KL Rahul sent Kings XI Punjab to the top of the Indian Premier League standings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers to the cleaners with a smashing 69-ball 132 that helped his team win the game a huge margin of 97 runs.
Smashing seven fours and 14 sixes, Rahul unleashed his most destructive self on the RCB bowlers who had no answers to the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman. He surpassed Rishabh Pant to post the highest individual score by an Indian in IPL history.
Watch: Against Kohli & Co, Rahul slams highest ever score by an Indian in IPL history
Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to score 2,000 runs in the IPL and broke numerous records on the way. Here are some key numbers from his breath-taking knock.
KL Rahul during his 132*:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 24, 2020
- Highest IPL score by an Indian / Keeper / Captain
- Highest T20 score by a keeper-captain
- Highest T20 score in the UAE
- First Indian to score T20 centuries in four countries
- 2nd player after ABD with IPL tons in two countries#IPL2020 #KXIPvRCB
KL Rahul - 132* - now the highest by an Indian in #IPL history!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 24, 2020
Prev: 128* - by Rishabh Pant in 2018#KXIPvRCB#RCBvKXIP#IPL2020 #Dream11IPL
Highest individual scores by captains in IPL:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 24, 2020
132* - KL RAHUL today
126 - Warner, 2017
119 - Sehwag, 2011
113 - Kohli, 2016
109 - Kohli, 2016
108* - Kohli, 2016#IPL2020 #KXIPvRCB
Two or more 100s for Indians in #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 24, 2020
5 - Virat Kohli
2 - Virender Sehwag/M Vijay/Ajinkya Rahane/Sanju Samson/KL Rahul#KXIPvRCB#RCBvKXIP#IPL2020 #Dream11IPL
Career's first four T20 centuries coming in different nations:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 25, 2020
Cameron Delport (SA, ENG, AFG, PAK)
KL RAHUL (USA, ENG, IND, UAE)#KXIPvRCB #IPL2020
Most runs in last 2 overs of an IPL inns:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 24, 2020
44 (10) - Kohli v GL, 2016
42 (9) - KL RAHUL today
39 (11) - McCullum v RCB, 2008
38 (9) - Morris v DD, 2017
38 (11) - Stoinis v KXIP, 2020#IPL2020 #KXIPvRCB
KL RAHUL - 1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣#RCB - 1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣#SaddaPunjab #IPL2020 #KXIp #KXIPvRCB #CaptainPunjab
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) September 24, 2020
Batsman outscoring opposition in IPL:
— ESPNcricinfo stats (@ESPNcric_stats) September 24, 2020
McCullum (158) v RCB (82), 2008
Dravid (66) v RR (58), 2009
Gayle (175) v PWI (133), 2013
Gayle (117) v KXIP (88), 2015
ABD (129) & Kohli (109) v GL, 2016
Rahul (132) v RCB, 2020#IPL2020 #RCBvKXIP
First 60 balls: 90 runs
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) September 25, 2020
Next 9 balls: 42 runs@klrahul11 came up clutch last night! 🤯#SaddaPunjab #IPL2020 #KXIP #KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/7avgn1KRTE
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