2000 Runs in IPL - Balls and Innings

Here is the list of the fastest in terms of balls and innings to complete 2000 runs in Indian Premier League (IPL). 

Fastest to 2000 IPL Runs (BALLS)

1211 – Virender Sehwag

1251 – Chris Gayle

1353 – Yousuf Pathan

1389 – Shane Watson
1425 – AB de Villiers

1446 – MS Dhoni

1451 – Suresh Raina

1455 – Adam Gilchrist

1555 – Gautam Gambhir

1563 – Rohit Sharma

1610 – Robin Uthappa

1614 – Dinesh Karthik

1626 – Shikhar Dhawan

1647 – Virat Kohli

1667 – Sachin Tendulkar

1716 – Rahul Dravid

1806 – Jacques Kallis

Sehwag played 1211 balls to get to his 2000th run in IPL
- Fastest in terms of balls 

Sehwag played the least balls and Kallis played the most to complete 2000 Runs

Fastest to 2000 IPL Runs (INNINGS)

48 – Chris Gayle

63 – Sachin Tendulkar

64 – Shane Watson

68 – Gautam Gambhir

69 – Suresh Raina

70 – Virender Sehwag

74 – Shikhar Dhawan

75 – MS Dhoni/Rahul Dravid

76 – Jacques Kallis/AB de Villiers

77 – Rohit Sharma

78 – Adam Gilchrist

79 – Virat Kohli

88 – Robin Uthappa

93 – Dinesh Karthik

95 – Yousuf Pathan

Gayle completed 2000 runs in his 48th inning in IPL
 - Fastest to reach there in terms of innings

Chronological Order of players reaching 2000 runs in IPL

Suresh Raina – 30th April 2012 vs KKR, in his 69th inning and 1451st ball

Gautam Gambhir – 16th May 2012 vs MI, in his 68th inning and 1555th ball

Sachin Tendulkar – 20th May 2012 vs RR, in his 63rd inning and 1667th ball

Rohit Sharma – 9th April 2013 vs DD, in his 77th inning and 1563rd ball

Jacques Kallis – 11th April 2013 vs RCB, in his 76th inning and 1806th ball

Chris Gayle – 16th April 2013 vs DD, in his 48th inning and 1251st ball

Virender Sehwag – 21st April 2013 vs MI, in his 70th inning and 1211th ball

MS Dhoni – 25th April 2013 vs SRH, in his 75th inning and 1446th ball

Virat Kohli – 29th April 2013 vs RR, in his 79th innings and 1647th ball

Rahul Dravid – 5th May 2013 vs PWI, in his 75th innings and 1716th ball

Adam Gilchrist – 14th May 2013 vs RCB, in his 78th innings and 1455th ball

Robin Uthappa – 19th April 2014 vs DD, in his 88th innings and 1610th ball

Shikhar Dhawan – 8th May 2014 vs RR, in his 74th innings and

Shane Watson – 13th May 2014 vs CSK, in his 64th innings and 1389th ball

AB de Villiers – 18th May 2014 vs CSK, in his 76th innings and 1425th ball

Dinesh Karthik – 19th May 2014 vs KXIP, in his 93rd innings and 1614th ball

Yousuf Pathan – 24th May 2014 vs SRH, in his 95th innings and 1353rd ball

Suresh Raina was the first to complete 2000 runs in IPL on 30th April 2012. 

Suresh Raina also became the first batsman to get to 3000 runs in IPL. He got there on 7th May 2014 vs KXIP in his 103rd inning and 2117th ball. 

All figures updated till 24th May 2014

Nervous 90s in IPL

Below is the list of Nervous 90s in IPL (Indian Premier League)

Sehwag was the first batsman to have a nervous 90 score in IPL

* The first nervous 90 score recorded in IPL was 94* by Virender Sehwag for Daredevils against Deccan Chargers on 22nd April 2008.

* The first Batsman to be dismissed in 90s was Kumar Sangakkara for Kings Xi when he was out on 94 against the Mumbai Indians on 25th April 2008.

Here is the list of all the nervous 90s score in IPL  

99* - Suresh Raina for CSK vs SRH at Hyderabad on 8th May 2013

99 - Virat Kohli for RCB vs DD at Delhi on 10th May 2013

98* - Shane Watson for RR vs SRH at Jaipur on 27th April 2013

98 – Suresh Raina for CSK vs RR at Centurion on 30th April 2009

98 – Ajinkya Rahane for RR vs KXIP at Jaipur on 6th April 2012