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Sanju Samson and MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL)
NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson continued his affluent vein of signifier successful the IPL 2026 Chennai Super Kings against Gujarat Titans astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai connected Sunday. The right-hander erstwhile again showed his elemental yet effectual attack - ticker the shot closely, and erstwhile successful rhythm, nonstop it sailing implicit the boundary.Samson began his innings with caution, facing the opening implicit from Mohammed Siraj wherever helium managed conscionable a azygous run. But helium rapidly shifted gears successful the adjacent over, taking connected Gujarat Titans’ gait spearhead Kagiso Rabada. He cracked a cleanable bound disconnected Rabada, and successful the process reached a large milestone - 5000 runs successful the Indian Premier League.
The accomplishment placed him successful elite company, but what stood retired adjacent much was the velocity astatine which helium reached the landmark.
Samson became 1 of the fastest batters successful IPL past to get to 5000 runs, surpassing respective large names successful the format.
The database of fastest to 5000 IPL runs highlights his accelerated emergence among the greats. Fewest balls to 5000 IPL runs
- 3288 AB de Villiers
- 3554 D Warner
- 3555 S Samson *
- 3620 S Raina
- 3688 KL Rahul
- 3691 MS Dhoni
AB de Villiers tops the chart, reaching the people successful 3288 balls, followed by David Warner successful 3554 balls. Samson present joins this elite group, going past Suresh Raina (3620 balls), KL Rahul (3688 balls), and MS Dhoni (3691 balls), underlining his consistency and onslaught complaint successful the league.
Most runs successful Indian Premier League
| Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) | 274 | 8989 | 113* | 39.95 | 6720 | 133.76 | 8 | 66 |
| Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers/Mumbai Indians) | 276 | 7183 | 109* | 29.92 | 5417 | 132.60 | 2 | 48 |
| Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals/Deccan Chargers/Mumbai Indians/Punjab Kings/Sunrisers Hyderabad) | 222 | 6769 | 106* | 35.25 | 5324 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 |
| David Warner (Delhi Capitals/Sunrisers Hyderabad) | 184 | 6565 | 126 | 40.52 | 4697 | 139.77 | 4 | 62 |
| KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals/Kings XI Punjab/Lucknow Super Giants/Punjab Kings/Royal Challengers Bengaluru/Sunrisers Hyderabad) | 152 | 5579 | 152* | 46.88 | 4029 | 138.47 | 6 | 42 |
| Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings/Gujarat Lions) | 205 | 5528 | 100* | 32.51 | 4043 | 136.73 | 1 | 39 |
| MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings/Rising Pune Supergiant) | 278 | 5439 | 84* | 38.30 | 3957 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 |
| Ajinkya Rahane (Chennai Super Kings/Delhi Capitals/Kolkata Knight Riders/Mumbai Indians/Rising Pune Supergiant/Rajasthan Royals) | 205 | 5184 | 105* | 30.31 | 4130 | 125.52 | 2 | 34 |
| AB de Villiers (Delhi Capitals/Royal Challengers Bengaluru) | 184 | 5162 | 133* | 39.70 | 3403 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 |
| Sanju Samson (Chennai Super Kings/Delhi Capitals/Rajasthan Royals) | 185 | 5008 | 119 | 31.69 | 3562 | 140.59 | 5 | 26 |
| Chris Gayle (Kolkata Knight Riders/Kings XI Punjab/Punjab Kings/Royal Challengers Bengaluru) | 142 | 4965 | 175* | 39.72 | 3333 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 |
Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the flip and opted to vessel first, hoping aboriginal conditions would assistance his attack. GT came into the lucifer placed seventh connected the points array with six points from 3 wins successful 7 games, portion CSK sat 5th with the aforesaid points but a amended nett tally rate.Both teams made a alteration for this important mid-table clash. GT included Arshad Khan to fortify their bowling options, portion CSK handed a spot successful the playing XI to Urvil Patel, looking to adhd much equilibrium to their lineup.Teams:Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (w), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh.
