India's Mr. Fix It KL Rahul (77) came to Delhi Capitals (DC)'s rescue as the opening batter's classy knock took his team to a powerful total o 183 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match number 17 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rahul, who was promoted to open the innings in the absence of Faf du Plessis, made a blistering 33-ball 50 and took on CSK's trump card Noor Ahmad. Rahul played the anchor role to perfection and made sure DC posted a challenging score on a relatively good batting surface in Chepauk.
For the unversed, DC got off to a poor star as they lost Jake Fraser-McGurk for a duck. However, Rahul, as well Abhishek Porel (33) ensured DC score 50 runs in the power play without losing further wickets. After Porel's dismissal, Sameer Rizvi stitched a 50-plus partnership with Rahul.
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KL Rahul aces spin test punishes Noor Ahmad
All eyes were on DC's batters on how they tackle CSK's trump card, Noor Ahmad. Rahul, who is a superb player of spin attacked the Afghan spinner and took him down for 17 runs in the 14th over. Noor, who was so effective for CSK in the three games, only picked up one wicket, as Rahul and Rizvi (20) played the wrist-spinner well. KL Rahul showed his wide range of shots as he used his feet well to Noor, as well as Jadeja.
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It was his innings that steadied DC's ship and ensured they posted a solid score against a quality CSK attack. For CSK, Khaleel was the pick of the bowler, as he picked up two wickets, conceding, just 25 runs. Strangely, none of the CSK spinners - Jadeja, Noor, and Ashwin bowled their quota of four overs. Rahul's innings finally came to an end in the last over as he was out for (77) runs.
Stubbs's cameo 12-ball (24) enabled DC to get an above score on the Chepauk surface. MS Dhoni's lightning-fast run out of Ashutosh Sharma (0) was the highlight during the last over of DC's innings.
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