KL Rahul Scripts History With Stunning Ton In IPL 2025, Becomes 1st Player Ever To...

KL Rahul slammed a stunning century for Delhi Capitals during the IPL 2025 encounter against Gujarat Titans on Sunday. It was Rahul's 5th IPL century and he remained unbeaten on 112 off just 65 deliveries with the help of 14 fours and 4 sixes. As a result, Rahul became the second Indian batter ever to score 5 or more IPL centuries. The only other Indian batter to achieve the feat was Virat Kohli who has scored 8 IPL centuries till now. Overall, it was the 7th T20 hundred for Rahul. Rahul also became the first cricketer ever to score centuries for three different franchises in the IPL.

Most 100s in the IPL

8 - Virat Kohli

7 - Jos Buttler

6 - Chris Gayle

5 - KL Rahul*

Rahul shined on his promotion to the openers role by slamming a majestic 112 not out and carry Delhi Capitals to a massive 199/3 in their 20 overs against Gujarat Titans.

On a slightly slower pitch, Rahul was at his clean and pristine best in strokeplay, especially when hitting through the line to hit 112 not out off 65 balls – his fifth IPL hundred. His spectacular knock included 14 fours and four sixes as Rahul also became the first ever batter to score IPL centuries for three different teams – having done this previously for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants.

Apart from being the team's main driving force with the bat, Rahul also finished the innings well to ensure DC posted a total which can challenge GT's top-order might. He found great support from other batters - Abishek Porel sizzled with a 19-ball 30, skipper Axar Patel hit two fours and a six in his 16-ball 25 and Tristan Stubbs was unbeaten on 21 off 10 balls.

Pushed into batting first, Rahul found two boundaries in the opening over off Mohammed Siraj – one via a misfield at deep third man,