IPL 2021: Current best playing XI of the tournament
IPL is full of quality players across franchises.
2. KL Rahul (wk)
The best Indian T20 batsman by far for the last four years, KL Rahul has done absolute wonders after donning the Punjab Kings jersey. Looking to build a young squad in the 2018 mega auctions, Punjab Kings were trolled after spending a whopping INR 11 cr on Rahul, and boy oh boy, this has been their best auction buy ever.
He has played 88 matches and scored 2978 runs including 25 fifties and 2 hundreds at an average of 46.53 and a strike rate just under 136. A classy player who can easily shift gears at the death, he has been often criticized for his strike rate. But one must understand that the major load of scoring runs is more often than not on his shoulders.
He has been the fulcrum of the Punjab Kings’ batting lineup as he has been scoring more than 550 runs for three consecutive years (2018-2020). Keeping and opening the batting along with the added pressure of captaincy, and yet Rahul is performing up to expectations. If he keeps playing for PKBS like this, he surely has the potential of becoming the Indian captain in the years to come.
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