KL Rahul who opened the innings for Delhi Capitals in the match against CSK at Chepauk, registered his first IPL 2025 half-century in 33 deliveries. This fifty against CSK is also KL Rahul’s 38th half century in the Indian Premier League.
In the CSK vs DC clash at Chepauk, Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat first. In the absence of Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul and Fraser-McGurk opened the inning for Delhi Capitals while Khaleel Ahmed opened the bowling attack for CSK.
In the very first over, Khaleel Ahmed dismissed Fraser-McGurk for duck and made an impressive start for CSK. But Abishek Porel and KL started to build a partnership and pushed DC to score 51 runs at the end of first powerplay.
While the duo started to dominate the CSK bowlers, Jadeja in the seventh over dismissed Porel for 33 runs and broke the partnership. Following the dismissal, Axar Patel started to dominate the spinners and made a crispy 14 balls 21 runs before being dismissed by Noor in the 11th over.
After the skipper’s dismissal, KL Rahul and Rizvi started to execute an aggressive game play and dragged DC to score 146 runs for three wickets at the end of 16 overs. During the process, KL Rahul registered his maiden IPL 2025 fifty in 33 deliveries.
Kamaal KL! 😎🏏
KL Rahul brings up a sublime fifty as he leads the charge for #DC, eyeing a historic win at Chepauk, their first since 2010!
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