Rated highly by the great Rahul Dravid for his near-perfect batting skills, KL Rahul is the quintessential opener with all the traits of becoming a modern day great of the gentlemen's game. Belongs to the India's next generation of batsmen, Rahul's breakthrough moment came in the 2013-14 Ranji season when he laid the foundation for Karnataka's triumph with 1033 runs. It included three centuries, three nineties, and a Man-of-the-Match performance in the final. After making an unforgettable Test debut against Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rahul found his mojo in his second Test in Sydney where he stroked a brilliant hundred to stamp his class in the international arena. He was later selected in the limited-overs squads in Zimbabwe and West Indies in mid-2016. Rahul repaid the faith of selectors in style and showed his versatility across formats by scoring a hundred each on his ODI and T20I debut. In the lucrative Indian Premier League, the Bangalore-born batsman has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad so far. After spending last two seasons with RCB, Rahul has been picked up by Kings XI Punjab in this year's player auction. He was one of the most expensive Indian buys (Rs 11 crore) of the 2018 edition. Rahul can open or bat at No 3 and 4, and given his ability as a wicketkeeper, this is a key purchase for KXIP. Major teams - India, Bangalore Brigadiers (Urban), India Under-19s, India Under-23s, Karnataka, Karnataka State Cricket Association Colts XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Zone, Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing role - Opening batsman Batting style - Right-hand bat
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Rhodes said that while Rahul remains concerned about the performances, he never gets influenced with the circumstances.
Rahul also heaped praise on Mohammed Shami for his impressive bowling show.
Rahul heaped praises on KXIP pacers Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh after incredible show against Delhi.
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer has opted to bat first after winning the toss against KL Rahul-led Kings XI Punjab in Dubai; made three changes in the line-up as Rishabh Pant is back after injury.
A historic IPL 2020 match that went down to two nail-biting Super Overs to finally see KXIP get the better off MI with slimmest of margins.
Rahul scored 659 runs for in 2018 in his debut season for Kings XI and followed it up with 593 runs in 14 innings in 2019 with one century and six fifties. In this season, he has scored 525 runs this season in nine innings.
KL Rahul has been consistently among the runs, while Kagiso Rabada is yet to go wicketless in a game this season.
On Thursday evening, Rahul played an unbeaten knock of 61 and in the process took his tally to 448 runs in eight matches. He is followed by his teammate Mayank Agarwal who has collected 382 runs in eight games.
KXIP finally ended their run of defeats on Thursday with an eight-wicket win over RCB but they almost succumbed to an extraordinary choke, hitting the winning run off the last ball despite needing just two runs at the start of the last over.
Chris Gayle turned the lucky charm for KXIP as he put up a match-winning 93-run stand with KL Rahul to end his side's lean patch in IPL 2020.
The KXIP captain smashed four sixes and a solitary boundary to reach his 20th IPL half century in 37 balls as the side inched closer to win over RCB.
Bottom-placed KXIP will look to bring their IPL 2020 play-off ambitions back on track with opener Chris Gayle in the line-up for Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Deepak Hooda makes debut for KXIP.
The RCB pair have more than 3000 IPL runs as a partner and are the only pair in the history of the tournament to have 10 century stands to their name.
KL Rahul, who was part of RCB that season, finds himself in a similar spot this year with his side KXIP standing at the bottom of the table with just one win from seven games.
KXIP captain KL Rahul continues to hold the Orange Cap while Delhi Capitals' Kagiso Rabada wears Purple.
While Kohli's superbly paced 52-ball knock helped RCB script their biggest win against CSK in IPL history, Rahul's yet another slow-paced knock left the Kings two runs short of the target.
KKR pull another rabbit out of the hat as bowlers clinch the win by slimmest of margin after KL Rahul took KXIP close to 165-run target in a spine-tingling clash.
Rahul leads the run-scoring charts this season with 313 runs in six innings at an average of 62.60 and a strike rate of 136.68. Yet, what has stood out as a major concern in his batting has been his scoring rate in the powerplays - 113.3.
While they went on to lose the match by 69 runs, Rahul felt that death bowling was where they were struggling in previous matches and the performance on Thursday was an improvement.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has opted to bat first after winning the toss; KXIP skipper KL Rahul once again decides not to play Chris Gayle.
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