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KL Rahul poised to overtake MS Dhoni
KL Rahul is connected the verge of a large milestone successful IPL past arsenic helium needs conscionable 13 runs successful tonight’s clash against Punjab Kings to overtake MS Dhoni and go the sixth-highest run-scorer successful the tournament’s history.Rahul heads into the contention with confidence, having precocious played a match-winning sound against Royal Challengers Bengaluru astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, a venue adjacent to his bosom arsenic his location crushed successful home cricket. The Delhi Capitals batter has shown a noticeable displacement successful attack this season, batting with greater intent. He is presently striking astatine adjacent to 170, hitting a bound each 2.6 balls, reflecting his much attacking mindset astatine the top.So acold this season, Rahul has scored 205 runs successful six innings with a onslaught complaint of 166.67, including 2 half-centuries, with a champion people of 92.
Closing successful connected Dhoni
In his IPL career, Rahul has represented aggregate franchises: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings, and Lucknow Super Giants, earlier joining Delhi Capitals and amassed 5,427 runs successful 151 matches (142 innings) astatine an awesome mean of 45.60 and a onslaught complaint of 136.97.
His tally includes 5 centuries and 42 fifties, with a highest people of 132*.On the different hand, Chennai Super Kings fable MS Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs successful 278 matches (242 innings) astatine an mean of 38.30 and a onslaught complaint of 137.45, including 24 fifties, with a apical people of 84*.Rahul has already surpassed Dhoni successful 1 cardinal metric, the astir 50-plus scores arsenic a designated wicketkeeper-batter successful IPL history, with 31 specified scores compared to Dhoni’s 24. If Rahul crosses Dhoni tonight, his adjacent people volition beryllium Suresh Raina, who sits 5th connected the all-time database with 5,528 runs.Here are the apical 10 starring run-scores successful the past of IPL:
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 8,908 | 273 | 8 | 65 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 7,183 | 276 | 2 | 48 |
| 3 | Shikhar Dhawan | 6,769 | 222 | 2 | 51 |
| 4 | David Warner | 6,565 | 184 | 4 | 62 |
| 5 | Suresh Raina | 5,528 | 205 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni | 5,439 | 278 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | KL Rahul | 5,427 | 151 | 5 | 42 |
| 8 | Ajinkya Rahane | 5,184 | 205 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | AB de Villiers | 5,162 | 184 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Suryakumar Yadav | 4,432 | 172 | 2 | 30 |
