Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Skipper KL Rahul has added another feather to his hat. He became the first player in the history of IPL to score more than 600-plus runs in 4 seasons, a feat no other player has achieved before.
Rahul played a knock of 79 in 58 deliveries against RCB in the eliminator. The inning wasn’t enough to see his side emerge victorious, but it helped him steer past the 600-run mark this season on an individual level.
Rahul ended his campaign with 616 runs in 15 matches resulting in his second-best IPL season as a batter.
Previously David Warner and Chris Gayle were the two players who had scored 600-plus runs in 3 seasons. For Gayle, it came consecutively in 2011,2012 and 2013, and for David Warner, it came consecutively from 2016 to 2019.
Rahul’s first 600-run season came in 2018 when he scored 659 runs with Punjab Kings. In the 2019 edition, Rahul missed the 600 run mark by seven runs, ending his campaign at 593 runs. Rahul’s best season with the bat was in 2020, when he scored 670 runs in 14 matches which also helped him win the Orange Cap.
In the 2021 edition, Rahul scored 626 runs, tying him with Warner and Gayle to achieve the feat of 600-plus runs thrice before dethroning them of this achievement in this season.