Historic innings of KL Rahul. (Photo- PTI)
KL Rahul Scored 152 Runs: Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul demonstrated amazing batting against Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Rahul scored unbeaten 152 runs in just 67 balls, which included 16 fours and 9 sixes. That means he created a storm in the stadium with a total of 25 boundary hits. Due to which Delhi Capitals, batting first, scored a huge score of 264 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs. This inning of Rahul became memorable not only in the match but in the entire IPL history.
KL Rahul’s historic innings
KL Rahul batted the entire 20 overs in this match and returned to the pavilion unbeaten. His innings of 150+ runs also broke many IPL records. He became the first Indian batsman to score 150 or more runs in IPL. At the same time, he is the third batsman to touch the 150-run mark in IPL. Before him, only Brendon McCullum (158*) and Chris Gayle (175*) could achieve this feat.
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During this innings, Rahul completed his half-century in 26 balls and century in 47 balls. He took a total of 66 balls to reach the 150 run mark. His strike rate in this innings was 226.86. During this, he also made a huge partnership of 220 runs for the second wicket with Nitish Rana, in which Rana scored 91 runs in 44 balls. This is also the second biggest partnership in IPL history.
Big exploits of KL Rahul
With this century, KL Rahul has also made the record of most centuries in IPL as a wicket-keeper batsman. Now he has 3 centuries in his name, which is equal to Quinton de Kock and Sanju Samson. In the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in IPL, he has reached the third place after Virat Kohli (8) and Jos Buttler (7), now he has scored a total of 6 centuries in IPL.
