Mumbai: When the Indian team is selected for a tour of Bangladesh, including three ODIs and several T20Is in August, KL Rahul’s name is also considered for T20Is. Rahul played the last of his 72 T20iss for India, almost two and a half years old. On November 10 in the semi -finals of the T20 World Cup against England, Rahul was rejected by Chris Woakes for five balls to open the innings with skipper Rohit Sharma as India had to face 10 wicket thrashing to get out of the tournament.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!At an average of 21.33, at just 128 runs in six matches and at a strike rate of 120.75, Rahul forced the selectors to see India beyond the shortest format of the game.However, in the last six months, Rahul has given every reason to convince “five intelligent men” in Indian cricket that it is time to hand over a return ticket to him in T20I.On Sunday night at Arun Jaitley Stadium during a league match of IPL 2025, Rahul was in his royal best, hitting an Imperial shot one after the other, as he scored a sublime 112 runs off only 65 balls, including 14 fours and four sixes, which were for Delhi Rajadians against Gujarat.Firing all guns against an average DC bowling with Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill, Rahul’s efforts, which helped DC reach 199 for three in three in 20 overs, overshadhed.Nevertheless, Rahul has been in sensational form in IPL 2025.During his banged knock, Rahul intensified compared to great people like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to score 8,000 runs in T20 cricket, achieved only 224 innings (237 matches).In IPL 2025 so far in 11 matches, 33-year-old keeper-better has scored 493 off just 333 balls, with three fifties and hundred, his strike rate is a healthy 148.04.Even more importantly, if he keeps on batting in this way, Rahul is definitely at the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and one place in Sri Lanka in February next year.When the tournament began, Rahul batted at number 4 in the team’s interest, but when the IPL resumed for the franchise on Sunday, the inaugural slot went into the slot, as the Australian Jake Fraser-Macguraq did not return to the rest of the tournament.
He scored 140 runs in 143 balls at a “unrealistic” average of 140 in five matches, scoring 140 runs in UAE to win 2025 Champions Trophy in UAE.
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