{"id":8495,"date":"2026-04-25T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-overtakes-ms-dhoni-with-a-boundary-enters-top-6-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:49:09","slug":"ipl-2026-kl-rahul-overtakes-ms-dhoni-with-a-boundary-enters-top-6-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-overtakes-ms-dhoni-with-a-boundary-enters-top-6-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: KL Rahul overtakes MS Dhoni with a boundary, enters top 6 | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\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-130512702,imgsize-1129517,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130512702.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: KL Rahul overtakes MS Dhoni with a boundary, enters top 6\" title=\"KL Rahul enters top 6, overtakes MS Dhoni (Image: IPL)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"KL Rahul enters top 6, overtakes MS Dhoni (Image: IPL)\">KL Rahul enters top 6, overtakes MS Dhoni (Image: IPL)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of the clash against Punjab Kings, KL Rahul needed just 13 runs to surpass MS Dhoni on the all-time IPL run-scorers list. He achieved the milestone in style, bringing it up with a crisp boundary to move past the Chennai Super Kings legend and climb to sixth place.<!-- --> KL Rahul gets a life as Shashank Singh drops another catch off Arshdeep Singh, allowing a boundary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Dhoni, one of the league\u2019s all-time greats, has scored 5,439 runs in 278 matches (242 innings) at an average of 38.30 and a strike rate of 137.45, including 24 fifties, with a highest score of 84*.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Meanwhile KL Rahul currently batting against Punjab Kings have crossed Dhoni&#8217;s record in 152 matches, 5462* runs. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Rahul, meanwhile, had already accumulated 205 runs in six innings this season at an impressive strike rate of 166.67, including two half-centuries, with a best of 92. <!-- -->His tally will grow further following the match against Punjab Kings. The Indian opener has also overtaken Dhoni in another key metric, most 50-plus scores as a designated wicketkeeper-batter in IPL history. Rahul now has 31 such scores, compared to Dhoni\u2019s 24.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Next on Rahul\u2019s radar is Suresh Raina, who sits fifth on the all-time list with 5,528 runs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>DC vs PBKS: Rahul gives Delhi Capitals a powerful start<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Delhi Capitals make a strong start, reaching 68\/1 in the powerplay. KL Rahul leads the charge with 35 off 16, early boundaries and survives a dropped catch by Shashank Singh, while Pathum Nissanka departs for 11. Bowlers Marco Jansen and Vyshak Vijaykumar prove expensive, While Arshdeep gets a wicket. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Playing XIs For Today&#8217;s Match<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Punjab Kings (Playing 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<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Delhi Capitals (Playing 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<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-kl-rahul-overtakes-ms-dhoni-with-a-boundary-enters-top-6\/articleshow\/130512620.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul enters top 6, overtakes MS Dhoni (Image: IPL) Ahead of the clash against Punjab Kings, KL Rahul needed just 13 runs to surpass MS Dhoni on the all-time IPL run-scorers list. He achieved the milestone in style, bringing it up with a crisp boundary to move past the Chennai Super Kings legend and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8495","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\/8495","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=8495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}