KL Rahul continued his great form for Delhi Capitals (DC), scoring a match-winning half-century against his former team, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), on April 22 in Lucknow.
KL Rahul’s Match-Winning Knock Leads DC to Victory
Chasing 160, Rahul came in at No. 3 after Karun Nair’s early dismissal. He built a 79-run stand with Abhishek Porel (51 off 36) and later added an unbeaten 56 runs with Axar Patel (34 off 20). DC won by 8 wickets with 13 balls to spare, marking their sixth win in eight games.
KL Rahul scored 57 runs off 42 balls, marking his third half-century of the season – all in away matches and while batting in different positions.
During this innings, he also reached a major milestone – 5000 runs in the IPL. He became the fastest player to achieve this, doing it in just 130 innings, breaking David Warner’s previous record set in 2020.
Fastest to 5000 IPL Runs
KL Rahul: 130 innings (2025)
David Warner: 135 innings (2020)
Virat Kohli: 157 innings (2019)
AB de Villiers: 161 innings (2021)
Shikhar Dhawan: 168 innings (2020)
Suresh Raina: 173 innings (2019)
Rohit Sharma: 187 innings (2020)
MS Dhoni: 208 innings (2023)
Best Average Among IPL Players With 5000 IPL Runs:
KL Rahul: 5006 runs, 46.35 average, 135.70 strike-rate
David Warner: 6565 runs, 40.25 average, 139.77 strike-rate
AB de Villiers: 5162 runs, 39.70 average, 151.68 strike-rate
Virat Kohli: 8326 runs, 39.27 average, 132.27 strike-rate
MS Dhoni: 5377 runs, 38.96 average, 137.87 strike-rate
Shikhar Dhawan: 6769 runs, 35.25 average, 123.17 strike-rate
Suresh Raina: 5528 runs, 32.51 average, 136.73 strike-rate
Rohit Sharma: 6786 runs, 29.63 average, 131.61 strike-rate
It has to be noted that KL Rahul is also the fastest player to reach 3500, 4000, and 4500 runs in IPL history. He was the second-fastest to reach 3000 IPL runs, only behind Chris Gayle.
Before joining Delhi Capitals (DC), Rahul played for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) from 2022 to 2024, where he also served as captain. He also spent four seasons with Punjab Kings (PBKS), leading them in 2020 and 2021. Prior to that, Rahul played for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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