The players who scored the most runs in IPL did not get a place in the playing eleven

Playing XI: Virat Kohli has not found a place in the playing eleven of the players who have scored the most runs in IPL. You must be thinking that the player who has 8004 runs to his name and who is the only player to have achieved such a feat in IPL so far
Why did Virat Kohli not find a place in the list of highest run scorers? Actually, the runs scored by Virat Kohli in IPL history are his overall runs. But if we talk about maximum runs at different batting positions from one to eleven, then Virat does not fit in the playing eleven made on that scale.

What kind of playing XI is this?

Just like a team’s playing XI consists of players from number 1 to 11, similarly this playing XI has also been prepared of the players who have scored the most runs. This playing eleven mentions the names of the players from opening to number 11 and the runs scored by them. Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni have managed to secure their place in this list. But RCB’s Virat Kohli, who sometimes plays as an opener, sometimes at number 4 and sometimes at first down, could not make it to the playing eleven. Now let’s take a look at the playing eleven of the players who have scored the most runs according to the batting order in IPL so far.

Who scored the most runs in opening?

The names of the openers are Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner. Out of these two left-handed batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan has scored 6362 runs while David Warner has scored 5910 runs. Suresh Raina is at number one, who has scored 4934 runs. Rohit Sharma is the fourth highest run scorer in IPL. He has scored 2392 runs in IPL at this position.

Who scored the most runs in IPL from number 3 to number 8?

After the top order, now it is the turn of the middle order and there MS Dhoni has the most runs at number 5 batting position with 1955 runs. The player who has scored the most runs at number 6 has been Kieron Pollard. He has 1372 runs to his name. Axar Patel is in 7th place with 862 runs. Harbhajan Singh is in 8th place with 406 runs.

These batsmen scored the most IPL runs at number 9 to 11

After the middle order, let’s take a look at the lower order of the team. Here, the batsman who scored the most runs at number 9 is Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who scored 218 runs. Apart from him, Praveen Kumar is the highest run scorer at number 10 by scoring 86 runs. Apart from him, Sandeep Sharma is at the top at number 11 by scoring 31 runs.