Indian cricketer KL Rahul created a new IPL history last Wednesday (25th May) night when he completed his 600 runs in the IPL 2022.
Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) met Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Eliminator of the IPL 2022 at Kolkata last Wednesday night. While RCB scored 207/4 in 20 overs, majorly thanks to Rajat Patidar’s maiden IPL century (112*), LSG only scored 193/6 in 20 overs as this new IPL team failed to advance for the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2022.
The LSG skipper KL Rahul fought really hard in that game as the opener scored 79 runs off 58 balls (3 fours and 5 sixes) before Josh Hazlewood dismissed him in the 19th over.
During that innings, Rahul completed his 600 runs in this IPL season, as he finished the IPL 2022 with 616 runs in 15 games with an average of 51.33 and strike rate of 135.38 (2 centuries and 4 half-centuries). After Jos Buttler (718 runs for Rajasthan Royals), Rahul became the second batter to complete 600 runs in this IPL season.
It was not only the third consecutive IPL season for KL Rahul to score 600+ runs in an IPL season, but it was also the fourth time when Rahul crossed 600 runs in an IPL season.
IPL year | Runs scored |
2018 | 659 |
2020 | 670 |
2021 | 626 |
2022 | 616 |
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Key stats after KL Rahul’s latest 600+ runs in IPL 2022
KL Rahul became the first player to record at least 600 runs in four IPL seasons.
Rahul also became the first Indian to record 600+ runs in three consecutive IPL seasons.
After Chris Gayle (2011, 2012 and 2013), Rahul became the second player to record at least 600 runs in three consecutive IPL seasons. Though David Warner (2016, 2017 and 2019) also scored 600+ runs in his three consecutive IPL seasons, he missed one IPL season (2018) between that period.
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Players with 600+ runs in multiple IPL seasons
Player | Nationality | Number of times 600+ runs in IPL seasons | Years |
KL Rahul | Indian | 4 | 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 |
Chris Gayle | Jamaican | 3 | 2016, 2017 and 2019 |
David Warner | Australian | 3 | 2011, 2012 and 2013 |
Virat Kohli | Indian | 2 | 2013 and 2016 |
