KL Rahul’s bat is scoring runs in IPL 2026. Rahul is not only scoring runs, but is also hitting long sixes and spectacular fours. On Friday, Rahul played an inning of 75 runs in 40 balls against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. He hit 5 sixes in this innings. During this time, a very special record was registered in the name of Rahul.
KL Rahul has become the first batsman to hit 200 sixes as an opener in IPL. Rahul has left Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma behind in terms of hitting sixes in IPL as an opener. Rahul has hit 201 sixes, while Virat Kohli has hit 192 and Rohit Sharma has hit 148 sixes. Shikhar Dhawan is fourth among Indian openers with 143 sixes.
Rahul is at third place in the overall list of hitting most sixes as an opener in IPL. Chris Gayle (326 sixes) is at first place and David Warner (210 sixes) is at second place.
Rahul has scored 433 runs in 9 innings of 9 matches of IPL 2026, scoring 1 century and 3 half-centuries. During this period, 24 sixes and 42 fours came from his bat.
In the same season, Rahul had played an unbeaten inning of 152 runs with the help of 9 sixes and 16 fours in 67 balls against Punjab Kings. This is the highest score by any Indian batsman in IPL. This is the third highest individual score in IPL.
If we look at KL Rahul’s IPL career, apart from opening, he has also batted in the middle order. He has scored a total of 5,655 runs in 145 innings of 154 matches played since 2013, scoring 6 centuries and 43 half-centuries. During this period, 232 sixes and 494 fours came from his bat.
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