Mumbai: In Match 26 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, the new team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are facing the five-time previous champion Mumbai Indians (MI). LSG captain KL Rahul has hit a century in his 100th IPL game, which is being played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Rahul is one of several players who have played their 100th match in the IPL, the world’s most profitable Twenty20 (T20) domestic tournament. He opened the innings with a dominating stroke of 103 off 60 balls. In this knock, he hit nine fours and five sixes with a strike rate of 171.6. On a hot afternoon encounter, Rahul, who had five fifties against Mumbai before the game, attacked the struggling attack, smashing them to all areas of the pitch.
KL Rahul – take a bow. Incredible capt. 🔥@LucknowIPL #LSGvsMI
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) April 16, 2022
He has also become the fourth player to score a couple of tons against an opponent in the IPL to date, as it was his second against MI. The others are Chris Gayle vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), Virat Kohli vs Gujarat Lions (GL), and David Warner vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Innings Break! @klrahul11 led the charge with the bat with an unbeaten hundred as @LucknowIPL posted 199/4 on the board. 👏 👏
The @mipaltan chase to begin soon. 👍 👍
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/8aLz0owuM1#TATAIPL | #MIvLSG pic.twitter.com/YtW2jaoqFl
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2022
Rahul is also the only captain in the IPL to score a century for two separate teams. After Virat Kohli’s five hundred for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he is just the second IPL captain to have multiple tonnes (RCB). In terms of the encounter, LSG was given the opportunity to bat first and have built up a strong total of 199/4, with Rahul leading the way, while bowler Jaydev Unadkat got a handful of wickets for MI.
Brief scores: LSG 199/4 (Rahul- 103*, Pandey- 38; Unadkat- 2/32) vs MI.
