Sai Sudarshan broke Chris Gayle’s record, became the fastest player to score 2000 runs in IPL.

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 25, 2026

2000 IPL runs in lowest innings

Sudarshan completed his 2000 runs in IPL as soon as he completed the 72nd run in his innings. He has become the player to score 2000 runs in the shortest number of innings in IPL history, achieving this feat in 47 innings. In this list he left behind Chris Kell (48 innings).

Fewest innings for 2000 IPL runs

47 – Sai Sudarshan*

48 – Chris Gayle

52 – Shaun Marsh

57 – Rituraj Gaikwad

60- KL Rahul

2000 IPL runs in fewest balls as an Indian

As an Indian player, Sudarshan has come sixth in terms of completing 2000 IPL runs in the fewest balls. He has achieved this milestone in 1361 balls.

Fewest balls taken for 2000 IPL runs (Indians)

1193 – Abhishek Sharma

1211 – Virender Sehwag

1306 – Rishabh Pant

1326 – Yashasvi Jaiswal

1353 – Yusuf Pathan

1361 – Sai Sudarshan*

After being invited to bat first, Gujarat got off to a great start and Sudarshan along with captain Shubman Gill added 128 runs in 12.4 overs for the first wicket. Gill played an innings of 32 runs in 24 balls.

This is the eighth time that the pair of Sudarshan and Gill have made a century partnership. The pair of Sudarshan and Gill have come third in terms of making century partnerships for any wicket in the IPL.

After this inning, Sudarshan has reached the top in terms of scoring the most runs for Gujarat in the current IPL season. He has now scored 235 runs in 7 innings at an average of 33.57 and strike rate of 155.63.