NEW DELHI: Suresh Raina may not fit in Team India's scheme of items however he continues to make his presence felt in the domestic circuit because the left passed batsman has turn into the primary Indian player to score 8000 runs in T20 cricket on Monday.
Raina (8001 runs) accomplished this feat when he scored 12 runs for Uttar Pradesh in opposition to Puducherry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Delhi which also marked his 300th appearance in the shortest layout of the sport. He is the second one Indian player to have performed 300 T20s after wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. Rohit Sharma is 3rd in the list with 299 matches thus far to his title.
On the match entrance, left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar (four for 14) shone with the ball for Uttar Pradesh as they registered a comfy 77-run victory over Puducherry. Uttar Pradesh took first strike and posted 179 for four from their quota of 20 overs riding on 18-year-old Priyam Garg's 30-ball 54 that contained 6 fours and a pair of sixes.
West Indies swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle sits atop the chart with 12,298 runs in 369 matches forward of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (9922 runs in 370 matches). Kieron Pollard (8838 runs in 451 matches), Shoaib Malik (8603 runs in 340 matches), and David Warner (8111 runs in 259 matches) are the other batsmen in the best five run-scorers list in T20 cricket.
When it comes to Indian batsmen, skipper Virat Kohli (7833 runs in 251 matches) holds the second one place forward of Rohit who has 7795 runs in 299 matches.
Raina (8001 runs) accomplished this feat when he scored 12 runs for Uttar Pradesh in opposition to Puducherry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Delhi which also marked his 300th appearance in the shortest layout of the sport. He is the second one Indian player to have performed 300 T20s after wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. Rohit Sharma is 3rd in the list with 299 matches thus far to his title.
On the match entrance, left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar (four for 14) shone with the ball for Uttar Pradesh as they registered a comfy 77-run victory over Puducherry. Uttar Pradesh took first strike and posted 179 for four from their quota of 20 overs riding on 18-year-old Priyam Garg's 30-ball 54 that contained 6 fours and a pair of sixes.
West Indies swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle sits atop the chart with 12,298 runs in 369 matches forward of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (9922 runs in 370 matches). Kieron Pollard (8838 runs in 451 matches), Shoaib Malik (8603 runs in 340 matches), and David Warner (8111 runs in 259 matches) are the other batsmen in the best five run-scorers list in T20 cricket.
When it comes to Indian batsmen, skipper Virat Kohli (7833 runs in 251 matches) holds the second one place forward of Rohit who has 7795 runs in 299 matches.
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