Aaron Finch becomes the 6th batsman to complete 10,000 T20 runs

Aaron Finch entered an elite club of achieving 10,000 T20 runs when he smashed 68 runs against Perth Scorchers in the 17th match of Big Bash League 2021. Australia’s limited-overs captain became the sixth batter in the world to reach the milestone. He joined the likes of Universe boss Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik, Finch’s opening partner for the national side David Warner, and India’s Virat Kohli.

Finch became the fourth-fastest to reach the landmark as he notched up 10,000 T20 runs in his 327th innings. The Jamaica-born and the legend of T20 cricket, Chris Gayle is the fastest to the feat as he had amassed those runs in 285 innings. The run-machine and former T20I captain of India, Virat Kohli was second fastest as he got to the milestone in 299 innings.

Finch today became 6th Batsmen to cross 10000 Runs in T20 Cricket

14321 Gayle
11326 Pollard
11274 Malik
10308 Warner
10204 Kohli
10048 Finch

Innings taken to reach 10000

285 Gayle
299 Kohli
303 Warner
327 Finch
368 Malik
450 Pollard#BBL11

— Vidhu Pal (@vidhu_pal) December 22, 2021

Finch’s countryman and southpaw David Warner took 303 innings to register his name in the list. Pakistan’s veteran batter Shoaib Malik is fifth fastest as he scored 10,000 runs in 368 innings. Power-hitter Kieron Pollard took the most number of innings (450) to achieve the record.

Notably, the Aussie opener has the second-highest score in T20s of 172 which he scored against Zimbabwe at Harare in the year 2018. In 327 T20 innings so far, Finch has scored 10048 runs with an average and strike rate of 34.17 and 140.94 respectively. Finch has smashed eight centuries and 65 fifties in the most entertaining format of the game.

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