit sits at the second spot in the list of batsmen with most runs in IPL. He is just 67 runs away from the 7000-run mark. Virat is the only batsman with more than 7000 runs in IPL. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batsman has 8552 runs.
Rohit has played 269 matches and batted 264 times. The right-handed batsman has an average of 29.62. He has batted with a strike rate of 131.90. He has 2 centuries and 46 half-centuries in the T20 league.
Rohit started his IPL career with Deccan Chargers and played for them from IPL 2008 to 2010. He scored 1170 runs in 45 matches for them. Chargers won the IPL 2009 trophy.
Rohit moved to MI in the IPL 2011 mega-auction and has always been retained by them since then. Rohit has scored 5763 runs for the five-time IPL Champions.
Batsmen with most IPL runs Runs scored
Virat Kohli 8552
Rohit Sharma 6933
Shikhar Dhawan 6769
David Warner 6565
Suresh Raina 5528
With 6769 runs, Shikhar Dhawan sits at the third spot in the list of batsmen with most IPL runs. The IPL legend retired from Indian cricket in August 2024.
Rohit Sharma captained MI to 5 IPL title wins
Rohit Sharma captained MI from IPL 2013 to 2023. He did the unthinkable after taking over captaincy in the middle of IPL 2013 and led the team to a title win. MI emulated their heroics in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
He was removed from captaincy before IPL 2024. MI handed the top job to Hardik Pandya, who made his return to MI via trade.