IPL 2023 Final: Over the years Chennai Super Kings have been home to some of the best Opening batters in the world. New Zealand’s left-handed opener Devon Conway is among them. It is always a challenging job when it comes to playing for CSK but Conway in only his 2nd IPL season is in line to become the 2nd highest run scorer in a single IPL season.
Talking of great opening batters in Chennai, the likes of Micheal Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Brendan McCullum and Shane Watson have all played in that position. To keep the legendary lineage intact, CSK bought Devon Conway for his base price of 1 Crore in the mega Auction for IPL 2022.
On his debut season, Conway scored 252 runs in 7 appearances and also scored 3 half-centuries. But this year his form has gotten even more deadly and he was one of the key reasons why CSK reached the IPL 2023 Final. He has formed a lethal partnership with fellow opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and both have given Chennai the starts they needed.
Both of them share 1189 runs between them and Devon Conway is just a handful of runs away from becoming the franchise’s 2nd highest run-getter in a single season. He will have a chance to do so in IPL 2023 Final against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
CSK’s 4th highest run scorer legendary Micheal Hussey currently holds the record of most runs in a single IPL campaign. During the 2013 season, Hussey amassed 733 runs and this record has been safe since then. Ruturaj Gaikwad is number 2 on that list as he smacked 635 runs in IPL 2021.
Devon Conway needs just 11 runs in IPL 2023 Final to eclipse Gaikwad’s record!
If Conway wants to become the 2nd highest run scorer in a single season then he needs just 11 more runs to replace his opening partner Ruturaj. And if Conway is to overhaul Micheal Hussey’s record then it will require the 31-year-old to score 109 runs to get to 734 runs.
