Ahmedabad, May 2 -- Gujarat Titans (GT) batter Jos Buttler is only 12 runs away from achieving the 4,000-run mark in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and he could become only the fifth overseas player to reach this milestone.

The fourth-placed GT, with six wins and three losses, giving them 12 points, will be taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), sitting at the ninth spot with three wins and six losses, giving them six points.

Currently, Buttler is the 18th-highest run-getter in the league's history, with 3,988 runs at an average of 40.28 and a strike rate of 149.41, with seven centuries and 23 fifties. His best score is 124.

Debuting in the IPL during the 2016 season with Mumbai Indians (MI), he made 527 runs at an average of 25.09, wi...