KL Rahul breaks Virat Kohli’s T20 record, becomes Fastest Indian to score 8000 Runs 

The underdog of the Indian cricket team, KL Rahul, is the most underrated player in the T20 format. Playing for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League’s match 60, Rahul entered his name in the history of records and became the fastest Indian to score 8000 runs in T20 Cricket. 

Facing Gujarat Titans in the 12th league stage match, the Delhi batter needed just 33 runs to complete 8000 runs in T20 and playing a stable innings he achieved the objective hitting Kagiso Rabada for a six on the fifth ball of the DC’s inning making it the one of the best six of the IPL 2025. 

Becoming the fastest Indian player to score 8000 runs, KL recorded this in just 224 innings and also became the only Indian to score this under 230 runs. Rahul is currently the third player to score the Fastest to 8000 runs in T20s (by innings). Overall, Chris Gayle is the fastest player to score the 8000 runs in the format with 213 innings, followed by Babar Azam 218 innings.

Fastest to 8000 runs in T20s (by innings)

• 213 – Chris Gayle (West Indies)
• 218 – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• 224 – KL Rahul (India)
• 243 – Virat kohli (India)
• 244 – Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

Rahul is the sixth Indian batter to score 8000 or more runs in T20s and fastest Indian to score 8000 runs in the T20 format of the game.

Most runs by an Indian in T20s

• 13391 – Virat Kohli
• 12130 – Rohit Sharma
• 9797 – Shikhar Dhawan
• 8654 – Suresh Raina
• 8413 – Suryakumar Yadav
• 8003* – KL Rahul

Full List Of Fastest Indians From 1000 To 10,000 Runs

Rahul, achieved the feat in just 224 innings and completed 8000 T20 runs, breaking Virat Kohli’s record for fastest 8000 T20 runs. While KL is now the fastest Indian to score 8000 runs, 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

At the time of writing, KL Rahul is on the field and is building DC’s innings after the early dismissal of Faf du Plessis.