KL Rahul stats vs South Africa: KL Rahul vs Anrich Nortje head to head record in T20

KL Rahul stats vs South Africa: The Indian vice-captain has played only one T20 international against South Africa.

Notwithstanding criticism around his strike rate, India vice-captain KL Rahul has managed to score three T20I half-centuries since his return to the format over a month ago.

Rahul, who hadn’t played a T20I in over nine months due to multiple injuries, has scored 249 runs in nine innings at an average and strike rate of 31.12 and 119.13 respectively since the start of Asia Cup 2022 in August.

Set to open the batting alongside captain Rohit Sharma in the second India vs South Africa T20I in Guwahati tonight, Rahul would be looking to get going in real sense. With an ICC T20 World Cup looming, India need Rahul to be scoring at a pace quicker than his above mentioned strike rate.

KL Rahul stats vs South Africa (updated on October 29, 2022)

Been playing T20Is for over six years now, Rahul had faced the Proteas for the first time in this format in Thiruvananthapuram as recent as last month. Although a knock bereft of glorious shots and supreme timing, Rahul had worked exceedingly hard to score 51* (56) in a winning effort and earn applause from former India batter Aakash Chopra and former South Africa batter Herschelle Gibbs.

All in all, Rahul has scored 108 runs at a strike rate of 128.57 in two T20I innings against the Proteas. Having failed in his first two ICC T20 World Cup 2022 innings, Rahul would be looking to score a third consecutive T20I half-century against this opposition.

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As far as playing at the Perth Stadium is concerned, Rahul will be playing his first-ever T20I at this venue on Sunday. Rahul’s only Test at this venue had witnessed him scoring 2 (23) across a couple of innings almost four years ago.

KL Rahul vs Anrich Nortje head to head record in T20 (updated on October 29, 2022)

Rahul, who will be up against South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje in a few hours from now, will be facing him for only the fourth time in T20s. In his previous three encounters against Nortje, Rahul has scored 43 (25) with the help of three fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 172 without getting out even once.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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