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@B1$ The target of 265 chased down by Punjab Kings is the highest ever in all T20 cricket. They surpassed their own previous record of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2024.
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@B3$Successful chases of 200+ targets by Punjab Kings - the most by a team in T20 cricket. The next most by a team is seven each by Australia and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. This is only the third successful 200+ chase against Delhi Capitals, all three coming since 2025.
@B4$ runs scored in this match is the second highest aggregate in a T20 match, only behind 549 runs in the game between RCB and SRH in Bengaluru in IPL 2024. 82 boundaries were hit in the match - 42 by DC and 40 by PBKS - the most ever in a T20 game.
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@B6$ by KL Rahul is the highest individual score by an Indian batter in T20 cricket surpassing Tilak Varma's 151 for Hyderabad against Meghalaya in Rajkot in 2024. It is the third highest individual score in IPL behind Chris Gayle's 175* and Brendon McCullum's 158*.
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@B7$Instances of a 150+ individual score ending in a defeat: 152* by KL Rahul today and 151* by Chris Gayle for Somerset against Kent in Taunton in T20 Blast 2015. The previous highest in a defeat in IPL was Rishabh Pant's 128* for Delhi Capitals against SRH in 2018. This is the third instance of a KL Rahul hundred ending in a defeat for his side - the most such instances for a batter in IPL.
@B8$ Rahul now has six hundreds in IPL - two each for Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, and Delhi Capitals. He is the first player to score two hundreds each for three different teams in the competition; Sanju Samson and Quinton de Kock are the other players to score hundreds for three different teams. 47 balls to 100 makes it the first instance of him reaching the milestone in under 50 balls in IPL.
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@B10$ by Punjab Kings is the second highest Powerplay score in IPL, only behind Sunrisers Hyderabad's 125/0 - both coming against Delhi Capitals in Delhi. This is also the highest Powerplay total, bettering 93/1 against KKR in Kolkata in 2024 and 93/0 against SRH in Mullanpur earlier this season.
@B11$runs scored by Prabhsimran Singh is the fifth highest Powerplay tally in an innings in IPL. The only India with a higher aggregate in this phase is Suresh Raina, who scored 87 for CSK against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede in 2014. The previous most by an uncapped Indian player in this phase was Yashasvi Jaiwal's 62 for RR against KKR at Eden Gardens.
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@B13$The partnership between Rahul and Nitish Rana - the second highest for any wicket in the tournament, only behind the 229-run stand between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru in 2016. The previous highest partnership between two Indian players in T20s was 213 by Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav for Mumbai against Sikkim in Indore in 2019.
@B14$runs by Delhi Capitals is the joint second most between overs 11 and 20 in an IPL innings. RCB scored 172 against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru in 2016 while Punjab Kings also hit 162 against CSK in Cuttack in 2014.
@B15$ by Punjab Kings in the first 10 overs is the fourth most by a team in that phase in IPL; all three highest instances belong to SRH - 167/0 in 9.4 overs vs LSG in Hyderabad, 158/4 vs Delhi Capitals in Delhi, and 148 against Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad, all in 2024.
