Kolkata [India]: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer accomplished 3,000 runs within the Indian Premier League on Monday.
The Indian batsman reached this milestone throughout his facet's match towards Delhi Capitals on the dwelling floor of Eden Gardens.
Throughout the sport, Iyer performed one other helpful cameo to steer his workforce to a win, scoring 33 runs in 23 balls, with three fours and a six. His runs got here at a strike price of over 143.
In 110 matches, Iyer has scored 3,027 runs at a mean of 32.20 and a strike price of 126.28, with 20 fifties. His greatest rating is 96.
Iyer first represented Delhi Capitals from 2015-2021 and joined the Knights again in 2022. In 87 matches for DC, Iyer scored 2,375 runs at a mean of 31.75 and a strike price of 123.96, with 16 half-centuries. His greatest rating was 96 for the Capitals.
For KKR, Iyer has performed 23 matches, wherein he has scored 652 runs at a mean of 34.52 and a strike price of 135.55, with 4 half-centuries. His greatest rating is 85.
This season has been an honest one for the KKR skipper with the bat. He has scored 251 runs at a mean of 41.83, with a strike price of 137.16. His greatest rating is 50, which is his solitary half-century.
Virat Kohli from Royal Challengers Bengaluru is the very best run-scorer within the league's historical past, with 7,763 runs at a mean of 38.43 and a strike price of 131.02. His greatest rating is 113*. Virat has scored eight centuries and 54 fifties.
Coming to the sport, DC opted to bat first after profitable the toss they usually by no means actually obtained going as a batting unit. Skipper Rishabh had made 27 in 20 balls, with two fours and a six and appeared to be the one batter with an honest contribution, till spinner Kuldeep Yadav helped the Capitals save face and rating 153/9 of their 20 overs.
Varun Chakravarthy's spin labored its magic in center overs and he took 3/16 in 4 overs. Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora additionally shone with the ball. Mitchell Starc, and Sunil Narine obtained a wicket every as nicely.
Within the run-chase of 154, Phil Salt took the sport single-handedly from DC. Although DC obtained some wickets, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer helped KKR seal a win with seven wickets and 21 balls in hand.
Axar Patel was the highest bowler for DC whereas Lizaad Williams additionally obtained one wicket.
Varun took dwelling the 'Participant of the Match' award.
KKR is within the second place with six wins and three losses, giving them 12 factors. DC is in sixth place with 5 wins and 6 losses, giving them 10 factors.
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