KL Rahul continued his brilliant form with the ba👍t to lead Kings XI Punjab to a crushing 6-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League encounter 🐬in Indore 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 bounꦆdaries and 3 sixes during his 54-ball innings.
Earlier, the Royals were restricted to 152 for 9 after being put into bat first with Afghanistan leg-spinner Mujeeb ཧUr 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 Jos Buttler once 🐬again top-scored for his side by scoring 51 runs ofܫf 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 scored 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 high quality in batsman and KL R🃏ahul did it so brilliantly today. Good performance by the boys and really well led by Ashwin
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Now this is ho♈w the best finish matches. This, from KL Rahul was an innings of the very highest class.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Brilliant performance from , winning by 6 wickets against .
Keep it up @klrahul11 and !! @lionsdenkxip ✨— 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)
Wh❀at a knock ! What a player ! Big up Broisky 🍻🍻 Thoroughly ♔enjoyed this one 🙌🏻🙌🏻
— 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. Unಞder pressure, 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 the 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 pꦫanicked 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 remembered for long .. Good perf💖ormance by the t✃eam 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 K♒ings XI needed to negotiate that chase. Has the potential to be a great across a💝ll formats for India.
— Debayan Sen (ਦੇਬਾਯਨ) (@debayansen)
Taking wickets and how 😍
3⃣ crucial wickets ge💜ts the man of the 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)