Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul continues to make his case strong for the T20 World Cup squad with each passing day. The flamboyant wicketkeeper grabbed a stunning diving catch behind the stumps during the IPL match on Tuesday against Chennai Super Kings.
Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl first against CSK and the decision worked well for them as the hosts lost Ajinkya Rahane’s wicket early courtesy of a brilliant catch.
It was the last ball of the first over and Rahane went on to drive Matt Henry’s delivery but the CSK batter only managed to edge it as Rahul, who was very attentive behind the stumps, dived to his right to grab a one-handed stunner.
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Rahul is one of the contenders for a sport in India’s T20 World Cup squad as wicketkeeper, however, the position in which he is batting in IPL – opener – is making things tricky for him.
However, the LSG skipper played a fine knock against CSK in their last match at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday. He scored 82 off 53 balls in the 177-run chase to help his team register a clinical victory in 19 overs.
He smashed three sixes and fired nine fours in his match-winning knock.
The 32-year-old has scored 282 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of 143.00. He has slammed a couple of half-centuries so far.
Meanwhile, Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday. The wicketkeeper batter cited dew as the reason behind his call to chase against CSK.