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KL Rahul played in one match and destroyed all the records, Dhoni was also left behind

Samira Vishwas | April 29, 2026 7:24 PM CST

Delhi Capitals (DC) star batsman KL Rahul has played a record-breaking innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Rahul faced 67 balls against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Saturday (April 25) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi and scored unbeaten 152 runs hitting 16 fours and 9 sixes.

Rahul has become the first Indian batsman to touch the 150-run mark in IPL. Also, he has made the Indian record for playing the biggest innings in Men’s T20. Earlier this record was in the name of Tilak Verma, who had scored 151 runs against Meghalaya in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Rahul broke this record by taking a single on the last ball of DC’s innings.

Indian batsman who played the biggest innings in Men’s T20

KL Rahul – 152 not out, vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026
Tilak Verma – 151 runs, vs Meghalaya, Rajkot, 2024
Abhishek Sharma – 148 runs, vs Bengal, Secunderabad, 2025
Shreyas Iyer – 147 runs, vs Sikkim, Indore, 2019
Puneet Bisht – 146 not out, vs Mizoram, Chennai, 2021

Rahul became the first batsman to do so

Rahul has scored his second century for Delhi Capitals. He has also scored 2 IPL centuries each for PBKS and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). In this way, Rahul has now become the first player to score more than one IPL century for three different teams.

He thrashed the PBKS bowlers and completed his century in just 47 balls, which is his fastest century in IPL. Also, this was a new record for the fastest century for Delhi Capitals. He also equaled Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner in terms of scoring most centuries for DC. Dhawan-Warner had scored 2-2 centuries for this franchise.

Dhoni-Raina also left behind

During his stormy innings, Rahul has left behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5439) and Suresh Raina (5528) in terms of scoring the most runs in IPL. Rahul now has 5579 IPL runs in his name. He has reached fifth position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in IPL.

Most runs in IPL

Virat Kohli – 8989 runs
Rohit Sharma – 7183 runs
Shikhar Dhawan – 6769 runs
David Warner – 6565 runs
KL Rahul – 5579 runs
Suresh Raina – 5528 runs
MS Dhoni – 5439 runs

Biggest innings in IPL

Chris Gayle (RCB) – 175 not out, vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013
Brendon McCullum (KKR) – 158 not out, vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008
KL Rahul (DC) – 152 not out, vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026
Abhishek Sharma (SRH) – 141 runs, vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025
Quinton de Kock (LSG) – 140 runs, vs LSG, Mumbai DYP, 2022