KL Rahul enters top 6, overtakes MS Dhoni (Image: IPL) Before the clash with Punjab Kings, KL Rahul needed just 13 runs to overtake MS Dhoni on the all-time IPL list. He reached the milestone in style as he belted it with sharp boundaries to get past the Chennai Super Kings legend to climb to sixth. KL Rahul gets a life as Shashank Singh drops another catch off Arshdeep Singh for a boundary.One of the league’s all-time greats, Dhoni scored 5,439 runs in 278 matches (242 innings) at an average of 38.30 and a strike rate of 137.45, including 24 fifties, with a top score of 84*.
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“We didn’t play good cricket” – Mahela Jayawardene after MI’s biggest IPL loss vs CSKMeanwhile, KL Rahul, who is currently batting against Punjab Kings, has surpassed Dhoni’s record of 152 matches, 5462* runs.Rahul, meanwhile, has already amassed 205 runs in six innings this season at an impressive rate of 166.67, including two half-centuries, with a top score of 92. His tally will grow further after the Punjab Kings match. The Indian opener also overtook Dhoni in another key metric, the most 50-run scores by a designated wicketkeeper-batsman in IPL history. Rahul now has 31 such scores compared to Dhoni’s 24.Next on Rahul’s radar is Suresh Raina, who is fifth on the all-time list with 5,528 runs.
DC vs PBKS: Rahul gives Delhi Capitals a strong start
Delhi Capitals got off to a strong start and reached 68/1 in the power bowl. KL Rahul leads the charge with 35 off 16, early boundaries and survives a dropped catch from Shashank Singh as Pathum Nissanka departs for 11. Bowlers Marco Jansen and Vyshak Vijaykumar are expensive while Arshdeep gets a wicket.
Playing XI for today’s match
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
