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Ire vs Ind (Second T20I) – KL Rahul continues his lethal IPL form
By Sandy - Jun 29, 2018 10:32 pm
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Indian cricketer KL Rahul continues his lethal IPL form in the T20I as he scored his fourth T20I half-century in the second and final T20I of two-match T20I series against the hosts Ireland at Dublin on Friday.

KL Rahul

Like the previous game, Ireland skipper Garry Wilson sent the Indian team again to bat first after winning the toss. After missing the previous game, Rahul got an opportunity in this game which he grabbed superbly.

Coming to bat as an opening batsman with the skipper Virat Kohli, Rahul batted superbly. The right-handed batsman completed his half-century in 28 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes and carried the innings further in his attacking style.

Finally, he scored 70 runs off 36 balls (3 fours and 6 sixes) with the strike-rate of 194.44, before getting caught and bowled by Kevin O’Brien on his very first delivery in the game. Before his dismissal, Rahul put a 106-run second wicket partnership with Suresh Raina, who also batted impressively to score 69 off 45 balls (5 fours and 3 sixes).

In the end, Hardik Pandya also played a thrashing unbeaten 32-run knock off just 9 balls with the help of only four and 4 sixes and that helped India to put a big total of 213/4 on the board at the end of 20 overs.

Coming to KL Rahul, he was in the superb batting form during the IPL 2018. Playing as an opening batsman for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in this IPL season, Rahul was the third most runs-scorer in the tournament who scored a total of 659 runs with the average of 54.91 and the strike-rate of 158.41. Playing a total of 14 innings in that tournament, Rahul hit six half-centuries including his best knock of 95* against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur.

From playing the fastest ever IPL half-century knock (in just 14 balls) to playing season’s slowest half-century knock (in 48 balls), Rahul outstandingly performed according to the situation. While he carried the entire team’s batting line-up on his shoulder, he didn’t get enough support from the other batsmen which denied the team’s ultimate success.

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