KL Rahul hits his first half century in IPL 2025 against CSK

Notably, this is KL Rahul's first fifty for Delhi Capitals.

Published - April 5, 2025 11:47:34
Updated - April 5, 2025 11:57:01

By Aditya Parsutkar

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KL Rahul, the prominent batter of Delhi Capitals, has smashed his first half-century of the IPL 2025 against Chennai Super Kings in match no. 17 of the season. Notably, this is also his first fifty for DC, which comes in just 33 balls at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk.

KL Rahul hits his first half-century in IPL 2025 against CSK

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KL Rahul, bought by Delhi Capitals for INR 14 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction, proves his worth with a half-century in just his second game for the franchise. The wicketkeeper batter scored fifty in just 33 balls and is currently playing on 70 runs off 45 balls, including 4 fours and 3 sixes. He opened the inning for DC in place of Faf du Plessis, who was available for the match due to a niggle, and capitalized on the opportunity with a great inning.

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Axar Patel, the captain of Delhi Capitals, won the toss and elected to bat first against Chennai Super Kings at Ma Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk.

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel (c), Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma

The new powerplay specialist of CSK, Khaleel Ahmad, once again gave an amazing start to the team by taking the wicket of Jake Fraser-McGurk in his first on duck. However, KL Rahul and Abishek Porel counter-attacked the CSK bowlers. Porel scored 33 runs off 20 balls before getting out to Ravindra Jadeja. Captain Axar Patel took responsibility at number four and played an amazing cameo of 21 runs off 14 balls. At the time of writing, KL Rahul is playing on 70 runs off 45 balls with new batter Tristan Stubbs.