24-year-old left-handed batter B Sai Sudharsan opened the innings for Gujarat Titans in their 13th league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Saturday, May 16, and played an unbeaten knock of 53 runs from 28 balls in the 248-run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He hammered 6 fours and 3 sixes and, during his stay at the crease, also completed 3000 runs in T20s. IPL 2026 | Schedule | Results | Orange Cap | Purple Cap Sudharsan, who was playing his 79th T20 match on Saturday, needed just 78 innings to join the 3000-run club in the 20-over format of the game. By reaching the 3000-run mark in 78 innings, Sudharsan became the fastest batter in the world to score 3000 T20 runs. Sai Sudharsan’s record in T20s TEAM MATCHES INNINGS RUNS BEST SCORE AVERAGE STRIKE RATE 100/50 4/6s Gujarat Titans 53 53 2347 108* 48.89 148.54 3/18 238/77 India 1 – – – – – – – Tamil Nadu 25 25 670 101* 31.90 123.61 1/3 65/8 Total 79 78 3017 108* 43.72 142.17 4/21 303/85 The previous record of being the fastest player in the world to score 3000 runs in T20s was in the name of former Australian batter Shaun Marsh. Marsh, who played in the IPL for Punjab Kings, scored his 3000th run in the 85th innings. Fastest to 3000 runs in T20s PLAYER COUNTRY MATCHES INNINGS B Sai Sudharsan India 79 78 Shaun Marsh Australia 87 85 D’Arcy Short Australia 86 86 Devon Conway New Zealand 90 86 Chris Gayle West Indies 88 87 Aaron Finch Australia 93 90 Tilak Varma India 92 90 Muhammad Waseem UAE 90 90 Ruturaj Gaikwad India 93 91 Babar Azam Pakistan 95 92 Rassie van der Dussen South Africa 97 92 In the list of batters who have taken fewest innings to score 3000 runs in T20s, Marsh is followed by Australia’s D’Arcy Short and New Zealand’s Devon Conway. Both Short and Conway scored their 3000th T20 run in the 86th innings. By scoring his 3000th T20 run in just his 78th innings, Sudharsan became the first player in the world to reach the 3000-run mark in less than 80 innings. A total of five players have scored 3000 T20 runs in less than 90 innings but Sudharsan is the only one to take less than 80 innings. ???????????????????????????????????????????????? going from strength to strength 🤌 pic.twitter.com/VQQGhvRVUp — Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) May 16, 2026 Sudharsan, who is leading the list of batters with the most runs in IPL 2026, needed 36 runs on Saturday to join the 3000-run club, and he scored his 36th run on the second ball of the 18th over of the GT innings, which was bowled by Kartik Tyagi. Fastest to 3000 runs in T20s (Indian batters) PLAYER TEAM(S) MATCHES INNINGS Sai Sudharsan India, Gujarat Titans, Tamil Nadu 79 78 Tilak Varma Hyderabad, India, India A, Mumbai Indians 92 90 Ruturaj Gaikwad Chennai Super Kings, India, Maharashtra 93 91 KL Rahul India, Karnataka, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad 105 93 Rajat Patidar Madhya Pradesh, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 101 95 Yashasvi Jaiswal India, Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals 106 102 Harpreet Singh Central Zone, Chhattisgarh, Kolkata Knight Riders, Madhya Pradesh, Pune Warriors, Punjab Kings 108 102 Shubman Gill Gujarat Titans, India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab 106 103 In the list of Indian batters with fewest innings taken to score 3000 runs in T20s, Sudharsan is followed by Tilak Varma. Tilak, who represents the Mumbai Indians in the IPL and is also a member of India’s T20I side, scored his 3000th T20 run in the 90th innings.