KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane achieved a major milestone, defeating Chris Gayle to join Virat Kohli to this elite list
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 30 runs in 24 balls, with two biggest and one boundary in his innings. With this knock, the right-handed batsman surpassed Chris Gayle and obtained the landmark.
Kolkata Cavaliers Riders (KKR) surpassed left-handed batsman Chris Gayle on Sunday to become the ninth highest scorer (IPL) in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the 53rd round of the ongoing 18th edition of the Cash-Rich Rich League.
Rahane scored 30 from 24 balls, with two biggest and one boundary in his innings. With this knock, the right-handed batsman surpassed Chris Gayle and obtained the landmark.
So far, in the history of IPL, Ajinkya Rahane has slammed 4969 innings with a 124.72 strike rate in 181 innings, an average of 33.50s and 30.48 with the help of the two centuries. His best result in this league is 105*.
Chris Gayle, on the other hand, beat 4965 runs in 141 IPL innings before retiring in 2021. Southpaw scored with a strike rate of 148.96, with an average of 39.72 with the help of 6 tons and 31 half mirrors.
After participating in the game, KKR won the game and chose to play first. After Sunil Narine was cheaply fired, a half-century stance between captain Ajinkya Rahane and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (25 balls, four boundaries, four boundaries and six) stabilized. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44 out of 31 goals, 5 quarters) and Andre Russell (57 out of 25 goals, 25 out of 25 goals, 4 boundaries and 66 sixteen wickets) offer much-needed speed for the season. Russell and Rinku (Russell and Rinku) (19* out of six balls, four and two sixes) improved KKR to 206/4 in 20 points.
Jofra Archer, Yudhvir Singh, Riyan and Maheesh Theekshana each adopted the wicket.
During the 207 run, the RR was 71/5, but between Captain Riyan Parag (45 45 balls, 6 quarters and 8 sixes) and Shimron Hetmyer (29 out of 29 balls, with a quarter and 6 balls), a 92-scroller gave them a great chance. Despite Shubham Dubey's fireworks (25* 25 out of 14 balls, 4 out of 14 balls) and Jofra Archer (12 out of eight balls, four out of eight), the RR was underperformed, ending with a 205/8 in 205/8.
Varun Chakravarthy (2/32), Harshit Rana (2/41) and Moeen Ali (2/43) are the top ticket inspectors at KKR.
