In IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals continued their winning campaign and defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on Thursday. KL Rahul played an important role in Delhi's fourth consecutive win. He played an unbeaten innings of 93 runs in 53 balls with the help of seven fours and six sixes. Rahul has been in great form for some time now. His run of runs, which started from the Champions Trophy, is still going on. Rahul played the role of match finisher well in the Champions Trophy as well. Now he is doing the same thing for Delhi Capitals as well. His decision to remove the pressure of captaincy and join the new team is working. His figures in successful run chases are also excellent. He was also named Player of the Match.
Delhi had lost four wickets for 58 runs.
RCB, batting first, scored 163 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi had lost two wickets for 10 runs at one point in the third over. Then Rahul came to bat. However, after this Abhishek Porel and captain Akshar Patel also got out cheaply. Delhi had lost four wickets for 58 runs. After this Rahul, along with Tristan Stubbs, batted cautiously in the beginning and focused on rotating the strike. Once his eyes settled, he played shots freely. After 14 overs, Delhi's score was 99 runs for four wickets.
Gave a befitting reply to old team Lucknow
After this Rahul put the fifth gear straight. In the 15th over, he scored 22 runs. Seeing him playing shots freely, Stubbs also started hitting. 13 runs were scored in the 16th over and 12 runs in the 17th over. This brought Delhi's score to 146 runs for four wickets. In the 18th over, Rahul finished the match. He finished the match by hitting a six. After this, he celebrated by burying his bat on the ground. Bangalore is his hometown and after such an innings on home ground, he gave a befitting reply to his old team Lucknow.
Rahul's record century partnership with Stubbs
Rahul shared an unbeaten 111-run partnership with Stubbs. This is the highest partnership for the fifth or lower wicket for Delhi Capitals. Earlier this record was in the name of JP Duminy and Ross Taylor. They shared an unbeaten 110-run partnership against RCB in Sharjah in 2014. Rahul's unbeaten 93-run innings is the second-highest innings by a Delhi batsman against RCB. Earlier in 2016, Quinton de Kock (then in the Delhi team) played an innings of 108 against RCB in Bangalore. Stubbs remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs in 23 balls with the help of four fours and a six.
KL Rahul's excellent record in successful run-chases
Not only this, Rahul's record is also excellent in successful run chases. He has scored 1208 runs in 25 innings in successful run chases in IPL at an average of 71.05. During this, his strike rate has been 148.58. During this, Rahul has scored 12 half-centuries. His highest score is 98 not out. So far, 56 batsmen have scored at least 500 runs in successful run chases in IPL. In this, only David Miller's average is higher than Rahul's. Miller has scored 1037 runs in successful run chases at an average of 103.70.
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