Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul celebrates his century. (Photo by SAMUEL RAJKUMAR / Sportzpics for IPL) KL Rahul, the Lucknow Super Giants’ captain scripted history when he became the first player to reach a ton in his 100th game in the IPL.
Rahul reached the three-figure mark in the second-last over of the innings with a boundary against Tymal Mills.
Rahul made batting look like a walk in the park with a 56-ball century in his 100th IPL game to put five-time champions Mumbai Indians all but out of the league with an 18-run win.
Rahul’s unbeaten 60-ball 103, his third three-figure mark across all editions of IPL, propelled Lucknow to a commanding score of 199 for four and then his bowlers joined the party to restrict MI to 181 for nine in 20 overs.
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For Rahul, both as a batter and skipper, the IPL is proving to be the platform which he desperately needed to enhance his captaincy credentials as far as the national team is concerned.
On way to his hundred, he added 52 for the opening stand with Quinton de Kock (24 off 13 balls), 72 with Manish Pandey (38 off 29 balls), and another brisk 43 runs with Deepak Hooda (15 off 8 balls) for the fourth wicket.
MI’s fielding was perhaps their worst in the past four to five seasons and it didn’t help matters that Rahul was in imperious form to make full use of it.
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