KL Rahul Record Against Rajasthan Royals & Stats in Ekana Stadium Ahead Of LSG vs RR IPL 2024 Match 44

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KL Rahul will look to carry on his form with the bat when Lucknow Super Giants take on Rajasthan Royals in match 44 of IPL 2024 on Saturday (April 27) at the BRSABV Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

Rahul is among the top run-scorers this season with 302 runs including 2 fifties so far in 8 matches. His best score of 82 off 53 balls came against Chennai Super Kings at home, where LSG ran out victors by 8 wickets.

Earlier his highest score was 58 off 44 balls which came in a losing cause in the season-opener against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. The 32-year-old later registered scores of 15, 20, 33 and 16 in wins over Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and CSK respectively.

In the two defeats, Rahul scored 39 each against Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. With the goal to land a spot in the Indian T20 World Cup squad, Rahul will look to add more runs when he takes on RR. Here is a look at KL Rahul record against Rajasthan Royals in IPL:

KL Rahul IPL record vs RR

Rahul, who has had stints with RCB, Sunrisers Hyderabad and PBKS, has good numbers with the bat against the inaugural champions, continuing his run-scoring spree with LSG.

Although he did not get big scores in his first three innings against Royals, the Indian batter has scored 6 fifties, including an unbeaten 95 and another 90 plus innings in the clashes against RR.

Overall, Rahul has scored 4465 runs, including 4 hundreds and 35 fifties in 117 innings at a strike rate of 134.85. Against RR, Rahul has amassed over 600 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate around 130 in IPL. Here is a look at Rahul's stats vs RR:

KL Rahul batting stats vs RR

• Innings: 15
• Runs: 637 runs
• Highest Score: 95*
• 50s: 6
• 100s: 0
• 6s: 22
• 4s: 54
• Strike Rate: 130.00
• Average: 49.00

KL Rahul record vs RR bowlers

Among the current RR bowlers, only two players – Sandeep Sharma and Trent Boult - have dismissed Rahul in the past fixtures between the two teams. Now, let's take a look at his numbers against current RR bowlers:

• Rahul record vs Trent Boult - 92 runs off 62 balls in 10 innings (6s: 4, 4s: 12, Dots: 28, Dismissed: 2 times)
• Rahul record vs Sandeep Sharma - 83 runs off 73 balls in 12 innings (6s: 2, 4s: 7, Dots: 26, Dismissed: 1 time)
• Rahul record vs R Ashwin - 43 runs off 38 balls in 4 innings (6s: 1, 4s: 3, Dots: 11, Dismissed: 0 times)
• Rahul record vs Yuzvendra Chaha - 106 runs off 74 balls in 10 innings (6s: 5, 4s: 6, Dots: 18, Dismissed: 1 time)
• Rahul record vs Avesh Khan - 32 runs off 22 balls in 3 innings (6s: 2, 4s: 2, Dots: 7, Dismissed: 0 times)

Rahul could be troubled by a few other bowlers in the RR line up, but his numbers at the Ekana Stadium is decent and that could worry any bowling attack. Here is a look at his stats in Lucknow:

KL Rahul record in Ekana Stadium

The star Indian batter has played only 9 times at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, but has never faced Rajasthan Royals at the venue. Here is a look at his overall IPL numbers at the Ekana Stadium:

• Innings: 9
• Runs: 354 runs
• Highest Score: 82
• 50s: 3
• 100s: 0
• 6s: 7
• 4s: 38
• Strike Rate: 127.33
• Average: 44.25