Virat Kohli defeated KL Rahul, making history as the fastest Indian to do so:

KL Rahul, who is playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, has created history in the match against Gujarat Titans at Arun Jaitley Stadium on 18 May. Virat Kohli has become the fastest Indian batsman to score the fastest 8000 runs in T20 cricket. He made this big record as soon as he scored 33 runs in the match against Gujarat.

KL Rahul completed 8000 T20 runs in 224 innings

KL Rahul has crossed the 8000 T20 marks in his 224 innings of his career. While Virat Kohli did such a feat in 243 innings. The record for scoring the fastest 8000 runs in T20 format is the name of West Indies player Chris Gayle, who did so in only 213 innings. At the same time, Babar Azam is second in the list, who achieved this feat in 218 innings.

Batsman who scored the fastest 8000 runs in T20 cricket

• Chris Gayle- 213 innings
• Babar Azam- 218 innings
• KL Rahul – 224 innings
• Virat Kohli- 243 innings
• Mohammad Rizwan- 244 innings

KL Rahul hit the fifth century of IPL career

KL Rahul scored the fifth century of IPL career against Gujarat Titans. He has become the second Indian batsman to score the most centuries in the IPL. Virat Kohli is ranked first in terms of most centuries, who have scored 8 centuries.

Rahul has also become a batsman to score a century for three different franchises in the IPL. He has scored a century for Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 112* runs against Gujarat with the help of 14 fours and 4 sixes in 65 balls. On the strength of their brilliant innings, the Delhi team was able to put the first batting of 199 on the board.

Indians who scored the most centuries in IPL

• 8 – Virat Kohli (255 innings)
• 5 – KL Rahul (134 innings)
• 4 – Shubman Gill (111 innings)
• 3 – Sanju Samson (171 innings)