After a not so extragavant start to this year's IPL (excluding the opening ceremony) the IPL eventually witnessed its first glittering performance thanks to Ajinkya Rahane's 98 in the 4th match at jaipur between rajasthan royals and kings 11punjab.
Rahane put in a solid breath taking performance against kings 11 on friday evening. tearing apart the kings bowling right from the word go but was unlucky to miss out on a well deserved hundred after placing his team rajasthan royals well on course for a first win with a huge total on board.
The fans saw some brillitant batting display from rahane after a dull start to the tournament where bowlers have made their presence felt through some good performances but not this time around as they got hammered away on a good flat batting wicket at royals home ground.
Rahane was at its brutal best from the start. first hitting the australian faulkner to two boundaries and then hammering the fellow indian praveen kumar to four 4's in the very 3rd over of the game which set the tone for the rest of the innings. Rahane would have got many valuable tips from his new captain, the senior pro and legend dravid , during their opening partnership which got their team to a good start.
Taking advantage of a not so impressive bowling unit of kings 11 rahane kept the momentum going throughout the innings as he got the boundaries at will. He was hitting them cleanly and elegantly. The straight six of valthaty was a treat to watch.
Towards the later part of the innings he became more and more aggressive as he jumped from 72 to 95 with five fours in successive overs. The nervous nineties got to him as he tried to slog over extra cover after kept quite for a few deliveries and got bowled to faulkner on 98 but it was a masterful innings , one which officially kick started the dashing IPL , and will inspire many other domestic indian youngsters to take on the center stage in the coming matches and get noticed all over the world.
Rahane put in a solid breath taking performance against kings 11 on friday evening. tearing apart the kings bowling right from the word go but was unlucky to miss out on a well deserved hundred after placing his team rajasthan royals well on course for a first win with a huge total on board.
The fans saw some brillitant batting display from rahane after a dull start to the tournament where bowlers have made their presence felt through some good performances but not this time around as they got hammered away on a good flat batting wicket at royals home ground.
Rahane was at its brutal best from the start. first hitting the australian faulkner to two boundaries and then hammering the fellow indian praveen kumar to four 4's in the very 3rd over of the game which set the tone for the rest of the innings. Rahane would have got many valuable tips from his new captain, the senior pro and legend dravid , during their opening partnership which got their team to a good start.
Taking advantage of a not so impressive bowling unit of kings 11 rahane kept the momentum going throughout the innings as he got the boundaries at will. He was hitting them cleanly and elegantly. The straight six of valthaty was a treat to watch.
Towards the later part of the innings he became more and more aggressive as he jumped from 72 to 95 with five fours in successive overs. The nervous nineties got to him as he tried to slog over extra cover after kept quite for a few deliveries and got bowled to faulkner on 98 but it was a masterful innings , one which officially kick started the dashing IPL , and will inspire many other domestic indian youngsters to take on the center stage in the coming matches and get noticed all over the world.
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