KL Rahul’s stunning unbeaten 152 against Punjab Kings has not only powered Delhi Capitals to a record-setting run chase/chase build (DC finishing with 264 for 2), but also reshaped several IPL and T20 benchmarks. The innings stands out for its historic scale: it ranks among the very highest individual scores in IPL history, tops the chart for an Indian batter in the tournament, and adds yet another chapter to Rahul’s growing reputation for finishing big.
Rahul’s 152*: an innings with multiple historical milestones
- Rahul’s 152* is the third-highest individual score in IPL history, trailing only Chris Gayle’s 175* versus Pune Warriors India in 2013 and Brendon McCullum’s 158* versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2008.
- The score is also the highest by any Indian batter in the IPL, overtaking Abhishek Sharma’s 141 (also against Punjab Kings) in 2025.
- Beyond the IPL, Rahul set a new mark for the highest individual total by an Indian in men’s T20 cricket, surpassing Tilak Varma’s 151 against Meghalaya in 2024.
Delhi Capitals’ 264 for 2: their best IPL total
- Delhi Capitals’ 264 for 2 against Punjab Kings on Saturday is the franchise’s highest total in the IPL.
- In the overall IPL record book, it is the seventh-highest team score, with five of the top six totals belonging to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- Rahul’s second-wicket partnership with Nitish Rana produced 220 runs, which is the second-highest stand by any batting pair in IPL history. The top mark remains 229 by AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli for RCB against Gujarat Lions in 2016.
More partnership and tournament records for DC
- This is the first time Delhi Capitals have put together a 200-plus partnership in an IPL match, improving on the 189* shared by David Warner and Naman Ojha against Deccan Chargers in 2012.
- It is also the highest T20 partnership by an Indian duo, beating the 213-run stand by Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer for Mumbai against Sikkim in 2019.
Boundary power and late-overs momentum
- Delhi Capitals struck 42 boundaries through their innings, which is tied for the second-most by any team in a single IPL innings. Sunrisers Hyderabad hit 46 boundaries against Rajasthan Royals in 2025, while RCB managed 42 against Pune Warriors India in 2013.
- The runs DC compiled in the last ten overs amounted to 162 for 1, another joint second-best for any team in an IPL innings. The record belongs to RCB’s 172 for 2 against Gujarat Lions in 2016, and Kings XI Punjab also posted 162 for 2 versus Chennai Super Kings in 2014.
- Delhi also added 145 runs without losing a wicket during the middle overs, the fourth-highest such figure by any team in an IPL innings.
Rahul’s record-breaking pace to the hundred and big-game consistency
- KL Rahul has now reached double-centuries in IPL as many as 6 times, which places him joint third-highest for hundreds by any batter in the tournament.
- Three of those six IPL hundreds have been scored while he was keeping wicket, a joint-most figure alongside Quinton de Kock and Sanju Samson.
- Rahul needed 47 balls to complete his hundred, making it his fastest IPL ton. His previous fastest was a century off 56 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2023.
- He has taken fewer than 50 balls for a T20 hundred only twice in his career, with the other occasion being a 46-ball century against West Indies in a T20I in 2016.
- In T20 cricket overall, Rahul now has eight hundreds, and he has finished unbeaten in each of those eight instances.
