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DC's KL Rahul completes 200 sixes in IPL career, becomes 11th player to reach milestone

The classy right-hander accomplished this milestone during his side's IPL match against the Gujarat Titans (GT).

ANI Apr 19, 2025 17:04 IST googleads

KL Rahul (Photo- IPL)

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 19 (ANI): Delhi Capitals (DC) batter KL Rahul completed 200 sixes in the Indian Premier League (IPL), becoming the sixth Indian and overall 11th player to do so.
The classy right-hander accomplished this milestone during his side's IPL match against the Gujarat Titans (GT).
During the match, KL played a short, but fiery knock of 28 in just 14 balls, with four boundaries and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 200. His innings was brief but a pleasing one as the wicketkeeper-batter continued this season with a positive and attacking intent.
In an IPL career spanning 138 matches and 129 innings, KL has hit 200 sixes and scored 4,949 runs at an average of 45.82 and a strike rate of over 135. The batter has hit four centuries and 39 fifties, with the best score of 132*.
The top six hitters in the competition are: Chris Gayle (357 sixes), Rohit Sharma (286 sixes), and Virat Kohli (282 sixes)
In the ongoing season, KL is DC's top run-getter and overall fourth-highest run-getter, with 266 runs in six innings at an average of 53.20 and a strike rate of 158.33. He has scored two half-centuries, with the best score of 93*.
Coming to the match, GT won the toss and opted to field first.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, and Mukesh Kumar. (ANI)

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