The flamboyant opener KL Rahul has been enjoying the purple patch his T20 career in recent teams as he has been consistently scoring runs for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the ongoing season. He has been successful in scoring as many as 376 runs in nine innings and is currently the leading run-scorer for his team. Moreover, he has also maintained a healthy strike rate of 162.77, which shows the fear he has induced in the bowlers’ mind in the tournament.

Rahul always prefers to take the attack to the opposition and dictate terms to them as he doesn’t like to wait for things to happen rather he likes to make things happen. However, the maturity of a player lies in the manner in which he/she adapts himself/herself to the demands of the team in a particular match. Rahul has taken his game to a different level from where he can amend his natural instincts when the team requires him to play a more responsible knock.

On Sunday the Punjab based franchise locked horns with Ajinkya Rahane led side Rajasthan Royals (RR) who haven’t had the best of IPL so far as they are standing at the bottom of the table. Rahul played a mind-boggling knock of 84 runs off 54 balls, which included seven boundaries and three humungous sixes. The right-handed batsman surpassed the fifty mark in 44 balls, which isn’t always the case as he has made a habit of scoring at a much better rate.

ALSO READ: Rahul stars as Punjab outplay Rajasthan

However, crossing the 50-run mark, Rahul went berserk as he made sure that Punjab goes past the line with eight balls to spare, despite requiring a run-rate of around 11 in last four overs.

In that match, the self-proclaimed ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle didn’t have an overwhelming outing with the bat. But, after the victory, he posted his picture along with Rahul on Instagram and hailed the Indian batsman with a new nickname.

Here is the post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bichb01HVPg/?utm_source=ig_embed