Services’ Rahul Singh continues to impress with tight bowling in the Vijay Hazare Trophy


Services’ Rahul Singh continues to impress with tight bowling in the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Rahul Singh

Services cricketer Rahul Singh has been steadily making waves with his terrific bowling in the domestic circuit. The 28-year-old cricketer has now come into his own in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy as he stepped up against Assam with his trademark economical bowling to help his side to a comfortable victory.

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Rahul Singh returned with figures of 2-30 as he along with Diwesh Pathania starved the opposition batters for runs. The duo completely controlled the middle overs as the Assamese lineup eventually succumbed to the pressure. Rahul bagged the wicket of dangerous-looking Swarupam Purkayastha and Saahil Jain as Assam were skittled out for just 206 runs.

Chasing a paltry total, Services endured a rough start to comfortably stroll home with 27 balls and four wickets to spare. Some sensible batting from opener Ravi Chauhan and Rajat Paliwal saw the team over the line. For Assam, Riyan Parag put up an all-round performance as he hit a fifty before producing an economical spell picking up a wicket.

Rahul Singh continues to build on his impressive Vijay Hazare record

Rahul Singh
Rahul Singh

Rahul Singh is a fairly experienced campaigner when it comes to List A cricket. The 29-year-old has featured in 28 matches picking up 33 wickets at an impressive economy of 4.07. The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021 season was a breakout season for him as he was first in the chart for the lowest economy of any bowler midway through the tournament.

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Rahul eventually finished sixth in the season when it came to the lowest economy as he finished that of 3.42. Only one bowler in the top six had bowled more overs than him and none had more wickets than him in the top 10. The Services’ bowler finished 11th on the list of best averages as he returned with an average of 15.22 last season.

Two games into the new season, Rahul Singh has scalped three wickets at an average of 20 and an economy of 3.33. The budding spinner will be looking to emulate his heroics from the previous season and help Services reach the knockout stage this time around. Having won both of their opening matches, Services might go through to the next round as they sit second in Group E.

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