IPL 2022: KL Rahul slams unbeaten century in his 100th IPL match

After
being
invited
to
bat
by
MI
skipper
Rohit
Sharma,
Lucknow
captain
KL
Rahul,
bounced
back
from
his
duck
in
the
previous
game,
as
he
played
another
classy
knock,
leading
Super
Giants
from
the
front.

Riding
on
Rahul’s
unbeaten
ton,
Super
Giants
posted
199/4.
Rahul
celebrated
his
100th
IPL
match,
by
playing
a
classic
innings
against
the
struggling
Mumbai
Indians.

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Batting
first
at
the
Brabourne
Stadium,
the
Super
Giants
put
up
57
runs
in
the
powerplay
for
the
loss
of
one
wicket.
Openers
Rahul
and
Quinton
de
Kock
handed
Lucknow
a
strong
start,
stitching
together
an
opening
stand
of
52
runs
off
33
deliveries.
Fabian
Allen
provided
MI
the
breakthrough
in
the
final
over
of
the
powerplay
as
he
removed
de
Kock
(24
off
13)
to
break
the
opening
stand.

The
first
ten
overs
saw
Lucknow
score
94
runs
at
the
rate
of
9.34.
Rahul’s
29th
IPL
half-century
and
second
50
this
season
came
off
33
deliveries,
but
skipper
picked
up
the
pace
after
his
half-century
as
he
remained
unbeaten
to
notch
up
his
third
century.
This
was
Rahul’s
second
IPL
century
against
Mumbai
Indians.

Rahul,
who
began
this
campaign
with
a
first
ball
duck
has
since
then
registered
scores
of
40,
68,
24,
0
and
an
unbeaten
103
against
MI
today
(April
16).

The
LSG
skipper
remained
unbeated
on
103
off
60
deliveries
as
he
guided
the
newcomers
to
a
strong
total
against
the
most
successful
IPL
team.
Still
looking
for
their
first
win
this
season,
MI
bowlers
were
hammered
around
the
park,
with
Rahul
smashing
nine
boundaries
and
five
maximums.

During
the
mid-innings
break,
LSG
teammate,
Manish
Pandey,
who
put
up
a
72-run
stand
with
his
skipper,
hailed
Rahul’s
knock,
saying,
“Typical
KL
innings.
Team
is
quite
happy.
Except
the
last
over
–
we
were
looking
for
210,
but
we’re
happy
with
200.”
Pandey
played
a
solid
knock
of
38
off
29.

Riding
on
Rahul’s
century,
Lucknow
set
a
Mumbai
a
target
of
200
in
match
no.
26
of
the
ongoing
IPL
season.

Tymal
Mills
leaked
the
maximum
runs
as
he
gave
away
54
runs
in
three
overs
at
an
economy
of
18.
Meanwhile
Jaydev
Unadkat,
who
bowled
a
superb
final
over
–
giving
away
just
four
runs
and
picking
up
a
wicket
–
was
the
highest
wicket-taker
for
Mumbai,
pocketing
two
wickets.
On
a
day
when
the
bowlers
were
hammered
around
the
park,
Jasprit
Bumrah
was
the
most
economical
bowler,
giving
away
just
24
from
his
four-over
spell.