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  • KL Rahul’s orange cap can be snatched, this veteran submitted a claim

    In the IPL 2020, Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul has impressed everyone with his game. Amazing great Rahul has scored the most 670 runs this season. Under which the Orange Cap title is also currently with Lokesh Rahul.

    At the end of this tournament, there are now 2 matches left, with one qualifier and the final match remaining. Meanwhile, this tournament veteran has presented a challenge to snatch the Orange Cap from KL Rahul.

    Significantly, Sunrisers Hyderabad have made it to Qualifier 2 this season after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in the Eliminator match on Friday. In such a situation, now the Hyderabad team can have a chance to play the next match as well as play the final. Under which Hyderabad captain David Warner will try his best to win the title of Orange Cap in this tournament. In fact, Warner has scored 546 runs in 15 matches this season with an average of 42 and with the help of 4 fifties. In such a situation, David Lokesh can snatch the orange cap from Rahul by continuing his superb form in the upcoming matches.

    Apart from this, if we talk about KL Rahul’s performance this season, then Kings XI Captain Lokesh Rahul has captivated everyone with his great batting. In IPL 13, KL Rahul has scored 670 runs in 14 matches at a batting average of 55. During this time, Rahul has also scored 1 century and 5 half-centuries.

    So at the same time Lokesh Rahul has also done the feat of scoring 500 consecutive runs for the last three IPL seasons. Also, by playing an unbeaten 132 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Rahul has also become the captain and Indian player with the best individual score in this league.

  • Pumped up David Warner says, “we have beaten RCB in 2016 finals, we can do the same in eliminator

    In Dream11 IPL 2020, after registering a comprehensive ten-wicket win over Mumbai Indians, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner is now looking forward to eliminator against Royal Challengers Bangalore. SRH will face off against Virat Kohli led RCB in the eliminator on 6th November. According to Warner, SRH has earlier also beaten in the IPL 2016 finals and they are capable to do the same this time as well.“RCB are a very good side. They have a lot of dangerous players. We beat them in the 2016 final. Another do-or-die game. Hopefully, we can carry the momentum from this MI game and win,” Warner signed off.

    Warner also hailed the resilience shown by every player of his side in the last few games in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. With this win, SRH qualified for the playoffs and the side finished with 14 points from 14 matches. Warner and Wriddhiman Saha played unbeaten knocks of 85 and 58 respectively as SRH defeated Mumbai Indians by ten wickets with 17 balls to spare.

  • Record-breaking Virat Kohli Becomes Highest Run-scorer

    Indian Virat Kohli did not begin the current season of the IPL in the way he would have liked, but over the last couple of games, first against Rajasthan Royals and then against the Mumbai Indians he has come into his own.

    While the Royal Challengers Bangalore have had no results to write home about, Kohli has been the silver lining for the otherwise floundering side. The captain who scored an unbeaten 92 right at the top of the order was the only major contributor as they tried to chase down the target of 214.

     RCB may have lost once again after conceding more than 200 runs for the second consecutive game, but Kohli’s knock means he is now the highest scorer in the ongoing season. Kohli has amassed a total of 201 runs in four innings at an average of 67 and a strike rate of 143.

    Against Mumbai, Kohli scored more than 55 percent of the runs for his team and face more than half the balls bowled by the opposition too on his way to recording the second highest individual score (92*) of the season so far. Co-incidentally, the highest individual score so far this season was also scored in Tuesday’s match by Rohit Sharma (94).

    Kohli 2nd highest score

    Kohli, who is well known for his batting prowess and how he can dismantle opposition bowling attacks with utmost ease is the only person to have breached the 200 run mark this season. He has managed it in four games.

    KOhli highest run getter

    The Indian captain who has many batting record to his name, is now also the highest run scorer across all seasons of the IPL. Kohli’s knock against Mumbai took him past his India teammate and Chennai Super Kings man Suresh Raina. Behind the duo is another Indian batsman – Rohit Sharma.