India, Sept. 25 -- Captain KL Rahul led from the front as Kings XI Punjab thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97 runs in the sixth match of the IPL 2020, here at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

During his century innings, Rahul also became the fastest Indian batsman to reach 2000 IPL runs.

He overtook Sachin Tendulkar, who till today held the record for being the fastest to 2000 IPL runs.

After being invited to bat first by RCB captain Virat Kohli, openers Mayank Agarwal and Yuzvendra Chahal gave KXIP a solid start. The duo scored 50-0 in the powerplay.

Agarwal looked in great touch but couldn't convert his start into a big score and got out to Yuzvendra Chahal after scoring 26 off 20. The pair of Agarwal and Rahu...