Sanju Samson achieved a major feat by hitting a four off Kagiso Rabada in the ongoing IPL 2026 match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, April 26.
There were reports that Sanju Samson will lead Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL 2026 clash against Gujarat Titans, but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad returned and both the Indian stars opened the batting at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Sanju Samson joins 5000 run club in CSK vs GT IPL 2026 match
Sanju Samson needed only five runs to reach the 5000-run mark in IPL and he achieved the feat in spectacular fashion in the second over against Gujarat Titans. The Chennai Super Kings wicketkeeper took 180 innings to join the elite list of legends to reach this figure.
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With this, Samson became the seventh-fastest player to reach the milestone in terms of innings, but when it comes to balls faced, the CSK star became the third-fastest player to reach 5000 IPL runs, taking 3555 balls, after AB de Villiers (3288 balls) and David Warner (3554 balls).
Fewest balls to reach 5000 runs in IPL (Indian)
3555 – Sanju Samson*
3620 – Suresh Raina
3688 – KL Rahul
3691 – MS Dhoni
3817 – Rohit Sharma
3827-Virat Kohli
3962 – Shikhar Dhawan
Many more to follow…