Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are bad, but there are worse among the 5 batters involved in the most IPL run-outs
Which batters have been involved in the most run-outs in the history of the Indian Premier League?
Find out more about run-out records in the IPL.
There are some glaring culrpits.
5. Suresh Raina – involved in 30 IPL run-outs
Raina was dismissed 170 times during his Indian Premier League career from 2008 to 2021. A whopping 30 of those times came via a run-out. He got out 15 times and his partner had to go the 15 other times.
The hard-hitting left-hander will be remembered among the Chennai Super Kings’ best ever batters, but also one of their worst communicators between the wickets.
4. Virat Kohli – involved in 31 IPL run-outs
Kohli holds many Indian Premier League records. He is the highest run-scorer in the history of the tournament, but also on this list of the five batters involved in the most run-outs in the IPL.
The run-outs cost him his own wicket nine times, but his partners have been dismissed on 22 occasions. That’s a lot of apologising between Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mates, indeed.
3. MS Dhoni – involved in 36 IPL run-outs
In Dhoni’s defence, he is often at the crease when the scramble is on for late-innings singles, twos and threes. He has been involved in 36 run-outs in IPL history. He had to go 10 times, while his partners exited on 26 occasions. There’s a Kohli-esque imbalance there, too.
Dhoni has carried CSK to many IPL victories with big sixes and clever tactics, but also cost them a few results with poor running between the wickets. And, look, sometimes just really excellent fielding and throwing accuracy with direct-hits has got the better of him as well.
2. Rohit Sharma – involved in 37 IPL run-outs
Sharma’s involvement in 37 IPL run-outs has seen him get out 11 times and his partners 26. On many occasions, this has happened at the top of the Mumbai Indians batting order, during the opening powerplay.
Sharma is the second-highest run-scorer in the history of the Indian Premier League, but also won of the worst runners between the wickets. He’ll likely add to this tally of 37 in the future.
1. Dinesh Karthik – involved in 43 IPL run-outs
Weighing in at six more IPL run-out involvements than anyone else in the history of the tournament, is Karthik. He has floated up and down the order for a few franchises, collecting run-outs at relatively regular intervals.
Karthik got out 15 times during 43 IPL run-outs, while his partners headed back to the hut 28 times. On the plus side, sort of, as a wicketkeeper he also orchestrated a fair share of run-outs to many opposition units as well.
