Nitish Rana and KL Rahul IPL Record: The 35th match of IPL 2026 is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, where Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings are facing each other. In this match, Delhi Capitals are batting first. The team suffered an early setback, but after that Nitish Rana and KL Rahul took charge of the innings. Both batsmen together took the team past 150 runs.
In the 12th over of the innings, Nitish Rana became very aggressive against Australian bowler Xavier Bartlett. He hit a six on the first ball and then hit two consecutive fours on the next two balls, completing his half-century. After that, Rana did not stop and hit two more fours on the next two balls. He finished the over with a six on the last ball, collecting a total of 28 runs from the over.
With this, Nitish Rana and KL Rahul built a brilliant partnership of 160 runs. This is also the biggest partnership for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings. In IPL history, the record for the biggest partnership for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings was previously held by Virender Sehwag and David Warner, who achieved this feat by adding 141 runs in 2011. Now the pair of Rahul and Nitish Rana have moved ahead with 160 runs.
Mayank Agarwal and Yuvraj Singh had a partnership of 106 runs in 2015. Similarly, Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer also added 106 runs in 2015. But now the pair of Rahul and Nitish Rana has surpassed all of them and set a new record.
It is worth noting that Punjab Kings is the only team this season that has not lost a match yet. They are at the top of the points table and are considered to have an easy path to the playoffs. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals have won 3 out of 6 matches and are in sixth place in the points table. By winning this match, Delhi Capitals will directly secure a spot in the top 4, while even with a loss, Punjab Kings will remain in first place.
Arun Jaitley Stadium
Arun Jaitley Stadium
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Arun Jaitley Stadium
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground
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