Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul on Saturday achieved a historic feat in his side's IPL game against Punjab Kings. LSG face PBKS in their fifth match of the tournament at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Rahul scored 4000 runs in IPL when his side batted first in the 21st game of IPL.
PBKS won the toss and sent LSG to bat first. Rahul and Kyle Mayers provided them with a solid start. Before the match, Rahul was on 3970 runs in IPL and needed another 30 to reach the milestone. He reached the feat in the 9th over of the game. Meanwhile, Rahul is now the fastest player to score 4000 runs in the Indian cash-rich league and has leapfrogged the likes of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, among others.
The LSG skipper took 105 innings to reach the feat which is 7 less than the next best placed Chris Gayle on 112 innings. David Warner is on third with 114 games, while Virat Kohli is on fourth with 128 matches to his name.
Fastest to 4,000 runs in IPL ( in terms of innings taken)
- KL Rahul - 105
- Chris Gayle - 112
- David Warner - 114
- Virat Kohli- 128
- AB de Villiers - 131
KL Rahul ended his innings on 74 off 56 balls. This was his first fifty of the season. Meanwhile, LSG have finished on 159/8 from 20 overs in the game against PBKS. Rahul was the top-scorer followed by Kyle Mayers, who made 29 runs. For PBKS, stand-in captain Sam Curran picked 3 wickets in 4 overs for 31 runs.
PBKS Playing XI:
Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
LSG Playing XI:
KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
