Delhi Capitals (DC) captain David Warner on Saturday created history by becoming the first player to score more than 500 runs in most seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Warner achieved the feat during their IPL 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital. In the match, Warner was back to his old self, scoring 86 runs in only 58 balls. His innings included seven fours and five sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 148.28.
In 14 matches of IPL 2023, he has scored 516 runs at an average of 36.85 and a strike rate of 131.63. He has scored six fifties this season with a best score of 86. He is the sixth highest run scorer of this season. This is the seventh instance in which he has crossed the 500-run mark in a single IPL season, the most by any batsman in the history of the league.
He had previously achieved this in 2014 (528 runs), 2015 (562 runs, Orange Cap for most runs), 2016 (848 runs), 2017 (641 runs, Orange Cap winner), 2019 (692 runs, Orange Cap winner) and 2020 ( 548 runs).
Virat Kohli has done this six times, in 2011 (557 runs), 2013 (634 runs), 2015 (505 runs), 2016 runs (973 runs, Orange Cap winner), 2018 (530 runs) and 2023 (538 runs) .
Shikhar Dhawan has done this feat five times in 2012 (569 runs), 2016 (501 runs), 2019 (521 runs), 2020 (618 runs) and 2021 (587 runs).
KL Rahul has also done this five times in 2018 (659 runs), 2019 (593 runs), 2020 (670 runs, Orange Cap winner), 2021 (626 runs) and 2022 (616 runs).
Warner is also the third highest run scorer in IPL history and the highest run scorer among foreign players. In 176 matches, he scored 6,397 runs at an average of 41.54, including four centuries and 61 half-centuries. He is behind Shikhar Dhawan (6,617 runs) and Virat Kohli (7,162 runs).
In the match, CSK posted 223/3 in their 20 overs. Conway (87 from 52 balls, 11 fours and three sixes) and Gaikwad (79 from 50 balls, three fours and seven sixes) stitched an opening stand of 141, while Shivam Dube (9 balls Valuable cameos came from 22 off 22 balls. Ravindra Jadeja (20* in seven balls). Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakaria and Enrich Nortje got one wicket each.
In the chase of 224, skipper David Warner (86 from 58 balls with seven fours and five sixes) found himself short of any support from the other end and DC could only manage 146/9 in their 20 overs.
Deepak Chahar (3/22) was the pick of the bowlers for CSK. Mahesh Thikshana, Mathisha Pathirana took two wickets each while Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande got one wicket each.
Gaikwad was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his half-century.
CSK has qualified for the playoffs. They finished second in the league stage with eight wins, five losses and no result in 14 matches. He has a total of 17 points. DC ended their campaign with five wins and nine losses from 14 matches with a total of 10 points. He is currently at the ninth position in the points table.
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