KL Rahul VS Eoin Morgan
In today’s match of Vivo IPL 2021 Punjab Kings will be facing Kolkata Knight Riders. Both the teams are under pressure as they have failed to perform in the first half of the league. Punjab Kings managed to win only two of the five matches that they played so far. Kolkata, led by Eoin Morgan, is under even worse condition as they have lost 4 back to back matches. So today there will be pressure on both the captains to win the match. So let’s take a look at their stats in IPL to see who gets an upper hand in today’s match.
KL RAHUL
This Karnataka batsman who holds 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 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 659 runs that season including 6 fifties. He also holds the record of fastest fifty in IPL which came off 14 balls.
In the IPL 2021 he has shown impressive performance as a batsman, scoring 221 in 5 matches. But as a captain to live up to the expectation till now losing three of the five matches played.
EOIN MORGAN:
Morgan has been associated with KKR for a long time. Though he spent 2015 and 2016 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad and 2017 with Kings XI Punjab, he made a comeback Kolkata 2020.
This left-handed batsman who is also the captain of the England national team is known for his calm and composed captaincy just like his counterpart MS Dhoni. He is also credited with his consistent gameplay and giving support to the team in the middle office as a batsman.
He took over the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders in the middle of season 2020 from Dinesh Karthik. But the 2021 season seems to be a disaster for him so far. He has failed to live up to the expectation of his fans both as a batsman and as a captain. She has cold only 45 runs in the five matches played and also suffered 4 back to back losses. He will be under huge pressure in today’s match.
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KL RAHUL VS EOIN MORGAN: IPL STATS COMPARISON
| Parameter | KL Rahul | Eoin Morgan |
|---|---|---|
| Match | 86 | 7 |
| Runs | 2868 | 1317 |
| High Score | 132* | 68* |
| Average | 45.52 | 23.94 |
| Strike Rate | 135.60 | 125.78 |
| 100s | 2 | 0 |
| 50s | 24 | 5 |
| 4s | 252 | 107 |
| 6s | 114 | 60 |
Conclusion:
In today’s match there will be a huge pressure on the captains as both of them have failed to live up to the expectation of the fans. So let us watch either Rahul or Morgan perform under the pressure and help his team to win.