MI vs DC: KL Rahul achieves rare IPL feat despite low score

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: May 22, 2025, 09:30 IST

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KL Rahul's brief innings of 11 runs against Mumbai Indians contrasted sharply with his century in the previous outing against Gujarat Titans. Despite the early dismissal, caught by Ryan Rickelton off Trent Boult, Rahul has amassed 504 runs this IPL season, averaging 56.00 with a strike rate of 148.67.

MI vs DC: KL Rahul achieves rare IPL feat despite low score

KL Rahul fell cheaply for just 11 runs during the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. (PTI)

KL Rahul couldn't trouble the scorers as well as his last IPL outing after falling for just 11 runs from 16 balls in Delhi Capitals' match against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday. At the Wankhede Stadium, KL Rahul, who had scored an unbeaten century in the last match against Gujarat Titans, fell to Trent Boult cheaply.In the third over of DC's 181-run chase, Boult delivered a full and angled delivery to KL Rahul that was outside off. The DC batter took a couple of steps out and tried to play a hard stroke. During the attempt, his one hand came off the blade and lost his shape. The resulting edge fell to Ryan Rickelton who took a low catch.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Despite the un-KL Rahul-like dismissal, he took his tally this season to 504 runs from 12 matches at an average of 56.00 and strike rate of 148.67.

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The right-hander has now scored 500-plus runs in an IPL season seven times. He joins David Warner in producing seven seasons of 500-plus runs. Ahead of them is Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli who had eight such seasons - including the current edition.KL Rahul in IPL:

2013: 20 runs
2014: 166 runs
2015: 142 runs
2016: 397 runs
2018: 659 runs
2019: 593 runs
2020/21: 670 runs
2021: 626 runs
2022: 616 runs
2023: 274 runs
2024: 520 runs
2025: 504* runs

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