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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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.
Kings XI Punjab have managed to win just four IPL matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 14 meetings, two of which came in the last two seasons.
KL Rahul has scored 302 runs in five innings this season at 75.20 with two half-centuries and a blistering 132 off 69 against his former franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. Yet, KXIP stand in the bottom end of the points table with just one win from five matches.
In the bowlers' list, Rabada has 12 wickets from five games and leads the chart. He is followed by Yuzvendra Chahal who has scalped eight wickets in five games
MS Dhoni interacted with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal after CSK defeated Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets on Sunday.
Rahul has scored 302 runs -- including one hundred and two half-centuries -- in five matches so far and leads the chart for the leading run scorers.
KXIP have now slumped to their fourth defeat of the season with just one win to their name and sit at the bottom of the table.
Mohammed Shami is currently the purple cap holder in this season so far, with eight wickets in four matches.
Following a humbling defeat handed by MI, the KXIP skipper says it feels frustrating that they could have won three of their four IPL games after losing out some close encounters.
Rahul has been in incredible form in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He has so far scored 222 runs in three matches.
The losing captain admits he made the mistake of thinking the match is in their pocket before RR chase down a mammoth 224.
The partnership is KXIP's highest-ever opening stand surpassing the previous record of 136 by Adam Gilchrist and Paul Valthaty against Deccan Chargers in IPL 2011, although the franchise's highest partnership is of 206 runs
We take a look at the top moments from the action-packed first week of IPL 2020.
West Indies great Ian Bishop also called Rahul the complete batsman after his glorious knock against RCB.
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