IPL 2026: KL Rahul creates IPL history with unique 3-franchise century feat

NEW DELHI: A red-hot KL Rahul produced 1 of the astir bonzer innings successful IPL history, hammering an unbeaten 152 to powerfulness Delhi Capitals to a monolithic 264/2 against Punjab Kings astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium connected a scorching Saturday.On a sweltering 41-degree afternoon, Rahul tore into the PBKS bowling attack, hammering 16 fours and 9 sixes successful his 67-ball masterclass astatine a staggering onslaught complaint of 226. His sound is present the highest idiosyncratic people by an Indian batter successful IPL history, surpassing respective elite names, and besides ranks arsenic the third-highest wide successful the tourney - down Chris Gayle’s 175* and Brendon McCullum’s 158*.Rahul became lone the 3rd batter successful IPL past to breach the 150-run mark, and conscionable the 2nd Indian aft Tilak Varma to people 150-plus successful men’s T20s.

The innings besides marked his fastest IPL century, coming successful conscionable 47 balls, bettering his erstwhile champion of 56.He was brilliantly supported by Nitish Rana, who blasted 91, arsenic the duo stitched a stunning 220-run basal disconnected conscionable 95 balls - present the second-highest concern successful IPL history. Their battle powered DC to their highest-ever total, with a staggering 162 runs coming successful overs 11-20, 1 of the astir explosive death-over performances seen successful the league.

KL Rahul - IPL career

Rahul besides rewrote franchise records, going past Rishabh Pant’s 128* to registry the highest idiosyncratic people for Delhi Capitals. In different singular feat, helium became the archetypal subordinate successful IPL past to people aggregate centuries for 3 antithetic teams - DC, PBKS, and Lucknow Super Giants.Among each IPL batters with implicit 1000 runs, Rahul’s consistency remains elite, with an mean of 46.88 - 2nd lone to Sai Sudharsan.Highest idiosyncratic scores by an Indian successful Men’s T20s152* - KL Rahul vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026151 - Tilak Varma vs Meghalaya, Rajkot, 2024148 - Abhishek Sharma vs Bengal, Secunderabad, 2025147 - Shreyas Iyer vs Sikkim, Indore, 2019146* - Punit Bisht vs Mizoram, Chennai, 2021Most runs successful the IPL8989 - Virat Kohli7183 - Rohit Sharma6769 - Shikhar Dhawan6565 - David Warner5579 - KL Rahul5528 - Suresh Raina5439 - MS DhoniOf the 109 batters with 1000-plus IPL runs, lone Sai Sudharsan has a higher mean (47.16) than Rahul’s 46.88.Most runs successful Overs 11-20 successful an IPL inns172/2 - RCB vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016162/2 - PBKS vs CSK, Cuttack, 2014162/1 - DC vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026Highest idiosyncratic scores successful the IPL175* - Chris Gayle (RCB) vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013158* - Brendon McCullum (KKR) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008152* - KL Rahul (DC) vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026141 - Abhishek Sharma (SRH) vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025140* - Quinton de Kock (KKR) vs LSG, Mumbai DYP, 2022Rahul is the 2nd Indian to registry a 150-plus people successful Men’s T20 cricket, aft Tilak Varma, who’d scored 151 for Hyderabad against Meghalaya successful Rajkot successful 2024/25.Highest partnerships successful the IPL (any wicket)229 - AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016220 - KL Rahul & Nitish Rana vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026215* - AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2015210* - KL Rahul & Quinton de Kock vs KKR, Mumbai DYP, 2022210 - Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill vs CSK, Ahmedabad, 2024