Veteran Indian batsman KL Rahul has scored his sixth brilliant century in IPL history against Punjab Kings, putting their winning streak in danger this season.
Coming to the Arun Jaitley Stadium, KL Rahul had a lot to prove for his team as despite some good innings in the first games he could not meet the demands of his team. Although the runs were coming in for KL, their strike rate, as always, has been a major concern.
However, when it mattered most for Delhi, Rahul played a brilliant role in scoring a record-breaking century against Punjab Kings against one of the best-looking bowling lineups in the competition, especially in the middle overs.
Rahul reaches a new milestone with his sixth IPL century
The Arun Jaitley Stadium is often noted as one of the better tracks for batting, and the dimensions of the ground often help the batsman clear the fence with ease. Rahul has done this every time the PBKS bowlers have given him balls to hit.
Playing an innings of over 200, Rahul completed his century in just 47 balls and hit 12 fours and 5 sixes as he reached the 100-run mark. He continued his havoc even after the century and scored 24 runs in the third over of Vijaykumar Vaishya.
Rahul’s century is the sixth of his IPL career, equaling his record with the great Chris Gayle, while he has now gone past another India wicketkeeper, Sanju Samson. He is now behind only Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler in the list of most IPL centuries.
KLR became the third batsman to score 150 runs
Rahul opened the innings for Delhi Capitals and did not look back after being dropped by PBKS fielder Shashank Singh, who was banging his head on the wall after the carnage caused by Rahul at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
In the history of IPL, KL Rahul has become the first batsman to score at least two centuries for whichever franchise he has played for. It was a wonderful innings, punctuated by some excellent stroke-making.
Rahul scored 152* runs in just 67 balls at an average of 226.87. He has become the third batsman in the history of IPL to cross the 150-run mark, while he is the first Indian among the trio of Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum. Rahul now has the Orange Cap on his head and has scored 357 runs in 7 matches this season with an impressive striking rate of 187.89.
Fans are very happy to see the fearless style of KL Rahul.
This is the version of KL everyone wants to see…
-Floki (@Unfeel34) 25 April 2026
KL Rahul in his best performance today..🫡🔥
47 balls, pure class, zero panic-a masterclass of base timing and control.6th IPL 💯 is of a different level
Critics kept talking, KLR responded with a bang. 💯– saltstorm_28 (@pushkar181017) 25 April 2026
Went ahead of Dhoni. PBKS destroyed. Sixth IPL century. 👑✔️
KL Rahul is making Delhi’s heat cool
– Sports Pulse (@khelpulseIN) 25 April 2026
Brother I remembered that he is KL Rahul, not Rahul Dravid 😭😭😭
– GXJO (@gxjo_dev) 25 April 2026
Top knock, no doubt.
But it’s always the same story with KL Rahul –
Talent is not the issue, mentality is the issue.– Abhishek Rai (@abhishek74899601) 25 April 2026
I was missing this version of KL Rahul.
– Ajay Thakur (@ur_next_target) 25 April 2026
You don’t miss a class batsman like KL! 😅 Basically this is a throw in the match thing
– percy.alx (@hty89076) 25 April 2026
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