IPL 2022 KL Rahul Century: In the 26th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul created history. In this match being played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, he scored an unbeaten 103 off 60 balls against Mumbai Indians. He hit 9 fours and 5 sixes during his innings. He completed his century in 56 balls. This is KL Rahul’s 100th match in IPL.
He is the first cricketer to score a century in his 100th match in the IPL. This is KL Rahul’s third century in IPL and second against Mumbai Indians. The special thing is that he has returned unbeaten pavilion all three times. Earlier, he had scored an unbeaten 100 against Mumbai Indians and an unbeaten 132 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Before KL Rahul, the record of scoring the most runs by any batsman in his 100th IPL match was in the name of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis. Du Plessis played his 100th IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021. He scored 86 runs in that match. David Warner is at number three in this list. Warner scored 69 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016. Murali Vijay played his 100th IPL match against Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016. Murali Vijay scored 59 runs in that match.
KL Rahul is the second cricketer to score two centuries as a captain. Before him, Virat Kohli has done this achievement in his name. Virat Kohli has 5 centuries in IPL. KL Rahul is the fourth batsman to score two centuries against any one team in IPL. Before him against Punjab Kings Chris GayleVirat Kohli against Gujarat Lions, David Warner against Kolkata Knight Riders has scored two centuries each.
In terms of scoring most centuries in IPL KL Rahul Jointly reached number four. Chris Gayle is at number one (6 centuries) in this list. Virat Kohli is at number two. David Warner and Shane Watson are jointly at number three (4-4 centuries). KL Rahul, Sanju Samson and AB de Villiers have scored 3-3 centuries in IPL.