Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper, KL Rahul failed to do much against Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer, Trent Boult as the latter produced a stunning maiden over in teh clash between the two teams at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Leading the batting charge of LSG, Rahul struggled to get going in the opening powerplay of the action-packed encounter. The former Indian deputy skipper even failed to open his account in the first over of LSG’s innings.

With Boult giving RR a brilliant start at Jaipur, LSG skipper Rahul was trolled by netizens after the star batter failed to up the ante in the first over. Interestingly, Trent Boult equaled Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s unique landmark of bowling first over maidens. Boult (8) has bowled the joint-most first-over maidens in the IPL. Boult and Bhuvneshwar are followed by ex-India pacer Praveen Kumar, who bowled seven first-over maidens in the cash-rich league.

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Trent Boult bowled four overs and conceded just 16 runs against Rahul’s LSG at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The New Zealand pacer also bagged the crucial wicket of Ayush Badoni in the 12th over. Talking more about the match, Rahul scored 39 off 32 balls as the star batter missed out on notching up his second half-century of the IPL 2023. The Indian opener was dismissed by Jason Holder, who conceded 37 runs in four overs.

Kyle Mayers’ gritty half-century and Nicholas Pooran’s quick-fire knock of 29 off 20 balls lifted Lucknow Super Giants to 154-7 in 20 overs. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin emerged as the pick of the bowlers as the RR star bagged a couple of wickets and leaked 23 runs in four overs.

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“KL Rahul started with maiden over in powerplay once again, perfect start for the academy,” a fan lashed out at Rahul on Twitter “When you open with KL Rahul, you bat for 19 overs,” one fan expressed his disappointment. “Feel like KL Rahul has accepted that this is how he’ll play t20s, no matter what, so it’s useless to expect him to play the way he did in 2018,” another fan added.

Breaking – KL Rahul has opened his account on just 7th ball. His third fastest first run. pic.twitter.com/3th3Obk8nK

— Women Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) April 19, 2023

KL Rahul started with maiden over in powerplay once again, perfect start for the academy ❤️‍🔥🥵 #RRvLSG

— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) April 19, 2023

my buddy is still playing for that Test team spot which was taken by Venky Prasad.

— ali (@LucknowCityy) April 19, 2023

feel like KL Rahul has accepted that this is how he'll play t20s, no matter what, so it's useless to expect him to play the way he did in 2018

— retired ICT fan (@anubhav__tweets) April 19, 2023

Stat of the day :

There have been 27 first over maidens since 2014 in IPLs

KL Rahul has played 11 of them.

Unreal 🤣💪#RRvsLSG

— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRaii) April 19, 2023

There have been 27 first over maidens since 2014 in IPL

KL Rahul has played 11 of them. Unreal dominance🔥 #RRvLSG pic.twitter.com/HRAoYdMU3x

— Ritvik (@kohli_fanatic) April 19, 2023

KL Rahul in first over of T20s pic.twitter.com/wpTlzevxFi

— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar) April 19, 2023