Chennai Super Kings batsman Faf du Plessis raised 2000 IPL runs while batting during match 7 of the Indian Premier League 2020 on Friday. Du Plessis, who required 17 runs to get to the milestone took a single run off an Amit Mishra delivery to get there.
With that, du Plessis turned into the fourth-quickest foreign player to score 2000 runs in the IPL as far as innings. This was Du Plessis' 67th innings, close to Chris Gayle, Shaun Marsh, and his CSK partner Shane Watson. Gayle arrived in 48 innings, Marsh in 52 and Watson in 65. Behind him are David Warner and Dwayne Smith, who took 70 innings to arrive.
Du Plessis entered the match backed on by continuous fifties through the years. He scored an unbeaten 58 to see CSK through against Mumbai Indians in the season opener last Saturday and tailed it with another stunning score of 72 against Rajasthan Royals, nearly helping CSK pull off an amazing pursue.
Prior to the innings, Watson likewise recorded 1000 runs for CSK before getting out 14 off the bowling of Axar Patel.