CSK vs RCB: Raina creates history in first match, becomes first player to achieve this record

In the opening match of Vivo IPL 2019 which is being played between defending champion Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk Chennai.

Chennai's middle-order batsman Suresh Raina created history against Bangalore in the first match of the IPL. Raina did a great job which nobody has done before, Actually, Raina was close and he needed just 15 runs to complete 5000 runs in IPL before this match.

In this match, Raina scored 19 runs off 21 balls and achieved this big milestone and became the first batsman to complete 5000 runs in the history of IPL.

Suresh Raina has scored 5004 runs in 173 innings of 177 matches of his IPL career. During this period, he has scored 35 half-centuries and 1 century and scored his runs at an average of 34.27. Although many batsmen are behind Raina and can even overtake him in the future.

First to reach big landmarks in IPL:

1,000 runs: Adam Gilchrist
2,000 runs: Suresh Raina
3,000 runs: Suresh Raina
4,000 runs: Virat Kohli
5,000 runs: Suresh Raina*

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