DC Vs GT: Kohla’s ‘Virat’ record on KL Rahul’s target, will make history as soon as he scored 33 runs
Kl rahul eye on Virat Kohli’s Massive T20 Record: The 60th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. To stay in the playoff race, Delhi Capitals will have to win in this match. On the other hand, the Gujarat Titans will try to confirm the playoff ticket with victory. At the same time, in this match, the fans will be eyeing KL Rahul, on whose target Virat Kohli has a T20 cricket maharikard. If KL Rahul will score 33 runs against Gujarat, then he will complete his 8 thousand runs in T20 cricket.
KL Rahul targeted Kohli’s great record
KL Rahul needs only 33 runs to touch 8 thousand runs in T20 cricket. If he scored 33 runs against Gujarat, he will become the fastest cricketer to score the fastest 8,000 runs in T20 for India. Let me tell you, Virat Kohli touched the figure of 8 thousand runs in 243 innings of 257 matches.
KL Rahul has so far scored 7967 runs in 223 innings of 236 T20 matches. During this, he has scored 6 centuries and 68 half -centuries. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Suryakumar Yadav will be the sixth Indians to join this club.
Chris Gayle’s record still intact
In T20 cricket, if it is a record of scoring the fastest 8,000 runs in T20 cricket, Chris Gayle is in the name of Chris Gayle, who did this feat in 213 innings. While Babar Azam is second in this list, who had 218 innings to reach this figure. While Kohli (243 innings) are third, Mohammad Rizwan (244 innings) fourth and Aaron Finch (254 innings) are in fifth place.
Gujarat’s eyes on playoff tickets with victory
Talking about the match, IPL 2025 is starting again after an unexpected break, 2022 champions Gujarat Titans (GT) will try to re -achieve their goal of making a place in the top two with Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday evening. Shubman Gill -led GT is currently at the top of the points table with 16 points and just one win is away from making it to the playoffs.
On the other hand, DC is at fifth place with 13 points and the left -arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc’s chances of entering India for the remaining matches of the tournament are looking slightly less likely to enter his playoffs. The foundation of GT’s success in IPL 2025 is based on his top three batsmen – captain Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudarshan and Jose Butler.
Openers Gill and Sudarshan have scored 508 and 509 runs respectively, which have been fantastic to stay in power-play, resulting in GT lost only seven wickets in batting power-play, which is the lowest wicket lost by a team so far in the competition-while his run is 9.1 per over. Due to the great performance of Gill, Sudarshan and Butler (500 runs), it means that GT has not suffered much damage in mid and death overs.
Along with the ball, GT’s efficiency is led by fast bowler famous Krishna, who is currently the lead in the list of wickets with 20 wickets, while fellow fast bowler Mohammad Siraj (15 wickets) and left -arm spinner R Sai Kishore (14 wickets) have commended him.
On the other hand, the break in the tournament would have given DC some time to revaluate his plans and to mark his race with eagerness in the final stages of the competition. After winning their first four matches, DC could win only two winning in their last five matches, including the super over win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) on his second home ground, where he has not been able to find a code to make it his fort.
(With input from IANS)
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