‘Knew He Would Turn into a Celebrity’: Former India Participant Applauds Delhi Capitals Batter For Revamping His Recreation in IPL 2025
The duo beforehand shared the dugout at Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018.
Former India batter Virender Sehwag has praised Delhi Capitals’ (DC) KL Rahul for altering his batting strategy within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The 46-year-old acknowledged that he was at all times a superb participant. He opined that successful the match is extra vital than enjoying with a excessive strike fee. Rahul is producing match-winning performances for his workforce on this version, which he used to depart unfinished beforehand.
“KL Rahul was by no means a nasty participant. He used to confuse himself by saying that the strike fee in IPL doesn’t matter. I do know strike fee just isn’t vital in each match, however successful the match is. He used to depart his franchises in between with out taking them to victories. He was not finishing his job up to now. However now he’s successful matches,” stated Sehwag (by way of Crictoday).
Rahul was awarded consecutive Participant of the Match awards after his heroics towards Chennai Tremendous Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). He performed two match-winning knocks of 77 (51) and 93* (53) in Chepauk and Chinnaswamy, respectively.
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The previous Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) participant, Sehwag, was the mentor of the workforce from 2016 to 2018. They acquired the Bangalore boy within the 2018 participant public sale for INR 11 crore. The senior cricketer revealed that he suggested Rahul to play freely within the center order. He additionally predicted Rahul to be a “famous person” at the moment.
“When he was with Punjab Kings throughout my affiliation with the franchise, I informed him to specific himself within the center. We gave him full freedom with out placing any sort of stress. I knew he would turn out to be a famous person,” he added.
Rahul, the Orange Cap winner of IPL 2020, has received probably the most participant of the match awards (15) since 2018. He additionally has the very best common of 46.36 among the many 10 highest run-getters in IPL historical past.
With their newest win over RCB, DC has received all 4 of their matches thus far within the IPL 2025. The workforce led by Axar Patel will go head-to-head with the Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 13.
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