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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) completely dominated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the sixth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at Dubai International⭕ Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The KL Rahul-led side steamrolled Virat Kohli’s men, winning the contest by a vast margin of 97 runs.
Chasing the mammoth target of 207, RCB was never in the game as they completely collapsed against the quality bowling of KXIP.
Washington Sundar (30) and AB de Villiers (28) were the only batters who could cross the 25-run mark for RCB.
Rahul led from the front
Earlier, KXIP captain Rahul smashed a few IPL records with a ജblistering💮 69-ball 132. It was the highest individual score by an Indian player in the history of the cash-rich league.
Rahul also surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest Indian to cross the 2,000-run mark in IPL.
The 28-year-old brought up the landmark in his 60th innings while Tendulkar reached the feat in 63 innings.
The fantabulous knock of Rahul took KXIP to 206/3 in 20 overs. It was his second IPL ꦜcentury and f🐷ourth overall in T20s.
Interestingly, RCB leader Kohli dropped a couple of sitters of Rahul in the 17th and 18th over of the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
KL Rahul beat RCB by 23 runs
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
@klrahul11 complete ENTERTAINMENT 😘🔥❤️
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
An emphatic victory for and a statement made against an in-form ! @lionsdenk♎xip can be a potential contender for the .
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
No prizes for gu♛essing who is our Man 𒀰of the Match for Match 6 of .
@klrahul11
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
�� has this 🤪happened before? Interesting fallꦺ of wickets.
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
KL RAHUL – 1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ – 1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
KL Rahul beat by 23 runs 🙇♂️ Big losses mean NRR taking a massive hit…might hurt you in the business end of the tournament.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
At times you wo🔴nde♛r how franchise cricket works! 😀
Coach, captain and ꧋few players are but made win against their home city ! Amazing! 👌
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
KL Rahul – 132*
RCB – 109
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
A brillinat century by @klrahul1🐈1 gave that firepower to innings to post 206. From , their pacers went for plenty & those two drops by Kohli made a big difference to the final score. He has to make ammends with his batting now.
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Good to see two leg spinners do so well for @lionsdenkxip – Murugan Ashwin and Bishnoi. Headaches for Anil Bhai and company in the upcoming games
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Kings XI Punjab defeat RCB by 97 runs. It's 's third biggest win in their history, and the fourth heaviest defeat ever suffered by . A battering.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
Game 1: CSK Won
Game 2: DC Won
Game 3: RCB Won
Game 4: RR Won
Game 5: MI Won
Game 6: KXIP wonSix Games and Six Different winners
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
KL Rahul during his 132*:
– Highest IPL score by an Indian / Keeper / Captain
– Highest T20 score by a keeper-captain
– Highest T20 score in the UAE
– First Indian to score T20 centuries in four countries
– 2nd player after ABD with IPL tons in two countries— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
