Kl Rahul Created History vs Gujarat Titans | Courtesy – BCCI/IPL
Key highlights
- Kl rahul created history vs gt
- Rahul Made His 5th IPL Century
- Rahul opening the batting for only the second time in ipl 2025
Rahul’s Batting Position Was Once Again Shuffled as He Returned The Opening Spot. The 33-year-old walked out to open the batting for only the second time this season after playing seven innings at number and twice at number three.
Rahul Had Previous Opened The Batting for DC Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Won the Player of the Match (Potm) Award for a Knock of 77 in 51 Balls as the Axar Patel-LED SIDE SIDE SIDE SICH Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai Last Month.
Rahul Made An Unbeated Knock of 112 in 65 Balls to Register His Fifth IPL Century and Help DC Scient a Massive Total of 199 on 199 on the Board.
Kl rahul creases history
Through the course of his knock, rahul etched his name in the history books by completeing 8000 runs in T20 Cricket. Rahul completes the huge feat in his 224th innings and beat Virat Kohli’s long-standing record to become the fastest Indian to bring the Milestone. In World Cricket, The Indian Star is the Third Quickest Behind Chris Gayle (213) and Babar Azam (218).
| Player | Innings | Year reached |
| Kl rahul | 224 | 2026 |
| Virat Kohli | 244 | 2019 |
| Shikhar dhawan | 277 | 2021 |
Kl Rahul’s World Record
Among a total of 36 players to score more than 8000 runs in t20 cricket, only four players have done it at an average of 40. only babar azam and mohammad rizwan have a better average than Him. Rahul and kohli are the only players with an average Above 40 and Strike-Rate Above 130. Rahul has bot a better average and a strike-also than the Indian batting great. Infact, He is the only player with an average of about 40 and Strike-Rate Above 135.
Strike-Rate of Players with 40+ Average and 8000 Runs in T20 Cricket
| Player | Runs | Average | Strike-Rate |
| Kl rahul | 8079 | 42.75 | 136.53 |
| Virat Kohli | 13391 | 41.97 | 134.52 |
| Babar Azam | 11314 | 43.18 | 129.34 |
| Mohammad rizwan | 8421 | 42.96 | 125.84 |
Kl rahul’s rare ipl feat
Rahul Created History at the Kotla by Becoming the First Player in IPL History to Score a Century with Three Different IPL TEAMS. Before his maiden ton with the capitals, he scored two centuries Each with Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Lucknow Super Giats.
Previous, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, David Warner, Ab De Villiers, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairsstow, Adam Gilchrist, Virender Sehwag, Brendon MCCULLUM and Quinton de Kocock Scored Tons for two teams.
Rahul is only the third player in the IPL to score a century against the Gujarat Titans (GT) after Suryakumar Yadav and will jacks. He also now has the highest individual score against the 2022 champions.
