Yashasvi Jaiswal became the fifth fastest player to reach 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League after scoring an unbeaten 70 off 40 balls in an eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday.
Jaiswal, who is Rajasthan Royals’ top-scorer in IPL 2025 with 426 runs in 10 matches, reached the 2000-run mark in 62 innings.
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He surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the 2000-run mark in the IPL in 63 innings.
Heading into Monday’s match vs GT, Jaiswal needed only 37 to reach the milestone.
The swashbuckling left-hander is also the third fastest Indian to reach the milestone in the IPL after Ruturaj Gaikwad (57 innings) and KL Rahul (60 innings).
Chris Gayle is the fastest player to reach 2000 runs in the IPL, having crossed the mark in just 48 innings.
Shaun Marsh is second on the list after reaching the 2000-run mark in 52 innings in the IPL.
Fastest to 2000 runs in the IPL
Rank | Player | Innings |
1 | Chris Gayle | 48 |
2 | Shaun Marsh | 52 |
3 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 57 |
4 | KL Rahul | 60 |
5 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 62 |
6 | Sachin Tendulkar | 63 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s knock also saw him become the fifth player to breach the 2000-run mark for the Rajasthan Royals.
RR skipper Sanju Samson (3966), Jos Buttler (3055), Ajinkya Rahane (2810) and Shane Watson (2372) are the only players who have scored more IPL runs than Jaiswal while playing for the inaugural champions.
The left-hander now has 2033 runs for RR in 63 matches at an average of 34.45 and a strike rate of 151.04. Jaiswal has also scored 14 fifties and two centuries for RR with his highest score of 124 off 62 balls coming against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023.
The 23-year-old Jaiswal is currently also the player with the joint-second most fifties in IPL 2025 alongside Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan with five half centuries. Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli is on top of the pile with six half tons.
