KL Rahul Equals Virat Kohli’s Record, Completes 600 Runs
KL Rahul equals Virat Kohli’s record, completes 600 runs in IPL 2020. The IPL 2020 season has been a great one for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) captain KL Rahul.
He continues to hold the number one position in terms of runs scored and he also completed his 600 runs this season, playing 46 runs against Rajasthan Royals. KL became the first batsman to complete 600 runs this season.
Talking about IPL 2020, he has scored 641 runs in 13 matches played so far with the help of one century and five half-centuries. His average is 58.27 and his strike rate is 130.54.
KL Rahul has touched 600 runs for the second time in his IPL career. In the year 2018 too, he had scored 659 runs in 14 matches.
Now in 2020, he has done this amazingly. KL Rahul has reached the mark of Virat Kohli in terms of scoring 600 runs in two seasons of IPL.
Virat Kohli did this amazing in the years 2013 and 2016. After Virat, KL Rahul became the second Indian batsman to score 600 or more runs in two seasons of IPL.
Sehwag tied the praise of Chris Gayle, T-20’s Don Bradman
In the shortest format of cricket, Chris Gayle hit his 1000th six during a match played between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.
After this, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag highly praised him and said that ‘Universe Boss’ is Don Bradman of T20 cricket.
Significantly, Australian veteran Bradman is considered the greatest cricketer ever. Gayle scored 99 runs in 63 balls. In this innings, he hit eight sixes and six fours and led Punjab to 185 runs in the scheduled 20 overs.
After this innings of Gayle, Sehwag praised him a lot. He tweeted, “T20’s Bradman – Chris Gayle. There is no doubt that he is a great player.
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Gayle is the highest sixes batsman in T20 cricket. Kieron Pollard is second in this case. He has hit 690 sixes in 524 matches.
Former New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum is at number three in this case. He has hit 485 sixes in 370 matches. Rohit Sharma is in the top-10 from India. He has hit 376 sixes in 337 matches.