Sanju Samson Creates History: Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson has touched a new place in IPL history. In the match against Chennai (CSK), Samson made history by becoming the first player to complete 4000 runs for Rajasthan in the league. He completed this feat with a six in the 149th match. He has become the seventh batsman to score so many runs for any one team in the IPL.
In his last league match of IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson made a special achievement. Playing against Chennai Super Kings at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, Samson has become the first player to score 4000 runs in IPL for Rajasthan Royals.
The match was Samson’s 149th match for RR and he needed only 15 runs to reach this record. On the third ball of the 7th over, he achieved this feat by hitting Ravichandran Ashwin a brilliant six.
Now Samson has been ranked 4001* for Rajasthan in IPL. Players like Jose Butler (3055), Ajinkya Rahane (2810) and Shane Watson (2372) could not touch this figure before them. Samson has scored these runs with years of hard work and has emerged as a backbone of Rajasthan Royals.
Batsman who scored the most runs for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
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Sanju Samson – 4001*
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Jose Butler – 3055
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Ajinkya Rahane – 2810
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Shane Watson – 2372
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Yashasvi Jaiswal – 2166
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Ryan Parag – 1563
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Rahul Dravid – 1276
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Steve Smith – 1070
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Yusuf Pathan – 1011
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Shimron Hetmyer – 953
Not only this, Sanju Samson has now joined the list of batsmen who scored 4000 or more runs for the same team in IPL history. Before them, Virat Kohli (RCB), Rohit Sharma (Mi), Dhoni and Raina (CSK), de Villiers (RCB) and David Warner (SRH) have done so.
Batsman who scored the most runs for the same team in IPL
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Virat Kohli (RCB) – 8509
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Rohit Sharma (MI) – 5758
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MS Dhoni (CSK) – 4865
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Suresh Raina (CSK) – 4687
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AB de Villiers (RCB) – 4491
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David Warner (SRH) – 4014
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Sanju Samson (RR) – 4001*
Samson has played a total of 177 matches in the IPL, scoring 4679 runs. Of these, 149 matches have been for RR, while for Delhi Capitals, he scored 677 runs in 28 matches.
