KL Rahul, the Kings XI Punjab skipper led from the front with a stunning unbeaten century in the win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, as cricketing experts and cricketers praised his performance from all over the world.
It was also an innings where KL Rahul broke several records of the highest score by an IPL captain and the highest score by an Indian in the IPL. Rohit Sharma, who is famous for his batting skills and has a distinction of being the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in ODI, scored a match-winning 80 in the other day for MI against KKR.
KL Rahul
KL Rahul Of KXIP Praised By Fellow Indian Opener MI Skipper Rohit Sharma
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma applauded his Indian teammate after the latter’s classy knock.
Soon after the innings got over the India opener tweeted saying, “Some solid shots there by KL Rahul, classy hundred”.
On Friday morning, after a well-deserved rest post the antics of Thursday night, KL Rahul replied to Sharma to say, ‘Thanks Ro, took inspiration from your last innings’.
Thanks Ro, took inspiration from your last innings ?
Rohit Sharma had smashed a match-winning 80 runs knock off only 54 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders just a day before to get the Mumbai Indians their first win of IPL 2020 after suffering defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of IPL 2020.
On the way, Rohit Sharma had set many records himself, including becoming only the fourth batsman after big-hitters Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and MS Dhonito hit 200 IPL sixes.
Kings XI Punjab Got First Points After Super Over Loss To DC And Are At Top Of Points Table With Superior Net Run Rate
KXIP go atop of points table with victory over RCB in the second match. The Kings XI Punjab also got their first points on the board on Thursday as they suffered the Super Over defeat against Delhi Capitals (DC) in their tournament opener.
Kings XI Punjab’s win on Thursday was their first of this season and their first over the Royal Challengers Bangalore after two seasons. The result took them to the top of the IPL 2020 points table thanks to a net-run rate of +2.425 after two matches which is better than others.
Ravi Bishnoi
KL Rahul, who scored his 2nd IPL hundred and first hundred in IPL 2020, was the primary architect of his team’s victory with his unbeaten 132 off 69 balls which included 14 fours and 7 sixes.
He was dropped twice by RCB captain Virat Kohli on 83 and 89 during the match-winning innings.
“As a leader it’s important to lead from the front. It’s a complete team performance, really happy. I told Maxi that I am not feeling completely in control of my batting, he said you must be joking, you are hitting really well.
“During the toss is the only time I feel like a captain and otherwise I balance being a player and the captain. The analyst, coach and the management will be happy.
“I watched the U-19 World Cup. He has a lot of fight in him. He’s always ready when I throw the ball. He wants to get into the contest,” Rahul said on Ravi Bishnoi after the former collected the Player of the Match award.
Both spinners Murugan Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi had picked up three wickets apiece as RCB was bundled out after scoring a paltry 109 in reply to KXIP’s 206/3 as the latter won by 97 runs.
