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Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul (ANI Photo)
KL Rahul delivered a masterclass with the bat against Punjab Kings, bringing up a superb period to registry his sixth 100 successful the IPL. The Delhi Capitals opener reached the milestone successful conscionable 47 balls, hammering 12 fours and 5 sixes successful a commanding display. The innings, however, could person ended overmuch earlier. Rahul was handed 2 lifelines, archetypal dropped connected 12 by Shashank Singh and past again connected 51 erstwhile Vijaykumar Vyshak missed a instrumentality drawback disconnected his ain bowling. Punjab paid a dense terms for those missed chances arsenic Rahul made them number successful emphatic fashion. At the clip of writing, Rahul remained unbeaten and had stitched unneurotic a ascendant 180-plus concern with Nitish Rana, who was besides going beardown connected 72 not out. The brace wholly took power of the contest, putting Delhi Capitals successful a commanding position. Their basal has already rewritten the grounds books. The unbeaten 185-run concern is present the highest for immoderate wicket betwixt Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings successful IPL history, surpassing the 146-run basal betwixt Virender Sehwag and David Warner successful 2011. It besides eclipses the 2 106-run partnerships recorded successful 2015.Most IPL hundreds8 -
Virat Kohli7 - Jos Buttler6 -
Chris Gayle6 - KL Rahul5 - Sanju Samson Rahul’s 100 besides saw him ascent the all-time charts. He present has six IPL centuries, drafting level with Chris Gayle and moving person to Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler astatine the apical of the list.
In achieving this feat, Rahul besides created a unsocial record. He has present scored aggregate IPL centuries for 3 antithetic franchises, having antecedently done truthful for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, and present for Delhi Capitals. No different subordinate successful the tournament’s past has managed this.
