{"id":8545,"date":"2026-04-25T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/kl-rahul-nitish-rana-partnership-breaks-11-year-old-virat-kohli-ab-de-villiers-ipl-record-in-pbks-demolition-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:02:08","slug":"kl-rahul-nitish-rana-partnership-breaks-11-year-old-virat-kohli-ab-de-villiers-ipl-record-in-pbks-demolition-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/kl-rahul-nitish-rana-partnership-breaks-11-year-old-virat-kohli-ab-de-villiers-ipl-record-in-pbks-demolition-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"KL Rahul-Nitish Rana partnership breaks 11-year-old Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers IPL record in PBKS demolition | 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-130514806,imgsize-71968,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mnb-89.jpg\" alt=\"KL Rahul-Nitish Rana partnership breaks 11-year-old Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers IPL record in PBKS demolition\" title=\"KL Rahul, Nitish Rana\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KL Rahul played the innings of his IPL career on Saturday, scoring an unbeaten 152 as Delhi Capitals posted 264 for 2 against Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 match in Delhi. His knock became the highest score by an Indian batter in IPL history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Nitish Rana also made full use of Punjab Kings\u2019 bowling, scoring 91, as the two put together a record 220-run partnership for Delhi Capitals after the team chose to bat first.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Playing in the afternoon heat, Rahul and Rana added 220 runs for the second wicket in just 96 balls. It is the highest partnership for Delhi Capitals in IPL history and the second-highest stand for any wicket in the league.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Rahul reached his sixth IPL hundred with 14 fours and nine sixes. <!-- -->His unbeaten 152 is also the third-highest individual score in IPL history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Only Chris Gayle\u2019s 175 and Brendon McCullum\u2019s 158 are ahead of him now.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The innings could have ended much earlier for Rahul. Punjab Kings dropped him first when he was on 12, with Shashank Singh missing the chance. He was dropped again on 51, but PBKS could not stop him from turning it into a record knock.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Delhi fans watched one of Rahul\u2019s best innings as he looked in control from the start. Pathum Nissanka got out early, but Nitish Rana then joined Rahul and the game changed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The two batters matched each other shot for shot, with Punjab\u2019s bowlers unable to slow them down as the scoring rate kept rising.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Their 220-run stand now sits second on the list of highest partnerships in IPL history for any wicket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The record still belongs to AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli, who added 229 runs for RCB against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru in 2016.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Rahul and Rana\u2019s stand moved past the unbeaten 215-run stand by de Villiers and Kohli against Mumbai Indians in 2015, the 210-run partnership between Rahul and Quinton de Kock against KKR in 2022, and the 210-run stand by Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill against CSK in 2024.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Highest partnerships in the IPL (any wicket)<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"31\">\n<ul>\n<li>229 &#8211; AB de Villiers &amp; Virat Kohli vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016<\/li>\n<li>220 &#8211; KL Rahul &amp; Nitish Rana vs PBKS, Delhi, 2026<\/li>\n<li>215* &#8211; AB de Villiers &amp; Virat Kohli vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2015<\/li>\n<li>210* &#8211; KL Rahul &amp; Quinton de Kock vs KKR, Mumbai DYP, 2022<\/li>\n<li>210 &#8211; Sai Sudharsan &amp; Shubman Gill vs CSK, Ahmedabad, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/kl-rahul-nitish-rana-partnership-break-11-year-old-virat-kohli-ab-de-villiers-ipl-record-in-pbks-demolition\/articleshow\/130514550.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul played the innings of his IPL career on Saturday, scoring an unbeaten 152 as Delhi Capitals posted 264 for 2 against Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 match in Delhi. His knock became the highest score by an Indian batter in IPL history.Nitish Rana also made full use of Punjab Kings\u2019 bowling, scoring 91, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545","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=8545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}