KL Rahul - (Source : AP)
On Sunday, May 18, Delhi Capitals locked horns against Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium for IPL 2025 match 60. Delhi Capitals were asked to bat first and the Axar Patel-led side got off to the worst start as they lost Faf Du Plessis early on in the innings.
Nonetheless, KL Rahul took the charge and pulled DC out of the slump as he smashed a fifty. At the time of writing this article, Rahul is batting on 63 (40), which featured seven fours and three sixes. Besides the half-century, Rahul also scripted history as he became the fastest Indian to 8000 T20 runs.
Full List Of Fastest Indians From 1000 To 10,000 Runs
Rahul, who took just 224 innings to complete 8000 T20 runs, broke Virat Kohli's record for fastest 8000 T20 runs. While KL is now the fastest, lets look at who are the fastest Indians from 1000 to 10,000 T20 runs. Here is the complete list.
- 1000 runs - Devdutt Padikkal
- 2000 runs - Sai Sudharshan
- 3000 runs - Tilak Varma
- 4000 runs - Ruturaj Gaikwad
- 5000 runs - KL Rahul
- 6000 runs - KL Rahul
- 7000 runs - KL Rahul
- 8000 runs - 𝗞𝗟 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗹*
- 9000 runs - Virat Kohli
- 10000 runs - Virat Kohli
It is worth noting that KL Rahul holds the record for being the fastest Indian to 5000, 6000, 7000, and 8000 T20 runs, which speaks a volume about his consistency. Talking about KL Rahul's numbers, he has completed 500 runs in this season and has five fifty-plus scores in IPL 2025. Talking about the ongoing match, at the time of writing this article, DC are 106/2 after 12 overs.