India, April 26 -- Chennai Super Kings batter Sanju Samson scripted another major record in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during the match against Gujarat Titans on Sunday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Samson became the fastest Indian batter to 5000 runs in the IPL.

All Samson needed was three runs to reach the milestone, and he got to the mark in the second over of the innings when he smashed a widish delivery from Kagiso Rabada through point for a boundary.

He became the 10th batter in history to reach the milestone of 5000 runs in the IPL and the eighth overall. Having taken just 3555 to bring up his 5000 runs in the league, Samson became the third-fastest batter in the IPL to the milestone after AB de Villiers (3288 balls) and Da...