Most Runs In IPL 2012 | Highest Run Scorer In IPL 2012

Most Runs In IPL 2012: IPL is a cricket league that has made everyone crazy since its inception and the fifth season of the IPL was held in 2012 after 4 successful editions of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL title for the first time in this season, forgetting the bad performance of all previous seasons. Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Gautam Gambhir stole whole IPL season and make 590 runs with bat and he is 2nd highest run-getter in IPL 2012.

Most Runs In IPL 2012 (Top 5)

1. Chris Gayle(RCB) – 733 Runs

Chris Gayle, who made a mark with his bat in IPL 2011, continued his brilliant performance in IPL 2012 and named Orange Cap for the second time in a row.  Chris Gayle was highest run-scorer in IPL 2012, he make 733 runs in 15 matches with one century and 7 half-century

2. Gautam Gambhir(KKR)- 590 Runs

Gautam Gambhir, who played the biggest contribution in making Kolkata Knight Riders the winner in IPL 2012, was the second batsman to score the most runs in IPL 2012. Gautam Gambhir made 590 runs with 6 half-centuries in 17 matches in IPL 2012.

3. Shikhar Dhawan(DC) – 569 Runs

The fifth season of IPL was not good for Deccan Chargers, the team won just 4 matches from 16 matches and finished 8th in the table. Although the team’s opener Shikhar Dhawan had done brilliantly this season, Dhawan scored 569 runs with 5 fifties in 15 matches this season.

4. Ajinkya Rahane(RR) – 560 Runs

Rajasthan Royals batsman Ajinkya Rahane was fourth-highest run-scorer in IPL 2012, Ajinkya Rahane slam 560 runs in 15 matches with 1 century and 3 half-centuries. His highest individual total was 103 not out.

5. Virender Sehwag(DD) – 495 Runs

Virender Sehwag, the world’s most dangerous batsman, became the fifth batsman to score the most runs in IPL 2012. Virender Sehwag played 16 matches in IPL 2012 and in these matches he scored 465 runs with scoring 5 half-centuries.

Most Runs In IPL 2012 (Top 50)

N	Players	M	Inn	R	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Chris Gayle	15	14	733	128*	61.08	160.74	1	7	46	59
2	Gautam Gambhir	17	17	590	93	39.33	143.55	0	6	64	17
3	Shikhar Dhawan	15	15	569	84	40.64	129.61	0	5	58	18
4	Ajinkya Rahane	16	16	560	103*	40	129.33	1	3	73	10
5	Virender Sehwag	16	16	495	87*	33	161.23	0	5	57	19
6	Cameron White	13	13	479	78	43.54	149.68	0	5	41	20
7	Rahul Dravid	16	16	462	58	28.87	112.13	0	2	63	4
8	Suresh Raina	19	18	441	73	25.94	135.69	0	1	36	19
9	Rohit Sharma	17	16	433	109*	30.92	126.6	1	3	39	18
10	Mandeep Singh	16	16	432	75	27	126.31	0	2	53	7
11	Jacques Kallis	17	17	409	79	25.56	106.51	0	2	34	10
12	Robin Uthappa	16	16	405	69	27	118.07	0	2	38	10
13	Faf du Plessis	13	12	398	73	33.16	130.92	0	3	29	17
14	David Hussey	16	15	396	68*	33	129.83	0	2	28	17
15	Dwayne Bravo	19	16	371	48	46.37	140.53	0	0	20	20
16	Virat Kohli	16	15	364	73*	28	111.65	0	2	33	10
17	Steve Smith	15	14	362	47*	40.22	135.58	0	0	24	14
18	MS Dhoni	19	17	358	51*	29.83	128.77	0	1	26	9
19	Owais Shah	13	13	340	76	37.77	132.81	0	3	24	16
20	Murali Vijay	14	14	336	113	25.84	125.84	1	0	39	10
21	S Marsh	13	13	336	68*	30.54	120	0	2	39	7
22	M Jayawardene	16	15	335	56*	27.91	112.41	0	3	39	3
23	A Rayudu	17	15	333	81*	37	132.14	0	2	21	14
24	S Tendulkar	13	13	324	74	29.45	114.48	0	2	39	4
25	AB de Villiers	16	13	319	64*	39.87	161.11	0	3	26	15
26	K Pietersen	8	8	305	103*	61	147.34	1	1	22	20
27	B McCullum	12	12	289	56	24.08	102.12	0	1	37	3
28	T Dilshan	10	9	285	76*	35.62	109.19	0	3	33	5
29	S Ganguly	15	15	268	45	17.86	98.89	0	0	30	4
30	M Hussey	8	8	261	56	32.62	110.59	0	2	28	8
31	M Tiwary	16	15	260	59	26	105.69	0	1	21	3
32	Jesse Ryder	11	11	256	86	25.6	120.75	0	2	23	8
33	D Warner	8	8	256	109*	36.57	164.1	1	1	28	14
34	Naman Ojha	18	16	255	64*	23.18	113.83	0	1	21	13
35	S Watson	7	7	255	90*	42.5	151.78	0	2	26	14
36	Brad Hodge	12	12	245	48*	30.62	140	0	0	18	9
37	JP Duminy	9	9	244	74	81.33	128.42	0	2	13	11
38	D Karthik	17	14	238	44	18.3	111.73	0	0	30	2
39	M Agarwal	16	12	225	64*	20.45	142.4	0	1	19	15
40	J Franklin	12	11	220	79	24.44	98.65	0	1	15	6
41	Kieron Pollard	14	11	220	64	24.44	138.36	0	2	15	14
42	A Menaria	15	12	220	40	20	108.91	0	0	14	8
43	ManBisla	7	7	213	89	30.42	133.12	0	1	16	10
44	K Sangakkara	12	12	200	82	18.18	108.69	0	1	21	4
45	Ross Taylor	12	12	197	55	19.7	115.2	0	1	12	7
46	S Badrinath	15	9	196	57	28	108.28	0	1	23	2
47	Y Pathan	17	16	194	40*	19.4	114.79	0	0	10	7
48	Parthiv Patel	14	13	194	45	17.63	117.57	0	0	19	4
49	R Jadeja	19	14	191	48	15.91	126.49	0	0	13	9
50	S Tiwary	15	11	191	36*	23.87	112.35	0	0	9	8

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