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Rahul becomes the first player in the world to score a century for three different teams in the Indian Premier League.
KL Rahul has become the first batter to hit centuries for three IPL teams (BCCI Photo)
KL Rahul is playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, and on Sunday (May 18) during DC’s match against Gujarat Titans at Arun Jaitley Stadium, he entered his name in the history books by becoming the first player in the world to score an IPL century for three different teams. Rahul has played for five teams in the IPL and has scored two centuries in 55 IPL matches for Punjab Kings, two centuries in 38 IPL matches for Lucknow Super Giants and one century in 11 matches for Delhi Capitals.
He crossed the 100-run mark with a four on the fourth ball of the 19th over of DC’s innings bowled by Prasidh Krishna. For completing his fifth century in the IPL, Rahul needed 60 balls, and so far he has hammered 12 fours and four sixes.
Most hundreds in T20s (Indians)
- 9 – Virat Kohli
- 8 – Rohit Sharma
- 7 – Abhishek Sharma
- 7 – KL Rahul
The 33-year-old right-handed batter has five centuries to his name in 143 IPL matches. Only Virat Kohli (8), Jos Buttler (7) and Chris Gayle (6) have crossed the triple-figure mark more times than him.
Most 100s in the IPL
- 8 – Virat Kohli (RCB)
- 7 – Jos Buttler (RR)
- 6 – Chris Gayle (RCB/PBKS)
- 5 – KL Rahul (PBKS/LSG/DC)
Rahul’s best scores in IPL
- 132* from 69 balls for PBKS vs RCB in Dubai on September 24, 2020
- 112* from 65 balls for DC vs GT in Delhi on May 18, 2025
- 103* from 60 balls for LSG vs MI in Mumbai (BS) on April 16, 2022
- 103* from 62 balls for LSG vs MI in Mumbai (WS) on April 22, 2022
- 100* from 64 balls for PBKS vs MI in Mumbai (WS) on April 10, 2019
Rahul is the fifth batter after Ishan Kishan, Priyansh Arya, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi to score century in IPL 2025.
Batters to score century in IPL 2025
- 106 – Ishan Kishan (SRH) vs RR in Hyderabad, March 23
- 103 – Priyansh Arya (PBKS) vs CSK in Mullanpur, April 8
- 141 – Abhishek Sharma (SRH) vs PBKS in Hyderabad, April 12
- 101 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) vs GT in Jaipur, April 28
- 112* – KL Rahul (DC) vs GT in Delhi, May 18
Rahul remained unbeaten on 112 runs from 65 balls and helped Delhi Capitals post a total of 199 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. He added 90 runs for the second wicket with Abishek Porel (30 runs from 19 balls), 45 runs for the third wicket with Axar Patel (25 runs from 16 balls) and an unbeaten 48 runs for the fourth wicket with Tristan Stubbs (21 runs from 10 balls).
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Delhi, India, India
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