Asia Cup Cricket: KL Rahul did not play a single match after IPL, yet got a place in the team, this is the reason
KL Rahul has once again got a place in Team India for a big tournament like T20 Asia Cup. He has been made vice-captain again. Rahul did well with the bat in IPL 2022. But due to injury and corona, he could not play a single match and was also running out of the team. But once again he has got a place in Team India for the T20 Asia Cup starting from 27 August. After all, why did he get a chance in such a big tournament instead of playing a practice match after coming back from injury? So let me tell you the reason for this:
IPL Matches
IPL matches are held every year and not only from India but also from all over the world, great players descend. KL Rahul’s performance is unmatched in the T20 league. He has been scoring more than 500 runs here for 5 consecutive seasons. During this, he has scored more than 600 runs 4 times. No other Indian has been able to do this. He was the captain of the new team Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022. The team had also traveled to the playoffs.
Scored 616 runs with 2 centuries
KL Rahul did amazing batting in IPL 2022. He scored 616 runs in 15 matches at an average of 51. During this he ,scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries. Strike rate was 135. Played the best innings of 103 not out. In the T20 league, he scored 626 runs in 2021, 670 runs in 2020, 593 in 2019, and 659 in 2018. During this, he also scored at least a century in 3 seasons. He has scored 3889 runs in 109 matches of IPL at an average of 48. Has scored 4 centuries and 31 half-centuries.
Record strong in T20 International too
30-year-old KL Rahul’s record is also excellent in T20 Internationals. He has scored 1831 runs in 52 innings of 56 matches at an average of 41. Has scored 2 centuries and 16 half-centuries. That is, he scores more than 50 runs in every third inning. The strike rate is 142. He played the biggest cross of 110 not out. He has also hit more than 70 sixes. It is known that former captain Virat Kohli has not been able to score a century in T20 International so far.
Heavy on 4 players
After IPL, 4 players landed in T20 as an opener. But after the arrival of KL Rahul, he had to be out. It also includes Ishaan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, and Shreyas Iyer. However, Iyer has been kept as a standby for the Asia Cup. During this, Ishaan scored 254 runs in 9 matches with the help of 2 half-centuries, Rituraj scored 96 runs in 5 matches with a half-century, Iyer 64 in a match while Samson scored 77 runs in a match.
However, there is also a big challenge in front of KL Rahul. T20 World Cup is to be held in Australia in October-November this year. In that sense the Asia Cup is important. They would like to do well here. Here India has to play with former world teams like Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India’s performance in the last T20 World Cup was not good. The team was already out of the round.