{"id":309798,"date":"2023-04-15T17:28:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/15\/kl-rahul-fastest-to-4000-runs-in-indian-premier-league-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T17:28:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T17:28:21","slug":"kl-rahul-fastest-to-4000-runs-in-indian-premier-league-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/15\/kl-rahul-fastest-to-4000-runs-in-indian-premier-league-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"KL Rahul fastest to 4,000 runs in Indian Premier League | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/lucknow-super-giants\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Lucknow Super Giants-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/lucknow-super-giants\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucknow Super Giants<\/a> (LSG) skipper <!-- -->KL Rahul<!-- --> entered his name in record books as he became the fastest player to complete 4,000 runs in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.<br \/>The Indian batter achieved this feat against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kings-xi-punjab\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Punjab Kings-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kings-xi-punjab\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab Kings<\/a> (PBKS) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others-IPL 2023 SCHEDULE-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/schedule\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL 2023 SCHEDULE<\/a><span class=\"strong \"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others-IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE<\/a><br \/>Rahul got to the landmark in just 105 innings followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chris-gayle\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Chris Gayle-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chris-gayle\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Gayle<\/a> (112 innings), <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/david-warner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-David Warner-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/david-warner\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Warner<\/a> (114 innings), <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Virat Kohli-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virat Kohli<\/a> (128 innings) and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ab-de-villiers\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-AB de Villiers-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ab-de-villiers\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AB de Villiers<\/a> (131 innings).<\/p>\n<p>Rahul, who finally found some form, scored 74 off 56 balls that included eight fours and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 132.14.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4\" msid=\"99522328\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99522328,width-600,resizemode-4\/99522328.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his 114-match IPL career, which has seen him play for Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad and currently with Lucknow Super Giants, Rahul has scored 4,044 runs at an average of 47.02 and a strike rate of 135.16.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul has scored four centuries and 32 fifties in his IPL career so far, with the best score of 132*. His average of 47.02 is also the highest by any batter in IPL history.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">(With ANI inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n      var scripts = [\n      'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n    ];\n      scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n        let script = document.createElement('script');\n        script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n        if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        }\n        script.async = true;\n        script.defer = true;\n        document.body.appendChild(script);\n      });\n    }\n  }\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/kl-rahul-fastest-to-4000-runs-in-indian-premier-league\/articleshow\/99522333.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul entered his name in record books as he became the fastest player to complete 4,000 runs in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.The Indian batter achieved this feat against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":309799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[626,625,7292,277,275,159362,827,420,7280,165098,20838,621],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}