KL Rahul”s whirlwind century helped Kings
XI Punjab post a total of 197/4 on the board in the match against Mumbai
Indians. His shot selections and his patience shown at the crease is being
appreciated by several cricket fanatics across the social media platforms.
Opting to bowl first, nothing went in the hosts” way today. The bowlers were hammered to the stands by Gayle and KL Rahul. Mumbai inturn are missing the services of their skipper Rohit Sharma who succumbed to an injury scare yesterday. However, the management confirmed that he is rested as a precautionary measure. Kieran Pollard led the team in his absence.
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While Gayle was about to take way the
match, he was dismissed by Jason Beherendorff after a valiant 63 off just 36
deliveries. A middle order crumble created a sense of worry in the visitors
camp. But KL Rahul who has been in a good touch since last few games, led
sensibly.
His boundaries against Hardik Pandya accelerated the scoreboard all of a sudden and the stylish opener reached his maiden century in the final over of the game. His knock of 100(64)* included six boundaries and sixes each.
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Twitter couldn”t stop appreciating Rahul”s knock and the patience shown by him to carry the bat throughout the innings. This is how it responded to it.
