35th Match

Xavier Bartlett to Nitish Rana, FOUR, to fine leg

Xavier Bartlett to Nitish Rana, SIX, hammered, Bartlett continues to be expensive - goes short and looks to follow Nitish as he backed away, but the left-hander gets on top of the bounce and pulls it over square leg for a maximum

Xavier Bartlett [3.0-0-52-0] is back into the attack

Marco Jansen to Rahul, FOUR, clubbed, banged into the pitch by Jansen, but he's bowling to a man who was batting on 136. KL sets himself up, swivels across and then pulls it past square leg for a boundary

Marco Jansen to Nitish Rana, 1 run, short and into the pitch, hacked without any timing, behind square on the on-side for a single

Marco Jansen to Nitish Rana, no run, on a good length and angling across the left-hander, Nitish swings across the line and misses

Marco Jansen to Rahul, 1 run, the slower short ball from Jansen - KL is early into the pull, might've grazed the inside edge as it thudded into his elbow. The physio has a look

Marco Jansen to Rahul, leg byes, 1 run

Marco Jansen to Rahul, no run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, KL backs away and clatters it straight to the fielder at extra-cover

Marco Jansen to Rahul, SIX, full and at the stumps, KL clears his front-leg and then hoists it high over long-off for a maximum

Marco Jansen [3.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, SIX

This was the fastest of Rahul's six IPL hundreds, the previous fastest was in 56 balls vs MI at Brabourne in 2022. \nRahul now has the highest individual score for DC in the IPL, surpassing Rishabh Pant's 128* vs SRH at this venue in 2018

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Marcus Stoinis!! That's an excellent catch in the deep, Stoinis, it is and he made it look easy. Breaks the 192-run stand, the highest for any wicket for DC - was a full-toss down leg and Nitish will be kicing himself at missing out - bent down and slogged it over square leg. Not much in terms of power and distance, Stoinis runs across from deep backward square leg, slides and completes a fine catch. Went with soft hands and ensured that he didn't touch the boundary skirtings as he completed the catch. The 3rd umpire takes several looks , he wants to see if Stoinis was always in control of the ball as he completed the catch. This definitely looked like a clean catch. He now wants to check if the back-foot touched the ropes as he rolled across. The skirtings hasn't moved an inch, it's close, but there's nothing to suggest that he's actually touched the ropes. Or is it? Nitish Rana c Marcus Stoinis b Yuzvendra Chahal 74(39) [4s-10 6s-2]

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul, 1 run, slower and wider of off, swatted away through cover for a single

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, 1 run, Nitish comes down the pitch, takes the ball on the full and then whips it over mid-wicket for a single

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul, 1 run, very full from Chahal - KL clears his left leg and drags the drive down to long-on

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul, wide, loopy delivery wide of off, but it's past the tramline once again, called as a wide

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, 1 run, low full-toss on ther leg-stump line, driven down to long-on for a single

Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, wide, Chahal floats one well wide of off, it's past the tramlines and is wided

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul, 1 run, a direct hit at the bowler's end , but KL had made his ground. Was shaping for the reverse sweep and under-edged it to the off-side. Chahal ran across, picked the ball, turned around and threw down the stumps

Yuzvendra Chahal [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack

DC scored 121/0 in Overs 7-15, their highest in this phase ever, surpassing 120/1 vs Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad in 2011

They've taken the strategic break with the Punjab bowlers looking lost for ideas. They have the batting might, but they'll need to do something extraordinary today. The season's best is 254 and DC look set to overhaul it. 287 is the highest ever score in IPL, if KL stays till the end, they could come very close to it - 60 runs have come off the last 3 overs, 99 off the last 5

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, 1 run, another full-toss from Vyshak, whipped through mid-wicket for a single

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, FOUR, the full-tosses keep coming and so do the boundaries, just bounced a yard in front of the ropes - KL is on a roll. Hammers the drive back over the bowler's head

Back to over the wicket

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, SIX, crunched, KL is in some mood today, another full-toss from Vyshak, he looks frazzled under this assualt from his Karnataka team-mate, offers another full-toss and it's deposited into the stands at long-off

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, SIX, lovely, Vyshak switches to round the wicket, but this is a full-toss outside off - KL bends down and then plays the slog-sweep, high and behind square on the on-side for a maximum, brings up DC's 200

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, wide, the slower bouncer once again, but this one drops over KL's head and is called as a wide

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, SIX, clubbed, another slower ball from Vyshak, but it's too full and right in the slot - KL clears his front-leg and then hoists it high over long-on for a maximum

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul, no run, the slower bouncer from Vyshak, left alone and it isn't too high, not called as a wide

Vijaykumar Vyshak [2.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack

Rahul has scored two hundreds each for PBKS, LSG and DC - the only player with multiple IPL tons for three different teams. The other players with hundreds for multiple teams in the IPL are Quinton de Kock (DC, LSG, MI) and Sanju Samson (DC, CSK, RR).

Most IPL hundreds \n8 - Virat Kohli \n7 - Jos Buttler \n6 - Chris Gayle \n6 - KL Rahul \n5 - Sanju Samson \n \nRahul now has the joint-most hundreds by a DC batter (2) alongside Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner.

Marco Jansen to Rahul, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - a punchy drive wide of cover for a single, another big over for DC, 16 came off it

Most runs in an over by a DC batter in the IPL \n30 - Virender Sehwag off Andrew Symonds (Deccan), Hyderabad, 2008 \n30 - Jake Fraser-McGurk off Washington Sundar (SRH), Delhi, 2024 \n30 - Rishabh Pant off Mohit Sharma (GT), Delhi, 2024 \n28 - Shreyas Iyer off Shivam Mavi (KKR), Delhi, 2018 \n28 - Rishabh Pant off Venkatesh Iyer (KKR), Visakhapatnam, 2024 \n28 - Jake Fraser-McGurk off Avesh Khan (RR), Delhi, 2024 \n28 - Nitish Rana off Xavier Bartlett (PBKS), Delhi, 2026

Marco Jansen to Rahul, FOUR, a hundred for KL, his 6th in IPL, this has been a sparkling knock from the Indian Test opener - Jansen went full and wide of off, KL gets forward and hammers the drive straight of long-off, beats the fielder at long-off to his right

Marco Jansen to Rahul, 2 runs, a slower ball outside off - KL was a tad early into the drive and scoops it over cover-point, comes back for the second

Marco Jansen to Rahul, FOUR, nicely played, on a good length and angling across the right-hander - KL prods across, plays with a slightly open face and then scythes the drive past point for another boundary

Marco Jansen to Nitish Rana, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off - Nitish goes hard on the drive and squirts a thick inside edge onto the pad, rolls to the off-side and the single brings up the 150-run stand

Marco Jansen to Nitish Rana, FOUR, the boundaries keep flowing, full and at the stumps - Nitish sets up a stable base and then drills it back over the bowler's head for a boundary

Marco Jansen [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack

Arshdeep Singh to Rahul, FOUR, cracking shot, tad too full and wide of off, turns out to be a low full-toss - KL leans across, opens the face of the bat and then places the drive square on the off-side, beats the fielder in the deep, moves into the 90s does KL. Another expensive over, 20 came off it

Arshdeep Singh to Nitish Rana, 1 run, fuller length delivery and angling across the left-hander - Nitish leans across and then drags the heave wide of mid-wicket, KL wanted a second, but he's sent back

Arshdeep, from round the wicket

Arshdeep Singh to Rahul, 1 run, a wide full-toss and KL drags the drive down to long-on for a single

Arshdeep Singh to Rahul, FOUR, smashed, this is turning out to be a boundary hitting competition at the moment, was the attempted slower ball from Arshdeep, but it simply sat up and was disdainfully hammered back over the bowler's head

Arshdeep Singh to Rahul, SIX, thumped, fuller length delivery and well wide of off, but it's right in the slot and allows KL a free swing of the bat, he swipes and clears long-off with utmost ease