KL Rahul broke the 150-man club in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday as the Delhi Capitals batsman grabbed two wasted opportunities with both hands to reach the highest score by an Indian in the tournament’s history. Rahul, who opened the batting, finished on 152 not out off just 67 balls, studded with 16 fours and nine sixes at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Rahul turned what was a rescue act into a personal milestone when he came to the crease after the early fall of Pathum Nissanka. During his time at the crease, Nitish Rana provided Rahul with perfect support at the other end with a 44-ball 91 including 11 fours and four sixes. The duo added 220 runs for the second wicket – the second highest partnership in the IPL.
Only Chris Gayle (175) and Brendon McCullum (158) are ahead of Rahul in the list of highest individual scores in the IPL. In the process, Rahul scored his sixth IPL hundred, equaling Gayle and also moved to sixth position in the overall run-scorers, surpassing the legendary MS Dhoni.
Lots of records for KL Rahul in IPL
The right-handed opener got his century in just 47 balls, making it Delhi Capitals’ fastest century in the IPL, surpassing Virender Sehwag and Quinton de Kock’s 48-ball hundreds in 2011 and 2016 respectively. This was also the fastest of Rahul’s six IPL hundreds, with the previous fastest being a 56-ball knock against Mumbai Indians in 2022.
Rahul also now holds the highest score for Delhi Capitals in IPL history, surpassing Rishabh Pant’s 128 against Sunrisers Hyderabad made in 2018. The Karnataka batter now has the most hundreds by a Delhi Capitals batter (2) along with Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner.
The Delhi Capitals opener also became the first player in IPL history to score multiple tons for three different teams, as per CricViz statistics, after scoring two centuries for Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. He also surpassed Tilak Varma’s 151 against Meghalaya last season to become the highest individual score by an Indian in men’s T20Is.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap goes to KL Rahul
With this knock, KL Rahul overtook Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma to grab the Orange Cap with 357 runs in seven innings at an average of 59.50 and a success rate of over 187. He also overtook CSK’s MS Dhoni (5,528 runs) to become the fifth highest IPL legend in history 1 5,579 runs, 529 runs. matches and 143 innings at an average of 46.88 and a strike rate of 138.37, including six centuries and 42 fifties.
Coming into the match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first. After the early loss of Pathum Nissanko (11), a record double hundred between Rahul and Rana helped Delhi Capitals cross the 250-run mark.
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