Despite the fact that his team was defeated, Rahul managed to break Virat Kohli’s record during the game. Rahul reached the 7000-run mark in T20 cricket in an Indian record number of innings. Previously, Kohli held the number one position.
KL has scored 7,054 runs at an average of 42.49 in 210 matches and 197 innings. In the format, he has six centuries and 61 fifties, with a best score of 132*. In T20s, he has a strike rate of 136.20. Virat had reached the century mark in 212 innings.
Rahul has 2,265 runs at an average of 37.75 in 72 T20Is for India. He has two centuries and 22 half-centuries in the format at the international level, with a best score of 110*. He has scored runs at a 139.12 percent strike rate.
In 116 IPL matches, he has scored 4,151 runs at an average of 47.17 and a strike rate of 134.55 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Punjab Kings (PBKS), and LSG. In the IPL, he has four centuries and 33 half-centuries, with a best score of 132*.
Rahul is the quickest Indian to reach the milestone, having done so in only 197 innings. He is followed by Virat Kohli (212 innings), Shikhar Dhawan (246 innings), Suresh Raina (251 innings), and Rohit Sharma (268 innings).
His most productive season with the bat came in 2020 with the Punjab Kings. He scored 670 runs in 14 matches at a 55.83 average. In that tournament, he hit one century and five fifties at a strike rate of 129.34.
His best IPL score at the time was 132*. Rahul was awarded the ‘Orange Cap’ for scoring the most runs during the season.
