Lucknow Super Giants skipper as soon as once more performed a standout innings for his group to slam his second century of the season. Rahul slammed unbeaten 103 runs off 62 balls in opposition to Mumbai Indians to drag his group to a combating whole of 168/6 in 20 overs at Wankhede Stadium. Interestingly, Rahul’s first century of the season additionally got here up in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
At a floor the place different LSG batters failed to attain fast runs, Rahul paced his innings nicely and accelerated on the proper time to punish the MI bowlers throughout the park. He seemed fairly comfy in opposition to the short-pitch deliveries which MI pacers provided him at common intervals.
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He turned the second Indian batter to attain two centuries within the season after Virat Kohli who scored 4 in the course of the 2016 season. It was Rahul’s fourth IPL century which helped him be part of the elite checklist of gamers with 4 and extra centuries in IPL historical past.
Most centuries in IPL
- Chris Gayle 6 in 141 innings
- Virat Kohli 5 in 207 innings
- Jos Buttler 4 in 71 innings
- KL Rahul 4 in 93 innings
- Shane Watson 4 in 141 innings
- David Warner 4 in 155 innings
103* off 62 deliveries from the #LSG Skipper.
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Meanwhile, he additionally joined India’s limited-overs skipper Rohit Sharma on the prime of the checklist of most centuries for India within the 20-over format. The two India white-ball openers have slammed 6 T20 centuries in whole adopted by Kohli 5 and former CSK batter Suresh Raina 4.
Rahul reached his century with an impressive six within the closing over of the innings as his knock was laced with 4 maximums and 12 fours. (LSG vs MI, IPL 2022 Live Cricket Score)
Manish Pandey had a 58-run stand with Rahul however he lacked intent throughout his run-a-ball 22, whereas Marcus Stoinis (0), Krunal Pandya (1) and Deepak Hooda (10) paraded again to the hut in fast succession. Later, Rahul added one other 47 off 25 balls with younger Ayush Badoni (14) to take LSG to a aggressive rating.
For MI, Australian Daniel Sams, who had snapped 4 wickets the opposite day in opposition to Chennai Super Kings, had a forgettable night as he conceded 40 runs in his 4 overs. Kieron Pollard pulled issues again a bit as he snapped two wickets in two overs, whereas Riley Meredith accounted for 2 however conceded 40, with Jasprit Bumrah as soon as once more displaying his brilliance as an all-format nice.
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