KL Rahul continued his brilliant form with the bat to lead Kings XI Punjab to a crushing 6-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in thei✃r Indian Premier League encounter in Iಞndore on Sunday night.
Chasing a below-par total of 152, Kings XI rode on Rahul’s unbeaten 84 to reach the target with 8 balls to spare. Marcus Stoinis gave him good support and remained unbeaten on 23 while Karun Nair also contributed with 31 runs from 23 balls.
Rahul stayed at the crease from the beginning till the very end and smashed 7 bound⛎aries and 3 sixes during his 54-ball innings.
Earlier, the Royals were restricted to 152 for 9 aft♎er being ✅put into bat first with Afghanistan leg-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman starring with the ball.
The ‘Man of the Match’ award winner, Mujeeb, picked up 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs while Tye managed 2 for 24 with Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot and Axar Patel taking one wicket each.
RR opener J🧸os Buttler once again top-scored for his side by scoring 51 runs off 39 balls.
Here is how the fans on Twitter reacted to the match:
Very impressive run chase by Kings 11 Punjab. KL Rahul was 48 of 43 and just like what top batsmen do,was able to accelerate quickly and sco🌳red 36 of his next 11. The running between the wickets,the twos was a standout feature as well
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Always rate finishing games as a very hig𝐆h quality in batsman and KL Rahul did it so brilliantly today. Good performance by the boys and really well led by Ashwin
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Now this is how the best finish matches. This, from KL Rah꧒ul was an innings of 𒈔the very highest class.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Brilliant performance from , winning by 6 wickets against .
Keep it up @klrahul11 and !! @lionsdeܫnkxip— Mohit Burman (@imohitburman)
Technical competence along with the maturity to finish the game…almost singlehandedly. K L Rahul is a special talent who’s coming to his own this year.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
What a knock ! What a playeꦡr ! Big up Broisky 🍻🍻 Thoroughly enjoyed this o💃ne 🙌🏻🙌🏻
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
Good to see @klrahul11 's consistent performance throughout the tournament so far, Congrats on the Victory @lionsdenkxip
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
. Well played @klrahul11 watch the entire inning of yours. Under pressur🌱e, tremendous response by you
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
KL Rahul was outstanding today. Loved the change of gears from him while batting. Dropped in anchor to carry ꦐthe home. Very stylish in his stroke play too @lionsdenkxip
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum)
RCB did not retain KL Rahul. A top-rated Indian batsman… who is now in the form of his limited-overs' career… Staggering!
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula)
K L Rahul is simply brilliant. He has paced this innings beautifully. Runs well and Never looked pa𓂃nicked or hurried. Good to see him start things & finish it off. . @lionsdenkxip vs 👏👏.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
KL Rahul powers KXIP to victory against RR with 8 balls to
spare— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Great innings by KL Rahul who was so brilliant today. His unbeaten 84 will be rememꦉbered for long .. Good performance by the team led well by Ashwin
— Rahul Dev (@RahulDevRising)
Fantastic innings from @klrahul11 taking responsibility and closing out a match is the hallmark of real class.
Well played.
Single handedly won @lionsdenkxip this game.— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
KL Rahul in 2018 IPL:
Then: 50 in 14 balls ( His fastest in IPL )
Now: 50 in 44 balls ( His slowest in IPL )
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda)
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Elegance, maturity, class personified… KL Rahul take a bow
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Classy from KL Rahul. Just the kind of innings the Kin🎉gs XI needed to negotiate that chase. Has the potential to be a great across all formats for India.
— Debayan Sen (ਦੇਬਾਯਨ) (@debayansen)
Taking wickets and how 😍
3⃣ cru𝔉cial wickets gets the man of th🐈e match award.— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Great bowling 👍🏻
— Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007)
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Will batters be able to pick Mujeeb? Doesn't look it will happen in this
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)