KL Rahul Shattered The IPL Record Books | Courtesy – BCCI/IPL
Key highlights
- Kl rahul shatted an all-time record
- Rahul Broke David Warner’s record
- Rahul is the only player in ipl history with a rare feat
Chasing a total of 160, rahul walked out to bat at number three after karun nair’s (15 of 9) dismissal in the fourth over. The 33-year-old ensured that lsg cruised to the target as he put up a 79-run partnership with Abhishek Porel (51 of 36). Later, He and Axar Patel (34 of 20) put up an unbeated 56-r stand as the capitals won the match by eighted wickets with 13 balls to spare to register their Sixth win of the season in eigt grmes.
Rahul Made his third half-content of the season with a Knock of 57 in 42 balls. Interestingly, this was rahul’s third half-cannuturi of the season and all have come in away games and while batting in different positions.
Kl rahul creases history
Fastest to 5000 IPL Runs
| Player | Innnings | Year |
| Kl rahul | 130 | 2025 |
| David warner | 135 | 2020 |
| Virat Kohli | 157 | 2019 |
| Ab de villiers | 161 | 2021 |
| Shikhar dhawan | 168 | 2020 |
| Suresh Raina | 173 | 2019 |
| Rohit Sharma | 187 | 2020 |
| Ms dhoni | 208 | 2023 |
Meanwhile, rahul has the best average among players to score more than 5000 runs (46.25) His ipl career and the only one with one Above 45. Infact With Virat Kohli and Ab De Villiers Close. However, Rahul’s Strike Rate is the fifth-best in the 5000 runs IPL Club.
Best Average Among IPL Players with 5000 IPL Runs
| Playersm | Runs | Average | Strike-Rate |
| Kl rahul | 5006 | 46.35 | 135.70 |
| David warner | 6565 | 40.25 | 139.77 |
| Ab de villiers | 5162 | 39.70 | 151.68 |
| Virat Kohli | 8326 | 39.27 | 132.27 |
| Ms dhoni | 5377 | 38.96 | 137.87 |
| Shikhar dhawan | 6769 | 35.25 | 123.17 |
| Suresh Raina | 5528 | 32.51 | 136.73 |
| Rohit Sharma | 6786 | 29.63 | 131.61 |
Rahul is also the fastest to complete 3500, 4000, and 4500 runs in ipl history. He was also the second-quickest to 3000 ipl runs only behind chris gayle. Before Joining DC, He Played for LSG (2022 to 2024), who he also captained. Rahul also spent four seasons at punjab kings (pbk s) and land them in 2020 and 2021.
