KKR clinched their second victory on their home ground this season. They have beaten DC by 14 runs and kept their playoff hopes alive. KKR have 9 points to their name with 4 matches left whereas DC are at 4th position with 12 points in 10 matches. Their spin duo, Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine, clicked together in this match, which was a great sign for them. Let’s look at the records being broken after the match.
Oldest 50 in IPL
Faf du Plessis scored 62 runs off 45 balls against KKR. He became the 3rd oldest player to score a half-century in IPL. He went past MS Dhoni.
Oldest players to score a half-century in IPL
- Adam Gilchrist – 41 years, 181 days ( 2013 )
- Chris Gayle – 41 years, 39 days ( 2020 )
- Faf Du Plessis – 40 years, 290 days ( 2025 )
- MS Dhoni – 40 years, 262 days ( 2022 )
Looking at the fitness and form of Faf du Plessis, he can climb to the top of this list as well.
All-rounder Vipraj Nigam
Vipraj Nigam picked 2 wickets with the ball and scored a handy 38 runs off 19 balls with the bat. He is the youngest Indian to achieve the feat of 30 runs and more than 2 wickets in the same. Nitish Kumar Reddy ( SRH ) did it against DC last year.
Overall, Rashid Khan holds the record of the youngest player to achieve this feat in IPL at the age of 19. He did it against KKR in Qualifier 2 in 2018.
Youngest players to score 30-plus runs and pick 2-plus wickets in IPL
- Rashid Khan – 19 years, 247 days ( 2018 )
- Vipraj Nigam – 20 years, 275 days ( 2025 )
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 20 years, 330 days ( 2024 )
- Abhishek Sharma – 21 years, 34 days ( 2021 )
- Rohit Sharma – 22 years, 6 days ( 2009 )
- Keiron Pollard – 22 years, 344 days ( 2010 )
KKR’s teamwork
KKR scored 204 runs in 20 overs, and the highest individual score was 44 runs from Angkrish Raghuvanshi. None of their batters scored a half-century today. Five batters (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 26 runs, Sunil Narine 27 runs, Ajinkya Rahane 26 runs, Rinku Singh 36 runs) scored 25-plus runs. This is the second time in IPL that a team has crossed without a half-century from their batters.
MI had scored 234 runs for 5 wickets against the same DC, last year. That remains the highest score by a team in T20s without a single fifty from the batters. Overall, this KKR innings stands at 6th place for the highest totals in T20s without a half-century.
Highest Totals in T20s without a half-century:
- Mumbai Indians – 234/5 vs DC ( 2024 ) Top scorer – Rohit Sharma ( 49 )
- Â Somerset – 226/5 vs Kent( 2018 ) Top scorer – Steven Davies, James Hildreth ( 45 )
- Australia – 221/5 vs England ( 2007 ) Top scorer – Ricky Ponting ( 48 )
- West Indies – 220/8 vs South Africa ( 2023 ) Top scorer – Romario Shepherd ( 44 )*
- Nepal – 217/7 vs Malaysia ( 2021 ) Top scorer – Karan KC ( 45 )*
- KKR – 204/9 vs DC ( 2025 ) Top scorer – Angkrish Raghuvanshi ( 44 )
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