Highest Ever T20 Chase: Rahul's Masterful 152 Goes in Vain as Punjab Kings chase 265 and win by 6 Wickets

In a match that rewrote the record books at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Punjab Kings pulled off the highest successful chase in the history of T20 cricket , overhauling Delhi Capitals ’ 265 by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare. It was a game of extraordinary numbers, extraordinary nerve, and extraordinary cricket.

Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bat, and KL Rahul made them look like geniuses for it. Rahul became the first Indian to score 150 or more in the IPL , finishing unbeaten on 152 off 67 balls , with 16 fours and 9 sixes. His knock wasn’t without drama, it could have been cut short on 12 had Shashank Singh not dropped a regulation catch at deep square leg. Nitish Rana was equally brutal at the other end, cracking 91 off 44 balls before falling to Xavier Bartlett. In the 11 balls prior to his dismissal, Rana had smashed 44 runs including a sequence of 6,4,4,4,4,6 in the 12th over. Their 220-run stand is now Delhi Capitals’ highest partnership for any wicket in IPL history.

Punjab Kings’ response, though, was something else entirely. Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh hit 116 together in the powerplay , the second-highest powerplay score in IPL history. Both fell to spin in successive overs, but that’s when Shreyas Iyer took over. Karun Nair dropped Iyer twice in successive overs, and Punjab Kings’ captain made Delhi Capitals pay dearly, going 4, 6, 6 off three consecutive legal deliveries to tilt the game firmly Punjab’s way, reaching a half-century off just 26 balls.

Kuldeep Yadav was Delhi Capitals’ best bowler with 2 wickets, but no one could stem the tide. This match marks the halfway point of the group stage, and it’s been stamped with a record that may stand for years. Punjab Kings , still unbeaten, march on. Delhi Capitals are left to rue what might have been on a night that had everything.Delhi Capitals pacer Lungi Ngidi suffered a serious head injury while attempting a catch of Punjab Kings batter Priyansh Arya during their IPL 2026 match in Delhi on Saturday, and had to receive immediate medical attention on the field.