Before the clash against Punjab Kings, KL Rahul needed just 13 runs to overtake MS Dhoni in the all-time IPL run-scorers list. He achieved the milestone in style, achieving it with a crisp boundary to overtake the Chennai Super Kings legend and climb to the sixth spot. KL Rahul gets life when Shashank Singh drops another catch off Arsdeep Singh to allow a boundary.Dhoni, one of the league’s all-time greats, has 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 highest score of 84*.Meanwhile, KL Rahul has now scored 5462* runs in Dhoni’s 152 matches while batting against Punjab Kings. Rahul, meanwhile, has already scored 205 runs in six innings this season at an impressive strike rate of 166.67, including two fifties, with a best of 92. After the match against Punjab Kings, their number will increase further. The Indian opener has also surpassed Dhoni in another important metric, the highest 50-plus score by a designated wicket-keeper 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 powerful start.
Delhi Capitals made a strong start, reaching 68/1 in the Powerplay. KL Rahul top-scored with 35 in 16, surviving an early boundary and a dropped catch by Shashank Singh, while Patham Nissanka was dismissed for 11. Bowlers Marco Johnson and Vaishak Vijay Kumar proved costly, while Arshad got a wicket.
Playing XI for today’s match
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhasmaran Singh (W), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijay Kumar Veshak, Arsdeep Singh, Yuzvinder Chahal.Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul (W), Patham Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (C), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
