KL Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 66 runs in the second ODI against South Africa, with the help of which Team India’s total score crossed 350. Rahul has been scoring important runs for India in the death overs, he had scored a half-century (60) in the first match too, coming down the order. He is the third batsman in the world in terms of scoring the most runs in death overs after 2023.

India vs South Africa In the second ODI, KL Rahul scored unbeaten 66 runs in 43 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 6 fours. Before Rahul, Virat Kohli and Rituraj Gaikwad had scored centuries in this match.

KL Rahul’s statistics in death overs (ODI) after 2023

Since 2023, KL Rahul is the third batsman in the world to score the most runs in death overs (from 41 to 50 overs) in One Day Internationals. He has proved to be a good finisher for India. He has scored a total of 424 runs at a strike rate of 142.76. He is the Indian batsman who has scored the most runs in this case.

The first number in this list is David Miller of South Africa, who has scored a total of 464 runs at a strike rate of 168.11. Behind Rahul is Glenn Phillip of New Zealand, who has scored 413 runs at a strike rate of 149.63.

Most runs between 41 and 50 overs in ODI (since 2023)

• 464: David Miller (Strike Rate- 168.11)
• 438: Charith Asalanka (Strike Rate- 147.97)
• 424: KL Rahul (Strike Rate- 142.76)
• 413: Glenn Phillip (Strike Rate- 149.63)

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Indian batsmen have scored a lot of runs in both the ODIs against South Africa. Team India, which had reached 349 runs in the first match, scored 358 runs while batting first in the second match. If India defends this score in Raipur today, then Team India will take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series.

India vs England ended at the fourth Test draw. In the second innings, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja played a century innings for India, but KL Rahul became a victim of 90s. After 8 years, Rahul is out on a score of 90 in Test cricket. However, in this innings too, he made many records.

KL Rahul became a victim of nervous 90s for the second time

Nervous 90s in cricket means when a batsman misses a century by scoring 90 or more runs, while balls or time are left. On Sunday, on the fifth day of the fourth Test against England, Rahul was lbw out off Ben Stokes on a score of 90. Earlier, he was on a score of 90 8 years ago. In March 2017, the opposing team was Australia at that time.

This happened for the first time in KL Rahul’s Test career

On Sunday, KL Rahul missed his third century in the Test series being played against England. He scored a century in the second innings of the first Test and the first innings of the third Test. He has scored 511 runs in 4 matches played so far. KL Rahul has scored 500 runs in a Test series for the first time.

Virender Sehwag left behind

KL Rahul has overtaken Virender Sehwag in terms of scoring the most runs as an opener against SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). Rahul’s name has now been 1782 runs in 48 innings played in these countries. Rahul has scored 6 centuries and as many half -centuries during this period. Sehwag’s name is 1574 runs against SENA countries.

History created with Shubman Gill

Gill and KL Rahul shared a 188 -run partnership for the third wicket, during which they faced 417 balls. This is the record of playing the most balls in England during a partnership, before this record was named after Rahul Dravid and Sanjay Manjrekar. The two faced 405 balls in the Leeds Test in 2002 and shared a 170 -run partnership.

Apart from this, Shubman Gill and Rahul have set another new record together, both have scored more than 500 runs in this series. This is the second time that 2 batsmen have scored more than 500 runs in a Test series for India. Earlier, 54 years ago, Sunil Gavaskar (774) and Dilip Sardesai (642) did this against the West Indies.

KL Rahul has become the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The wicketkeeper batsman achieved this feat during the eight -wicket win of Delhi Capitals on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Tuesday. Rahul achieved this feat in 130 innings and overtook David Warner (135), Virat Kohli (157), AB de Villiers (161) and Shikhar Dhawan (168) in this list.

Rahul, who has captained for IPL 2024 (Lucknow Super Giants), is playing as a wicketkeeper batsman for Delhi Capitals this year. Last year, he was released by the franchise after a sharp noise from Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants owner. Rahul scored an unbeaten 57 off 42 balls in front of Lucknow Super Giants.

He batted carefully against the spin invasion of Aidan Markram, Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi. However, he continued to play his shots in between.

Rahul scored a half -century in 40 balls with the help of three fours and 3 sixes and did not give the Lucknow bowlers a chance to return with Akshar Patel. He won the match by hitting a six off the ball of Prince Yadav.

Rahul is in tremendous form this season, he became the fastest Indian to recently hit 200 IPL sixes and he is the third fastest player after West Indies big hitters Chris Gayle and Andre Russell.

Rahul is in great form for Delhi this season and he has done well on this occasion. His strike rate has been 155.67 in this season, which is the second highest strike rate of his 12 seasons in the league.

The 33 -year -old has scored 359 runs in eight innings and has played an important role in the team’s victory. His best performance was against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, when he scored an unbeaten 93 and won the team by six wickets. Rahul could not play his first match for Delhi Capitals due to personal reasons.

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