New Delhi. The stage is set for the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). IPL 2024 will start colorfully from Friday, March 22. The opening match will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In this excellent cricket league, fans will get a chance to see top cricketers from India as well as from all over the world playing. This ‘Cricket Utsav’, which started in the year 2008, is becoming more ‘shiny’ with every season and is proving to be a complete value for money entertainment for the fans.
Indian players have dominated both the batting and bowling departments of IPL to such an extent that four of the top-5 batsmen and bowlers are from India. In batting, Virat Kohli (RCB) is the top batsman with 7263 runs in 237 matches, while Shikhar Dhawan (6617) is second, David Warner (6617) is third, Rohit Sharma (6211) is fourth and Suresh Raina (5528) is fifth. . The magic of spinners has been very effective in bowling. Yuzvendra Chahal is at number 1 with 187 wickets in 145 matches, while Dwayne Bravo is at number 2 with 183 wickets in 161 matches. Piyush Chawla (179), Amit Mishra (173) and R Ashwin (171) are at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively in this list.
Even though Virat, Shikhar and Rohit (Raina has retired) are the best among the current Indian batsmen of IPL, but one Indian batsman is superior to these three in terms of records. The interesting thing is that this batsman, who proved himself better than Virat (Virat Kohli), Shikhar (Shikhar Dhawan) and Rohit (Rohit Sharma) in terms of run average, strike rate and top score, was trolled fiercely in IPL 2023. . Here we are talking about KL Rahul. Rahul will be seen captaining Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2024. After recovering from thigh pain, he has started practicing.
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Rahul has better average and strike rate than Virat, Shikhar and Rohit.
KL Rahul’s record in IPL is excellent. Rahul, who has been playing in this tournament since 2013, has so far represented Kings XI Punjab, Lucknow Supergiants, RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad and scored 4163 runs with the help of four centuries in 118 matches. During this period, his run average is 46.77 and strike rate is 134.42 which is better than Virat, Shikhar and Rohit. Rahul is the best in terms of run average among the batsmen who have scored more than 1000 runs in IPL.
In the tournament, Virat’s run average is 37.24 and strike rate is 130.02, while Shikhar Dhawan’s is 35.38 and 127.17. Rohit could score only 250 runs in 16 matches of the last season (IPL 2023), his run average is even lower at 29.57 and his strike rate is 130.04.
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Has scored 600+ runs four times
KL Rahul has batted very well in IPL. Virat, Shikhar and Rohit have been part of this tournament since the beginning of IPL (2008) while Rahul played in it for the first time in 2013. Despite this, Rahul has been successful in scoring 600+ in four seasons of IPL, whereas Virat has been able to do so thrice and Shikhar has been able to do so only once. Rohit Sharma could not score 600 or more runs in any season of IPL.
Rahul had scored 670 runs in IPL 2020, 659 runs in IPL 2018, 626 runs in IPL 2021 and 616 runs in IPL 2022. Talking about King Kohli, he scored the maximum of 973 runs in the 2016 season, 639 runs in the 2023 season and 634 runs in the 2013 season, while Shikhar Dhawan aka ‘Gabbar’ scored 618 runs in the 2020 season.
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Rahul is the Indian who scored the highest score
The highest individual score among Indian batsmen in IPL is in the name of Rahul. Playing for the Punjab franchise in the 2020 season, he played an unbeaten inning of 132 runs (69 balls, 14 fours and seven sixes) against RCB. Virat Kohli’s highest score in the tournament was 113, Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 106 and Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten 109. Well, Kohli is definitely better than Rahul in terms of centuries. Kohli has scored seven centuries in IPL so far, Rahul has scored four, Dhawan has scored two and Rohit has scored one century.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 08:47 IST