KL Rahul scored a century against Punjab Kings. (Photo- PTI)
KL Rahul Hundred vs PBKS: In the 35th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Delhi Capitals' star opener KL Rahul played a brilliant century against Punjab Kings. Rahul destroyed the Punjab bowlers by completing his century in just 47 balls. This is the sixth century of his IPL career. In this match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first and Rahul was successful in giving a strong start to the team. Poor fielding of Punjab Kings also played an important role in this explosive innings of Rahul. The Punjab team gave life to Rahul twice, of which he took full advantage.
This innings of KL Rahul was very brilliant. He appeared to be in very good shape and also got two leases of life. When Rahul was on just 12 runs, Shashank Singh dropped his easy catch. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rahul completed his half-century in just 26 balls. After this, when he was playing on 51 runs, he missed another catch. After this second donation, Rahul came into full aggressive mode and crossed the 100-run mark in just 47 balls.
This innings of Rahul was quite explosive. He gave a strong base to Delhi's innings by continuously hitting fours and sixes on the Punjab bowlers. He also played a good partnership with Nitish Rana. This match was disappointing for Punjab Kings in terms of fielding. Not only was Rahul saved by missing two big catches, but Delhi Capitals got a chance to score a big score. This inning of Rahul completely neutralized the bowling unit of Punjab.
On the basis of this century innings, KL Rahul has gone ahead in the race for Orange Cap. He has left Virat Kohli behind. The special thing is that the beginning of the season was not special for KL Rahul, he could score only 1 run in 2 matches. After this, he made a comeback with a strong inning of 92 runs and has now become number-1 in terms of scoring the most runs.
