Devon Conway completes 5,000 runs in T20 cricket, becomes third-fastest players to do so

The batter accomplished this during his side CSK's Indian Premier League 2023 match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Chennai on Sunday.

In the match, Conway played an unbelievable knock of 92* in just 52 balls. His knock consisted of 16 boundaries and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 176.92.

Now in 149 matches and 144 innings, Conway has scored 5,063 runs at an average of 44.02. He has scored two centuries and 40 half-centuries in the format, with best score of 105*.

In terms of innings, Conway is the third-fastest to reach the 5,000-run mark in the shorter format. The fastest batter to do so is West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle (132 innings), followed by KL Rahul (143 innings) and then Conway. Australian batter Shaun Marsh and Pakistan's Babar Azam have also reached the 5,000-run mark in 144 innings.

He has represented New Zealand in 38 T20Is, in which he has scored 1,234 runs at an average of 45.70 at a strike rate of over 130. He has scored nine half-centuries in the format for the Kiwis, with the best score of 99*.

Conway has also played 16 IPL matches. In these matches, he has scored 666 runs in 16 innings at an average of 47.17. He has scored eight half-centuries for the franchise, with the best score of 92*.

He has also played 37 T20 matches for Wellington in domestic cricket, having scored 1,587 runs at an average of 61. He has scored two centuries and 11 fifties for the side, with the best score of 105.

Conway has also played eight matches for England County Somerset, in which he has scored 295 runs at an average of 59 with three half-centuries.

The top-five leading run scorers in T20 cricket are: Chris Gayle (14,562 runs), Shoaib Malik (12,528 runs), Kieron Pollard (12,175 runs), Virat Kohli (11,659 runs) and David Warner (11,485 runs).

Coming to the match, Conway (92*) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (37 in 31 balls) stitched an 86-run stand to power CSK to 200/4 in their 20 overs. Cameos from Shivam Dube (28 in 17 balls) and MS Dhoni (13* in four balls) also proved useful.

Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Rahul Chahar and Sikandar Raza got a wicket each. (ANI)