Ahead of the match against Kings XI Punjab, KL Rahul needed just 13 runs to surpass MS Dhoni on the IPL run-scoring chart. He achieved a milestone in style, surpassing the Chennai Super Kings legend with a clear boundary to move into sixth place. Shashank Singh once again caught the ball from Arshdeep Singh to give KL Rahul a life, thus allowing a boundary.Dhoni is one of the greatest players in the history of the league, having scored 5,439 runs in 278 games (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 surpassed Dhoni’s record of 152 games with 5462* runs against Punjab Kings. Rahul, meanwhile, has amassed 205 runs in six innings this season at a strike rate of 166.67, including two half-centuries, with a best score of 92. His goal tally will be further increased after the match against Kings XI Punjab. The India opener also surpassed Dhoni in another key metric and became the designated wicketkeeper-batsman with the most scores of 50-plus runs in IPL history. Rahul now has 31 such scores while Dhoni has only 24.Next on Rahul’s radar is Suresh Raina, who is fifth on the all-time list with 5,528 points.
DC vs PBKS: Rahul makes strong start for Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals started strong and reached 68/1 in the powerplay match. KL Rahul, who led with 35 runs in 16 overs, struck an early boundary and survived a missed catch by Shashank Singh while Pathum Nissanka was bowled out for 11 runs. Bowlers Marco Jansen and Vyshak Vijaykumar proved expensive while Arshdeep picked up wickets.
Lineup for today’s game
Kings XI Punjab (XI): Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.Delhi Capitals (XI): KL Rahul (w), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
