Indian cricket team’s multi-talented player KL Rahul made his IPL debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. KL Rahul did not bat in this match against Kolkata Knight Riders. The debut season of IPL was nothing special for Rahul. This season, he got a chance to bat in only 5 matches, in which he could score only 20 runs. After spending five years with this franchise, he parted ways with it in 2018.
Season wise batting performance of KL Rahul in IPL
2013: 20 runs
2014: 166 runs
2015: 142 runs
2016: 397 runs
2018: 659 runs
2019: 593 runs
2020: 670 runs
2021: 626 runs
2022: 616 runs
2023: 274 runs
2024: 520 runs
For which teams has KL Rahul played?
KL Rahul started his career with RCB. His debut was in the year 2013. After this he remained associated with this team till 2017. In IPL 2018, KL Rahul became the captain of Punjab Kings and joined the new team. KL Rahul’s performance was tremendous for Punjab Kings. He achieved the feat of scoring more than 500 runs in four consecutive seasons. Rahul stayed in Punjab till IPL 2021. After this he joined the new franchise Lucknow Supergiants in the year 2022 and played till 2024.
How has been KL Rahul’s international career?
Like IPL, KL Rahul has also had a brilliant international career. Be it on foreign soil or in India, KL Rahul has created a stir with his batting everywhere. However, for some time now, Rahul has been the player with whom the most experiments have been done. This is the reason why there has been a decline in his game. Talking about KL Rahul’s career for Team India, he has played 54 Tests, 77 ODIs and 72 T20 International matches.
In Test cricket, KA Rahul has scored more than 3000 runs with 8 centuries and 15 half-centuries. In ODI, he has scored 2851 runs with 7 centuries and 18 half-centuries, whereas in T20 format, Rahul has scored 2265 runs which includes 2 centuries and 22 half-centuries.
