Imagine one of the premier fast bowlers in the world Kagiso Rabada running in to bowl at you and you loft him through the line with a clean follow-through over long-off and collect a droolworthy maximum. Well, that is the kind of shots that define KL Rahul who makes it look like it is a piece of cake for him. Speaking about cakes, what was like the cherry on top about that shot was that it brought up 8000 T20 runs for KL Rahul. How good was that?! 😮🙌🏻#KLRahul takes on #KagisoRabada, hammering 17 runs in the 6th over! Will the Indian Champion lead #DC's playoffs charge & carry them to a winning total? 💪🏏Watch the LIVE action ➡ https://t.co/u7YvpDZ7P8#IPLRace2Playoffs 👉 #DCvGT | LIVE NOW on… pic.twitter.com/GCV0zTPjPP — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 18, 2025 KL’s calm but he’s also fastttt 💨 pic.twitter.com/qJuosWEZnO — Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) May 18, 2025 Also | Watch: KL Rahul Smacks Two Glorious Sixes Off Kagiso Rabada in IPL 2025 Before him, there were 35 players to get to the 8k runs mark in T20s but only two of them have managed to get it quicker than KL Rahul who reached the milestone in 224 innings. By doing so, KL Rahul is now the fastest Indian to 8000 T20 runs surpassing Virat Kohli's long-standing record made in April 2019 against KKR when Kohli got there in 243 innings. Player name Opposition Venue Date achieved Matches Innings Chris Gayle St. Lucia Zouks Kingston 7 Jul 2015 217 213 Babar Azam England Karachi 22 Sep 2022 227 218 KL Rahul Gujarat Titans Delhi 18 May 2025 237 224 Virat Kohli Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru 5 Apr 2019 257 243 Mohammad Rizwan South Africa Durban 10 Dec 2024 275 244