KL Rahul Breaks Virat Kohli’s Record, Becomes Fastest Indian Batsman To Reach 5000 T20 Runs;
KL Rahul Breaks Virat Kohli’s Record, Becomes Fastest Indian Batsman To Reach 5000 T20 Runs. On Wednesday, KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to reach 5,000 runs in T20 cricket. He accomplished this feat in Chennai during the IPL 2021 match between the Punjab Kings and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rahul reached 5,000 runs in his 143rd T20 inning since hitting his first run of the season. He broke Virat Kohli’s record with a single off the first ball of the match, bowled by Abhishek Sharma.
On January 31, 2016, Indian captain Virat Kohli reached 5,000 T20 runs in his 167th inning against Australia in Sydney. Overall, Chris Gayle is the first batsman to cross 5,000 T20 runs. In the 2013 IPL, the Caribbean player scored his 5,000th T20 run against the Delhi Capitals. In the game’s shortest style, it has his 132nd inning.
KL Rahul made his Karnataka domestic T20 debut against Goa in Shimoga;
KL Rahul has, unfortunately, unable to remain in the middle of the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a long while in Wednesday’s IPL 2021 match. After scoring four just six deliveries he made it back to the pavilion. The Punjab Kings have failed to get going in Chennai against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Despite winning the toss, the Kings lost six wickets in the first 14 overs.
On February 17, 2013, KL Rahul made his Karnataka domestic T20 debut against Goa in Shimoga. In his career, he has played 156 T20s and scored 5,003 runs. Moreover, Rahul had a T20 batting average of 42 and a strike rate of 137.75 going into the game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his T20 career, the right-handed batsman has four centuries and 41 fifties. While KL Rahul did not have anything to say in the PBKS vs SRH contest. He would expect his bowlers to carry their “A” game.
