{"id":11434,"date":"2026-05-01T23:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-goes-past-virat-kohli-with-record-knock-vs-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:49:15","slug":"ipl-2026-kl-rahul-goes-past-virat-kohli-with-record-knock-vs-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-goes-past-virat-kohli-with-record-knock-vs-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: KL Rahul goes past Virat Kohli with record knock vs Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130683160,imgsize-162714,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/jaipur-may-01-ani-delhi-capitals39-kl-rahul-plays-a-shot-during-the-indian-pr.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: KL Rahul goes past Virat Kohli with record knock vs Rajasthan Royals\" title=\"Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul (ANI Photo)\">Delhi Capitals&#8217; KL Rahul (ANI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">KL Rahul<\/a> etched his name in the record books with another dominant outing against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a>, becoming the Indian with the most 50-plus scores against the franchise in IPL history. With this effort, Rahul moved to eight 50+ scores against RR, going past Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, who both had seven.<!-- --> He now sits level with AB de Villiers at the top of the list.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most 50+ scores vs RR in IPL<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>8 &#8211; AB de Villiers (20 inngs)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>8 &#8211; KL Rahul (18 inngs)*<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>7 &#8211; Shikhar Dhawan (24 inngs)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>7 &#8211; Virat Kohli (33 inngs)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Chasing a stiff target, Rahul led from the front and found strong support in Pathum Nissanka, who scored a fluent 62 and registered his maiden IPL fifty. The pair stitched together a century opening stand, laying a solid platform for Delhi Capitals in the pursuit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Earlier, Rajasthan Royals were powered by a captain\u2019s knock from Riyan Parag, who smashed 90 off 50 balls to take his side to 225 for 6. Coming in at 12 for 2 after early setbacks, Parag absorbed pressure before turning the tide with an aggressive counterattack, including a decisive over against Kyle Jamieson.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He brought up his first fifty of the season in 32 balls and shared a crucial 102-run stand with Dhruv Jurel. Contributions from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ravindra-jadeja\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ravindra Jadeja<\/a> and a late blitz from Donovan Ferreira ensured RR posted a formidable total.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>However, Rahul\u2019s consistency against RR once again stood out, as he added another milestone to his impressive IPL journey. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-goes-past-virat-kohli-with-record-knock-vs-rajasthan-royals\/articleshow\/130683132.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Capitals&#8217; KL Rahul (ANI Photo) KL Rahul etched his name in the record books with another dominant outing against Rajasthan Royals, becoming the Indian with the most 50-plus scores against the franchise in IPL history. With this effort, Rahul moved to eight 50+ scores against RR, going past Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}