New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) locked horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Mumbai's DY Patil stadium. Skipper KL Rahul starred with the bat for Lucknow as he hammered six fours and one six to score 68 runs, helping his team post a respectable 169/7 in the allotted 20 overs against Hyderabad.
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The star opener joined the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Suresh Raina in an elite list as soon as he reached his fifty. Rahul, tonight, became the fifth Indian batter to complete 50 fifties in T20 cricket.
Most Fifties by an Indian player in T20 Cricket
- Virat Kohli - 328 matches, 76 fifties
- Rohit Sharma - 372 matches, 69 fifties
- Shikhar Dhawan - 305 matches, 63 fifties
- Suresh Raina - 336 matches, 53 fifties
- KL Rahul - 175 matches, 50 fifties
The above list also states that KL Rahul is the fastest Indian batter to complete 50 fifties in T20 cricket. There is a high chance that the stylish batter might surpass all these star players in the near future to top this list.
KL Rahul is counted as one of the most flamboyant T20 players in the current era. The wicket-keeper batter has consistently done well for team India in the last few years. KL Rahul has hit four centuries in T20 cricket.
Till the last IPL season, KL Rahul was the captain of the Punjab Kings. But this year, ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants roped in KL Rahul for a whopping amount of 17 crores, making him one of the highest-paid players in IPL history.