38-year-old Duplessis became the first batsman to score 600 runs in IPL 2023, joined the special list of Warner, AB and Gayle, broke Kohli’s record

In IPL 2023, RCB captain Faf Duplessis is batting amazingly even at the age of 38. Duplessis has been consistently scoring runs for his team and during his innings in the 60th match of this league against Rajasthan, he achieved the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score 600 runs this season. Not only this, he became the fourth batsman to complete 4000 runs as an overseas player in this league, as well as broke Virat Kohli’s record in terms of making the fastest 4000 runs.

Faf du Plessis broke Virat Kohli’s record

Duplessis completed his half-century against Rajasthan with a six off 41 balls and in this match scored 55 runs in 44 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours. .It was also his 7th half-century this season. Along with this, he also completed his 4000 runs in IPL. He became the fourth fastest batsman to score 4000 runs in this league and broke Virat Kohli’s record. Duplessis completed 4000 runs in 121 innings while Kohli touched the figure in 128 innings in IPL.

Fastest batsman to score 4000 runs in IPL

105 innings – KL Rahul
112 innings – Chris Gayle
114 innings – David Warner
121 innings – Faf Duplessis
128 innings – Virat Kohli
131 Innings – ABD

Duplessis joined the list of Warner, AB and Gayle

Duplessis completed his 4000 runs in IPL against Rajasthan and became the fourth overseas batsman to score 4000 runs in this league. Earlier this feat was done by David Warner, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle in this league.

Foreign players who scored more than 4000 runs in IPL

6265 runs – David Warner
5162 runs – AB de Villiers
4965 Runs – Chris Gayle
4020 runs – Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis became the first batsman to score 600 runs in IPL 2023

Duplessis became the first batsman to touch the 600-run mark in IPL 2023. He has scored 631 runs in 12 matches for RCB this season with the help of 7 fifties and his strike rate is 154.27. He is the only batsman to score 7 half-centuries so far this season.