DC vs PBKS: 16 fours, 9 sixes and 152 runs! KL Rahul created history by making a blast in Delhi, broke many records simultaneously

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 25, 2026

Rishabh Pant’s record broken: KL Rahul has now become the player who has played the biggest innings in IPL for Delhi Capitals. He has achieved this feat by breaking the record of former DC captain Rishabh Pant. Rishabh had played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs for Delhi against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the year 2018. Apart from this, KL Rahul has also become the batsman who has jointly scored the most centuries for Delhi in IPL by equaling Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner. All these three players have done this feat 2 times each.

Records of Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma also broken: With his inning of 152* runs, KL Rahul has now registered his name as the highest scorer in Indian T20 cricket. He has achieved this feat by breaking the record of Tilak Verma, who had scored 151 runs against Meghalaya for Hyderabad in the year SMAT 2024/25 season. Note that only these two players have been able to score 150 or more runs in Indian T20.

Apart from this, KL Rahul has also become the highest scorer in the Indian IPL. Earlier this record was recorded in the name of Abhishek Sharma. He had played an inning of 141 runs against Punjab Kings in the year 2025 season.

Chris Gayle equalized: KL Rahul has scored the sixth century of his IPL career and now he has become the player who has scored the third most centuries in the IPL tournament by equaling Chris Gayle. In this list, only Virat Kohli (8 centuries) and Jos Buttler (7 centuries) are present above him.

Suresh Raina was also defeated: 34-year-old KL Rahul has completed his 5,579 runs in IPL and has now become the fifth highest run scorer in this tournament, leaving behind Mr. IPL Suresh Raina. At the top of this list is Virat Kohli who has scored 8,989 runs so far. Apart from him, Rohit Sharma (7,183 runs), Shikhar Dhawan (6,769 runs) and David Warner (6,565) are also ahead of KL Rahul.

DC set a lofty target of 265 runs for PBKS: The 35th match of IPL 2026 is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, where the host team Delhi Capitals, on the basis of the stormy innings of KL Rahul (152 not out on 67 balls) and Nitish Rana (91 runs on 44 balls), have scored 264 runs on the score board, losing only 2 wickets in 20 overs of their innings.

That means, to win this match from here, Punjab Kings will have to score 265 runs in 120 balls. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether they are able to achieve this mountain-like target or not. Let us tell you that till the time of writing this news, he has scored 43 runs in 2.3 overs without losing any wicket. Punjab Kings have not lost any match in the tournament so far.