Lucknow Super Giants defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs on the night of 24 April on the back of a brilliant performance by the bowlers after captain KL Rahul’s unbeaten 103. This is the 8th consecutive defeat for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Rohit Sharma became the first captain to lose the first 8 matches of a season in the IPL. Along with this, he also equaled an uncharted record of Babar Azam.
By the way, the record of losing the most consecutive matches in IPL is jointly held by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Pune Warriors India (PWI). In the IPL, PWI has made this unwanted record twice in its name. He lost 9 consecutive matches in IPL 2012 and 2013. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Shahrukh Khan, lost 9 matches in a row in IPL 2009.
Talking about Babar Azam, under his leadership, Karachi Kings lost the first 8 matches in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022. He is the first captain to lose the first 8 matches of a PSL season. The special thing is that where Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian cricket team. At the same time, the command of Pakistan cricket team is in the hands of Babar Azam.
In the IPL season, he reached number five in terms of scoring the most runs against a single team. AB de Villiers is at number one in this case.
Run | player | against whom | Year |
228 | AB de Villiers | Gujarat Lions | 2016 |
224 | Faf du Plessis | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2021 |
219 | David Warner | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2016 |
209 | Virat Kohli | Gujarat Lions | 2016 |
206 | KL Rahul | Mumbai Indians | 2022 |
206 | Kane Williamson | Chennai Super Kings | 2018 |
Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul also made a unique record in his name. He jointly topped the list of winning Man of the Match award for the most number of times against Mumbai Indians in IPL.
KL Rahul was adjudged the player of the match for the fourth time against Mumbai Indians in the IPL on the night of 24 April. He equaled Suresh Raina, popularly known as Mr. IPL, and Steve Smith, the former captain of the Australian cricket team. Suresh Raina and Steve Smith have also been Man of the Match 4 times against Mumbai Indians.