Rohit Sharma is playing for the Mumbai Indians in the ongoing 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He opened the innings for the Mumbai-based franchise on Sunday (April 20) against Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and scored 76 runs from 45 balls. During his stay at the crease, Rohit hammered four fours and six sixes and helped MI chase down the target of 177 runs in 15.4 overs for the loss of only one wicket. Rohit added 63 runs for the first wicket with Ryan Rickelton and an unbeaten 114 runs for the second wicket with Suryakumar Yadav, who made 68 off 30 balls with the help of six fours and five sixes. During his 76-run knock, which helped MI win the IPL 2025 match by 9 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Rohit went past Shikhar Dhawan’s tally of 6769 runs and became the second leading run getter in the IPL. In 264 IPL matches played so far, Rohit has 6786 runs to his name now. Most runs in IPL 8326 – Virat Kohli (RCB) 6786 – Rohit Sharma (HDC/MI) 6769 – Shikhar Dhawan (MI/HDC/SRH/DC/PBKS) 6565 – David Warner (DC/SRH) 5528 – Suresh Raina (CSK/GL) Only Virat Kohli (8326 runs in 260 matches) is ahead of Rohit now in the list of leading run getters. For his super show with the bat, Rohit won the Player of the Match award. The best player award on Sunday was the 20th time Rohit bagged the POTM honour, and he now tops the list of Indian players with the most POTM awards in the IPL. Virat has won 19 POTM awards in 260 IPL matches, whereas MS Dhoni has bagged the POTM award on 18 occasions. The overall record of winning most POTM awards in the IPL is held by former RCB batter AB de Villiers. ABD played 184 matches in the IPL for Delhi Capitals and RCB and won 25 POTM awards. He is followed by Chris Gayle, who finished his IPL career with 22 POTM awards in 142 matches. Most POTM awards in IPL 25 – AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) 22 – Chris Gayle (KKR/RCB/PBKS) 20 – Rohit Sharma (HDC/MI) 19 – Virat Kohli (RCB) 18 – David Warner (DC/SRH) 18 – MS Dhoni (CSK/RPSG) The half-century on Sunday was Rohit’s ninth 50-plus score in the IPL against Chennai Super Kings, and he now joins Kohli, Dhawan and Warner in the elite list. Kohli, Dhawan and Warner also have scored nine fifty-plus scores in the world’s richest franchise cricket league against the Chennai-based franchise.