KL RAHUL VS VIRAT KOHLI
Punjab Kings will be facing Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 26th match of the Vivo IPL 2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore late by Indian skipper Virat Kohli is currently at the third position in the points table with five wins of 6 matches. They were only defeated by Chennai Super Kings. On the other hand, Punjab Kings are currently placed at the sixth position of the points table with only two wins out of 6 matches. They lost their last match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets. So today there will be a huge pressure on their skipper KL Rahul to bring them up the points table. In today’s article, we will take a look at the stats of both captains to get an insight into the match.
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KL RAHUL:
This Karnataka batsman who dons the role of wicket-keeper and the top-order batsman for the national team is quite consistent with his skills. Although he had a lot of ups and downs in his career as a National Cricket team player, he has always proved his worth when needed.
His IPL career has gone through a lot of changes as he shifted multiple teams. Started in 2013 as a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore but moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad later. He returned to RCB for the 2016 season but he was released from the team in 2018. Kings XI Punjab took this opportunity to buy him for a whopping 11 crore. And he showed that he is worth the investment by scoring a total of 659 runs that season including 6 fifties. He also holds the record for fastest fifty in IPL which came off 14 balls.
In this year’s IPL screenshot good individual performance as the wicket keeper batsman for the team scoring 240 of 6 matches. But as a captain he failed to guide his team as Punjab Kings lost four matches. Today’s match we expect him to bounce back and help Punjab Kings move up in the table.
VIRAT KOHLI:
He needs no introduction to the Indian fans of cricket. The captain of the Indian team is a star in his field. Apart from his consistent and aggressive batting as a number 3 in the Indian batting lineup, his fearless captaincy has also attracted a lot of attention. He is one of the highest century scorers in the world who are currently playing the game. No need to mention that his aggressive performance is also reflected in his IPL career.
From the beginning, he was associated with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Although he failed to win any trophy for the team and also got the title of “chokers”, his individual performance has never faded.
In the IPL 2021, he has shown good performance both as a captain and as an opener for the team. Royal Challengers Bangalore has won 4 back-to-back matches and he also scored 163 runs in six matches.
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KL RAHUL VS VIRAT KOHLI: STATS COMPARISON:
| Parameter | KL Rahul | Virat Kohli |
|---|---|---|
| Matches palyed | 87 | 198 |
| Runs | 2887 | 6041 |
| High Score | 132* | 113 |
| Average | 45.10 | 37.99 |
| Strike rate | 135.22 | 130.61 |
| 100s | 2 | 5 |
| 50s | 24 | 40 |
| 4s | 254 | 521 |
| 6s | 115 | 204 |
Conclusion:
Although Punjab Kings are currently struggling to win a match and find momentum, we can never underestimate the effort of KL Rahul and his team. So today it will be an interesting match to see two captains who are trying to move up the ladder.