Hardik Pandya achieves legendary feat, becomes first Indian to script this record during MI vs RCB clash

On Monday, April 7, Hardik Pandya made history by being the first Indian player to reach the double milestone of 5000 runs and 200 wickets in Twenty20 cricket. At the legendary Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the all-rounder made history in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Match No. 20 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI). To take his 200th wicket, Hardik took out Liam Livingstone. In order to end with figures of 4-0-45-2, he also got rid of Virat Kohli.

Dwayne Bravo, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Mohammad Nabi, Samit Patel, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Bopara, Daniel Christian, Moeen Ali, Shane Watson, and Mohammad Hafeez are the other cricket players who possess the unusual T20 double.

Players with 5000 runs and 200 wickets in T20s

Dwayne Bravo – 6970 runs and 631 wickets

Shakib Al Hasan – 7438 runs and 492 wickets

Andre Russell – 9018 runs and 470 wickets

Mohammad Nabi – 6135 runs and 369 wickets

Samit Patel – 6673 runs and 352 wickets

Kieron Pollard – 13537 runs and 326 wickets

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Ravi Bopara – 9486 runs and 291 wickets

Daniel Christian – 5848 runs and 281 wickets

Moeen Ali – 7140 runs and 375 wickets

Shane Watson – 8821 runs and 343 wickets

Mohammad Hafeez – 7946 runs and 202 wickets

Hardik Pandya – 5390 runs and 200 wickets

Regarding MI, their bowlers struggled after choosing to field first, allowing RCB to amass a huge 221 at the expense of five wickets. Despite taking two wickets, Trent Boult gave up the most runs he has ever given out in IPL history—57. Devdutt Padikkal's other wicket was taken by Vignesh Puthur.

After sprinting to a 64 off 32 balls, which included five fours and four sixes, captain Rajat Patidar took over for the RCB. Before Hardik claimed his wicket, Virat Kohli too got off to a quick start, amassing 67 runs off 42 balls. Jitesh Sharma gave the innings impetus with his undefeated 40 off 19 balls.