It was another nice outing for KL Rahul because the Punjab Kings skipper performed an unbeaten knock of 91 off 57 balls to assist his facet impose a difficult 179/5 on the board of their Indian Premier League conflict in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Leading his facet from the entrance, the wicketkeeper-batsman performed at a formidable strike-rate of 159.65 and went on to hit seven fours and 5 sixes. With this effort, Rahul additionally overtook Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan and is now the brand new Orange Cap holder.
Rahul has to this point amassed 331 runs from seven outings, which incorporates 4 half-centuries. Dhawan stands second on the record with 311 runs from the identical variety of matches.
This is KL Rahul at his easiest
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 30, 2021
Rahul began off his innings on a cautious word and had simply managed to fetch 19 off the primary 22 deliveries he confronted. However, as soon as he switched gears, Rahul performed at a strike-rate of over 200 and went on to add 72 in simply 35 deliveries.
Meanwhile, Nicholas Pooran, who has to this point had a dreadful outing in IPL 2021, failed to make any impression within the contest. The Windies cricketer was dismissed for his fourth duck of the match and went on to be a part of an needed record of cricketers with most variety of geese in IPL.
Most geese in an IPL season:
4 : H Gibbs, 2009
4 : M Manhas, 2011
4 : M Pandey, 2012
4 : S Dhawan, 2020
4 : N Pooran, 2021*#PBKSvsRCB— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) April 30, 2021
Nicholas Pooran’s Average Batting Impact in #IPL2021 is -5.9, his lowest ever for a T20 home league the place he is made greater than a single look. #PBKSvRCB
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 30, 2021
Meanwhile, through the conflict between Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier this month, Pooran grew to become the primary participant to be dismissed on a two-ball duck, one- ball duck and a duck with out going through a single ball in the identical season.
With two wins from six encounters, Punjab presently stand sixth on the factors desk and it could be attention-grabbing to see if Rahul and co. handle to put brakes on RCB’s profitable momentum.
