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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Despite losses to Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, KXIP are in the top half of the league with 12 points while RCB are still languishing at the second last place in the table.
KL Rahul is easily among the few standout performers of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 which has reached its business end.
Rahul is happy to be in the centre of KXIP's batting force this season as he claimed that Kohli and de Villiers shared the maximum responsibility in his former IPL team RCB.
KXIP coach Brad Hodge has made no bones about his team's over-reliance on openers Chris Gayle and KL Rahul though he hopes the middle order will deliver going forward in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
For Kings XI Punjab, Rahul played the lone ranger with 95 off 70 balls, his fourth half century of the ongoing league.
Chasing a modest 153 run target, KL Rahul anchored Kings XI's innings from start to finish, scoring 84 off just 54 balls.
KL Rahul smashed a classy unbeaten half-century after young off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman's exploits with the ball to guide Kings XI Punjab to a comfortable six-wicket win over laggards Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.
Chris Gayle, playing his debut game this IPL season, smashed 63 off 22 balls to lay the foundation of KXIP's narrow win over Chennai Super Kings.
Rahul who is a new recruit in Kings XI Punjab, was previously associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Chasing modest target 167, Rahul slamming 50 of just 14 balls, gave a flying start to his team before being dismissed for 51 off Trent Boult in the fourth over after Mayank Agarwal (7) fell cheaply. In the first over, Rahul smashed Boult for 16 runs.
Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul hit 4 sixes and 6 boundaries on his way to a 14-ball 51.
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The Almanack also paid a tribute to India's women cricketers, with a wonderful cover picture of celebration at the World Cup in England last year.
Rahul and Karthik took a dig at Pandya in an entertaining way and said that his antics on tours light up the room. Take a look.
The 18-year old Gill scored his maiden first-class hundred in the Group A encounter between Punjab and Karnataka of Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday.
The 25-year old spoke about the new challenge he faced in South Africa in the Test series about how dangerous it is for an opener to face seam, bounce and pace at the same time.
From jokes on his current form to the whopping IPL Auction deal, netizens left no topic untouched while trolling KL Rahul.
India had lost the first Test in Cape Town by 72 runs and were beaten in the second match at Centurion by 135 runs to surrender an unassailable lead to the hosts.
The 25-year old Rahul suffered a blow to his left knee off the bowling of pacer Ishant Sharma.
Opener KL Rahul, who replaced Dhawan in Centurion, lost his wickets cheaply for 10 and four runs in successive innings.
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