“Kamal Lajawab Rahul”- KL Rahul slams his second ton; joins Virat Kohli in the elite list

“Kamal Lajawab Rahul”- KL Rahul slams his second ton; joins Virat Kohli in the elite list

KL Rahul

KL Rahul, Lucknow Super Giants’ captain played an unbeaten century knock to help his team reach a decent 168/6 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 24.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first. LSG lose their opener Quinton de Kock in the fourth over off Jasprit Bumrah’s low full-toss. At a surface where LSG batsmen couldn’t score quick runs, the opener KL Rahul stayed at the crease till the last ball of LSG’s innings.

KL Rahul scored a brilliant 103 runs off 62 balls with 12 fours and 4 sixes with an excellent strike rate of 166.13. He reached his century with a magnificent six in the final over of the innings. He was helped by Manish Pandey on the other side. Manish Pandey scored 22 off 22 balls with a six. But a ball from Kieron Pollard sent him back to the dressing room. Other players Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni scored 10 and 14 respectively.

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Riley Meredith and Kieron Pollard took 2 wickets each whereas Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah scalped 1 wicket each.

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KL Rahul joins elite list

KL Rahul
Kevin Pietersen and KL Rahul

KL Rahul is one of the most consistent batsmen in IPL and has scored 3538 runs. He became the second Indians batsman after Virat Kohli to slam 2 centuries in a season. It was Rahul’s 4th ton in IPL which also helped him join the elite class. Kohli had scored 4 centuries in 2016.

“He’s (KL Rahul) such a dynamic player and that’s going to bear the fruit of his success for many a year. To continue scoring runs for different franchises is a damn hard to do because there’s so much pressure going into these new franchises. There’s so much pressure on you when you get bought for such big money,” said former England captain Kevin Pietersen hailing KL Rahul.

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