IPL 2020, KXIP vs RCB: KL Rahul performed a captain’s knock for KXIP, smashing 132 not out off 69 balls.© BCCI/IPL
KL Rahul scored his second Indian Premier League (IPL) century on Thursday, reaching the landmark off 62 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai. He completed unbeaten on 132 off simply 69 balls with 14 fours and seven sixes. That is the best rating by an Indian in IPL historical past and the best rating by an IPL captain. On the way in which to his century, Rahul additionally turned the quickest Indian batsman to succeed in 2000 runs within the IPL. He reached the milestone in his sixtieth innings, breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s document of 63 innings. Chris Gayle is the quickest to 2000 runs in IPL, having rached the mark in 48 innings.
Rahul, the Kings XI Punjab captain, opened the innings for his workforce and performed the anchor, including 57 runs for the primary wicket with Mayank Agarwal and 57 extra with Nicholas Pooran for the second wicket.
Nonetheless, the 28-year-old batsman was fortunate as his India teammate and reverse quantity Virat Kohli gave Rahul two lifelines. He dropped Rahul twice within the deep, as soon as off Dale Steyn after which once more off Navdeep Saini.
KXIP had slowed down after the wickets of Pooran (17) and Glenn Maxwell (5) however Rahul confirmed aggression in direction of the dying, hitting each brief and full deliveries type Steyn and Shivam Dube deep into the stands on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Such was Rahul’s prowess that KXIP accrued 74 runs off the final 4 overs.
Rahul went beserk in direction of the tip of the innings, smashing Steyn for 3 sixes and two fours within the nineteenth over after which hitting Dube for 2 sixes and a 4 within the last over of the innings.
Steyn was taken for 26 runs off the nineteenth over and Dube went for 23 within the twentieth over.
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Rahul completed with a strike price of 191.38 as Kings XI Punjab posted 206/3 in Match 6 of IPL 2020.
Rahul now has 2130 runs from 69 IPL matches at 44.37 and a strike price of 140.22 with two centuries and 16 half-centuries.
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