KL Rahul vs Rabada IPL record: KL Rahul vs Punjab Kings stats and last 5 innings list

KL Rahul vs Rabada IPL record: The captain of Lucknow Super Giants will be facing Punjab Kings after a six-year gap.

The 42nd match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League will be played between Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants in Pune tonight.

The contest will witness Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul, close friends and captains of both teams respectively, locking horns against each other right after opening the batting for Punjab for four seasons in a row. Rahul, who kick-started his captaincy career at PBKS during IPL 2020, will be facing them for the first time since 2016.

Rahul’s six IPL matches against his previous franchise had come for Royal Challengers Bangalore (two stints) and Sunrisers Hyderabad across four separate seasons.

UPDATE: The below mentioned paragraphs and table have been updated.

In seven innings against Kings, Rahul has scored 190 runs at an average and strike rate of 38 and 136.69 respectively. Although in a losing cause, Rahul had scored a maiden half-century against this opposition as recent as less than a couple of weeks ago.

Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Ground	Year
74	56	8	1	Lucknow	2023
6	11	1	0	Pune	2022
16*	6	3	0	Bengaluru	2016
42	25	6	1	Mohali	2016
17*	10	1	1	Hyderabad	2015

As a fielder and a wicket-keeper, Rahul has affected four catches, a stumping and a run-out each against Punjab.

KL Rahul vs Rabada IPL record (updated)

Rahul, who hasn’t been in the best of forms this season, could face Kings pacer Kagiso Rabada in the powerplay assuming they play him ahead of Nathan Ellis. It is noteworthy that the South African bowler has had an upper hand in this rivalry over the years.

Rahul, who has faced Rabada on six occasions in the past, has scored 44 (34) including getting out against him twice in the IPL. Apart from the IPL, the duo has also faced each other in the shortest format at the highest level. All in all, Rahul has scored 60 (56) off Rabada across nine T20 innings.