KL Rahul racked up a staggering milestone on the way to leading Delhi Capitals to a convincing 8-wicket win against his former side Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday evening.
KL Rahul, who spent three in Lucknow, returned to his former home and shut the crowd down with an unbeaten 57 from 42 balls.
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During the knock, he notched 5000 IPL runs and got there in the quickest time, taking 130 innings. Former Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner had taken 135 innings to the same mark.
KL Rahul is eighth in the list of batters with most runs in IPL history, behind Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Warner, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and AB de Villiers.
Alongside the 32-year-old, Abishek Porel also scored a fifty as DC went level with Gujarat Titans on 12 points. LSG, meanwhile, are fifth in the standings and still within a good chance of qualifying for the playoffs.
Porel and KL Rahul shared a 69-run stand as DC chased down the paltry 160-run target with 13 balls to spare.
Earlier, DC bowlers, especially Mukesh Kumar (4/33) and Mitchell Starc (1/25), restricted LSG to 159/6.
LSG opener Aiden Markram scored 52 and Mitchell Marsh too made a quick 45 but DC pacers used clever variations to restrict the host to a below-par total.
Fastest to 5000 runs in IPL (by innings):
- 130 – KL Rahul
- 135 – David Warner
- 157 – Virat Kohli
- 161 – AB de Villiers
- 168 – Shikhar Dhawan
- 173 – Suresh Raina
- 187 – Rohit Sharma
- 208 – MS Dhoni
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