Most IPL runs in UAE | List of players with most IPL runs in UAE ahead of IPL 2020
Glenn Maxwell tops the list for most IPL runs in UAE. A few IPL matches had been played in UAE back in 2014 and Maxwell had scored 300 runs at a sensational average and strike-rate of 60 and 201.34 respectively. He made three fifties which included a best score of 95 as well.
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Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum have the second and third most IPL runs in UAE with 240 and 193 runs to their names respectively.
Among other active players, Ajinkya Rahane, Aaron Finch and David Warner have good records in UAE. While Rahane averages 36.4 with 182 runs to his name, both of Finch and Warner average over 40 with 169 and 163 runs to their names respectively.
List of players with most IPL runs in UAE
| Mat | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | AvG | Balls | SR | 50s | 100s |
| Glenn Maxwell | 5 | – | 300 | 95 | 60 | 149 | 201.34 | 3 | 0 |
| Dwayne Smith | 5 | – | 240 | 66 | 48 | 167 | 143.71 | 3 | 0 |
| Brendon McCullum | 5 | 1 | 193 | 71* | 48.25 | 151 | 127.81 | 2 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 5 | – | 182 | 72 | 36.4 | 151 | 120.53 | 2 | 0 |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 5 | 3 | 173 | 67* | 86.5 | 128 | 135.16 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Finch | 5 | 1 | 169 | 88* | 42.25 | 133 | 127.07 | 1 | 0 |
| David Warner | 5 | 1 | 163 | 65 | 40.75 | 145 | 112.41 | 2 | 0 |
| David Miller | 5 | 2 | 155 | 54* | 51.67 | 96 | 161.46 | 2 | 0 |
| Manish Pandey | 5 | – | 144 | 64 | 28.8 | 119 | 121.01 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 5 | – | 137 | 72 | 27.4 | 117 | 117.09 | 1 | 0 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 5 | – | 133 | 48 | 26.6 | 127 | 104.72 | – | 0 |
| Kieron Pollard | 5 | 2 | 132 | 78 | 44 | 104 | 126.92 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 1 | 121 | 52* | 30.25 | 104 | 116.35 | 1 | 0 |
| Murali Vijay | 5 | – | 121 | 52 | 24.2 | 108 | 112.04 | 1 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 5 | – | 120 | 37 | 24 | 95 | 126.32 | – | 0 |
| Parthiv Patel | 5 | 1 | 118 | 57* | 29.5 | 100 | 118 | 1 | 0 |
| Lokesh Rahul | 4 | – | 118 | 46 | 29.5 | 112 | 105.36 | – | 0 |
| Shane Watson | 5 | – | 117 | 50 | 23.4 | 90 | 130 | 1 | 0 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 5 | 3 | 110 | 34 | 55 | 62 | 177.42 | – | 0 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 5 | 1 | 106 | 40* | 26.5 | 106 | 100 | – | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | 5 | 1 | 105 | 49* | 26.25 | 90 | 116.67 | – | 0 |
As far as other players are considered, Suryakumar Yadav has an excellent record. Even though he has only 110 IPL runs to his name in UAE, it has come at an outstanding average and strike-rate of 55 and 177.42 respectively.
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Kieron Pollard is another player who has a good average of 44 along with 132 IPL runs in the Arab conditions. Among the 21 players in the list above, 15 of them have scored at least one fifty in UAE.
The players who are yet to register an IPL fifty in UAE (from the list above) are Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Lokesh Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ambati Rayudu and Virender Sehwag. Out of these players, Pujara won’t be featuring in IPL 2020 whereas Virender Sehwag has already retired.
