Top 10 Amazing Facts About KL Rahul

Even today, for your information, let us tell you that KL Rahul is the only player who is at the forefront of the Orange Cap race by scoring the most runs in the IPL season today. We are going to tell you about 10 Amazing Facts About KL Rahul.  You've never heard before.  So let's know.

Funny story behind the name of KL Rahul

The story behind KL Rahul's name is also quite funny; in fact, his father, KL Lokesh, was a fan of the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar of his time and had decided that he would make his own name after Sunil Gavaskar's son.  Will also name the son.

And he thought that Sunil Gavaskar's son's name is Rahul, so he also named his son Rahul although it was a misunderstanding.  Because Sunil Gavaskar's son's name is Rohan, and that's how KL Rahul was named.

His mother wanted KL Rahul to be an engineer.

KL Rahul's mother, Rajeshwari, had a dream that her son should become an engineer.  And she always wanted her son's engineering degree to hang on the walls of her house.

But luck had something else in mind, and that is why today there is no engineering degree on the walls of her house, but there are many cricket-related awards and trophies.

I was fond of cricket since childhood.

KL Rahul had a lot of love for sports since childhood; besides cricket at the school level, he also participated in volleyball, football, and hockey; he always gave the most importance to the right cricket.

And he started playing cricket continuously from the age of 11.  At the age of 17, he shifted from Bangalore, where he joined United Cricket Club, and from there, he led the Karnataka team in cricket up to U-13, U-15, U-17, U-19, and U-23 level.  Represented.

Considers Rahul Dravid as his idol

Today's youth consider KL Rahul as their idol, while KL Rahul considers great cricketers Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar their cricket idols.

Rahul often praises the fact that Rahul Dravid had helped him a lot in his cricket career so that he was able to prepare himself mentally well. When he was rejected from the U-13 Trial Club, Rahul Dravid got him a place in the team after seeing his batting.

The great record made in Ranji Trophy

In 2010, at the age of 18, KL Rahul made his first-class debut for Karnataka.  And there, he impressed everyone by playing a brilliant inning of 61 runs against Punjab; apart from this, he also scored a triple century in the first-class match and played Ranji Trophy against Uttar Pradesh 2014.

He scored 337 runs in 448 balls.  Made a great score too.  In the same season, KL Rahul has been a major contributor to Karnataka's win in the Ranji Trophy; in that tournament, he single-handedly scored 1033 runs, including 3 century 90*(3) and 1 man of the match performance.

Made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe

KL Rahul made his Test debut in 2014 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and there he himself was seen playing in place of Rohit Sharma, after which he was selected for the 2016 Zimbabwe tour. In this way, he started his One Day International career. 

And played the ODI debut match against Zimbabwe only.  And in the same year, he also made his T20 debut later.

Many explosive entries in IPL

Due to his stellar performance in his domestic season of 2014, Rahul got a chance to make an international debut; along with this, the eyes of the IPL teams also fell on his strong game.  In 2013 itself, Royal Challengers Bangalore included him in their team. 

In the 2016 IPL season, KL Rahul was seen coming in his form.  When he scored 397 runs in the season with an average of 44. But for the next few years, he could not do anything amazing in the IPL.

But then, due to a shoulder injury, he could not play in the 2017 IPL.  And in the 2018 IPL auction, Kings XI Punjab included him in their team at a huge cost of 11 crores.  And he is the captain of this team right now.

The only player to score the fastest half-century in IPL

Friends, for your information, let us tell you that KL Rahul is the fastest player to score a half-century in the history of IPL, which he scored in just 14 balls.  Which included 4 sixes and 6 fours.  

He did this against the Delhi Daredevils.  Earlier, this record was registered in the name of Sunil Narayan and Yusuf Pathan.  And both these players did this feat in 15 balls.

Fond of Getting Tattoos

Friends, as you all know, KL Rahul is very dedicated to cricket, but at the same time, friends, he also likes to get tattoos, and this is his own saying, and due to this, 7 tattoos are made on his body.  And in the future, they want to get tattoos done even more.

BCCI banned

KL Rahul is mostly seen in media coverage for his excellent performance. However, one thing went on the show Koffee With Karan with his teammate Hardik Pandya where Hardik Pandya said many such things which he should not have said.

Because of this, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were trolled a lot on social media.  And at the same time, the BCCI had banned him.  And after that, both of them apologized and returned to the game again.  

But on this, the BCCI, showing a little more strictness, ruled that no cricketer should go to any such TV show that is not related to cricket.