Chris Gayle set a record to become the first cricketer ever to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Gujarat Lions at the IPL 2017 season yesterday.
Let's take a look at ten of the leading run getters in the history of the shortest format of the game.
Chris Gayle <img title="chris gayle" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/gayle.jpg" alt="chris gayle" /> Matches - 290. Runs - 10,074. Average - 40.62. Strike rate - 149.51. Hundreds - 18
Brendon McCullum <img title="brendon mccullum" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/mccullum.jpg" alt="brendon mccullum" /> Matches - 272. Runs - 7596. Average - 31.51. Strike rate - 138.31. Hundreds - 7
Brad Hodge <img title="brad hodge" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/hodge.jpg" alt="brad hodge" /> Matches - 270. Runs - 7338. Average - 36.87. Strike rate - 131.27. Hundreds - 2
Kieron Pollard <img title="Kieron Pollard" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/pollard.jpg" alt="Kieron Pollard" /> Matches - 363. Runs - 7087. Average - 30.54. Strike rate - 151.72. Hundreds - none
David Warner <img title="David Warner" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/warner.jpg" alt="David Warner" /> Matches - 227. Runs - 7156. Average - 35.42. Strike rate - 143.40. Hundreds - 5
Shoaib Malik <img title="shoaib malik" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/malik.jpg" alt="shoaib malik" /> Matches - 271. Runs - 6909. Average - 37.34. Strike rate - 123.44. Hundreds - none
Dwayne Smith <img title="dwayne smith" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/smith.jpg" alt="dwayne smith" /> Matches - 289. Runs - 6767. Average - 26.22. Strike rate - 126.79. Hundreds - 3
Virat Kohli <img title="Virat Kohli" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/kohli.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" /> Matches - 212. Runs - 6667. Average - 41.40. Strike rate - 132.91. Hundreds - 4
Suresh Raina <img title="suresh raina" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/raina.jpg" alt="suresh raina" /> Matches - 250. Runs - 6589. Average - 33.44. Strike rate - 138.80. Hundreds - 3
Luke Wright <img title="luke wright" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/wright.jpg" alt="luke wright" /> Matches - 266. Runs - 6296. Average - 28.61. Strike rate - 144.8. Hundreds - 6

Chris Gayle set a record to become the first cricketer ever to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Gujarat Lions at the IPL 2017 season yesterday

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