KL Rahul’s 68-lunge knock off 50 balls helped Lucknow Gigantic Giants to succeed in 169/7 in 20 overs in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad within the IPL 2022 clash on Monday.
LSG skipper KL Rahul (Source: Twitter)
Lucknow Gigantic Giants skipper KL Rahul used to be over again in prime form as he rescued his side with a gleaming half-century in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad within the IPL 2022 clash on Monday (April 4).
After LSG, who were requested to bat first, misplaced two early wickets – Quinton de Kock and Evin Lewis, Rahul took the cost and led from the entrance as he scored 68 off 50 balls, which included four boundaries and a six.
In the technique, Rahul accomplished 50 half-centuries in T20 cricket and modified into only the fifth Indian to live the milestone after Virat Kohli (76 fifties), Rohit Sharma (69 fifties), Shikhar Dhawan (63 fifties) and Suresh Raina (53 fifties).
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Captain has scored his half century in 40 balls#AbApniBaariHai #bhaukaalmachadenge#IPL2022 #LucknowSuperGiants #T20 #TataIPL #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #LSG2022 pic.twitter.com/OQYR8yJKEh— Lucknow Gigantic Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 4, 2022
Also, it used to be additionally Rahul’s 13th fifty-plus ranking as a captain, meaning he overtook Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist and ex-captain of Delhi Daredevils to take hold of the sixth set up aside within the checklist of most fifty-plus ratings as a captain in IPL and fifth overall among Indians.
Used Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Kohli leads the tally with 40 such ratings, followed by Gautam Gambhir (31), Rohit Sharma (23) and MS Dhoni (22). The one out of the country captain to function within the all-time prime-5 is David Warner with 27 such ratings.
Talking about the match, Rahul and Deepak Hooda slammed half-centuries as LSG reached 169/7 in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 12 of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium on Monday.
Lucknow were in effort at 27/3 when Hooda (51 off 33 balls) and Rahul (68 off 50 balls) stitched a partnership of 87 off 62 balls to revive the innings.
For Hyderabad, birthday boy T. Natarajan scalped 2/26 whereas off-spinner Washington Sundar took two early wickets to form with figures of two/28.
