Indian T20 League 2023: Predicting 5 potential highest run scorers of the tournament

The much-anticipated Indian T20 League 2023 is set to commence tomorrow on Friday, the 31^st of March with the tournament opener between the defending champions Gujarat and Chennai. Notably, the tournament will be back again in the old away-and-away format of the tournament. All teams are gearing up very hard for the 16^th edition of the tournament.

The stage is set once again to witness some thrilling performances both from the bat and the ball. Some of the renowned names and brilliant players will contest for the orange and purple cap to end up the tournament with the highest run scorer or highest wicket-taker.

With said that, here we’ll have a look at five batters who could be the potential highest run-scorers in the Indian T20 League 2023:

Jos Buttler

The England skipper and veteran Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler had a brilliant run of form with the bat during the Indian T20 League 2023. He amassed a massive number of 863 runs in 17 innings of the 17 matches he played for Rajasthan with an amazing average of 57.53 including four centuries and the same number of half-centuries with the wood.

Later on, he ended up being the highest run-scorer of the tournament and won the orange cap. Considering his brilliant form in the shortest format of the game, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Buttler can finish on the top of the batters’ leaderboard for the second consecutive time in the Indian T20 League.

Shubman Gill

The young Indian batting sensation Shubman Gill has amazed everyone with his batting performances both in domestic and international cricket. Speaking of his outings in the Indian T20 League, he scored 483 runs in the 16 innings of the 16 matches he played for Gujarat during last season.

The 23-year-old scored four half-centuries with the bat and he had also been in brilliant form during the last T20I series he played for India against New Zealand. There are very high chances that Gill might continue his run of form in the shortest format of the game in the upcoming 16^th edition of the Indian T20 League.

KL Rahul

The senior Indian opener and Lucknow skipper KL Rahul was the captain of new entrants in the Indian T20 League last year in 2022. He led the team to the playoffs in their first-ever appearance in the Indian franchise T20 tournament. Apart from this, he also amazed everyone with his brilliant performances with the bat in the entire tournament.

The 30-year-old scored 616 runs in 15 innings of the 15 matches he appears in for Lucknow with an average of 51.33 including two centuries and four half-centuries to his name. He also went unbeaten back to the pavilion for three times in the tournament. After enduring a poor run of form for a long time, he recently gained his form in white-ball cricket.

Virat Kohli

The former Indian skipper and batting superstar Virat Kohli had a season to forget with the bat in last year’s Indian T20 League in 2022. He could score only 341 runs in 16 innings of the 16 matches he played for Bangalore with a very miserable average of 22.73 including only two half-centuries.

But later on, he gained his form in almost all the formats of the game. Considering his caliber and experience, Virat Kohli can repeat his old Indian T20 League performances in the upcoming 2023 Indian T20 League to end up the season as the highest run-scorer.

Suryakumar Yadav

The star Indian player and World number one T20I batter, Suryakumar Yadav was recently in the headlines for his poor run of form in the three-match ODI series against Australia. Unfortunately, he ended up registering three consecutive golden ducks. Although, the experts and fans also felt that he is finding it very difficult for him to crack the format.

But coming back to the T20 format, it can be said undoubtedly that Suryakumar Yadav is one of the prime contenders in the race for highest run-scorers in the much-awaited Indian T20 League 2023.