Indian cricket fans currently find themselves in the midst of two races: 1) the race for the top four in the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and 2) the race for the players that will make it to India's squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Among the players in the running for a spot in India's final 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup is Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul.
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Having played a starring role for India in the middle-order at the 2023 World Cup and returning to stake his claim in the Test side, his future in the shortest format remains up in the air.
Being a wicketkeeper might help his case, but there are players like Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson vying for the same role, too.
Getting off to a slow start in IPL 2024 seemed to have thrown Rahul out of contention for a spot in India's World Cup squad. However, the Karnataka-born wicketkeeper-batsman has been in scintillating form in the last few games, both scoring at a brisk pace as well as converting his starts into bigger scores.
In this article, The Sporting News dives deep into Rahul's form, his strike rates, and his overall record this year.
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Innings-by-innings breakdown of KL Rahul's strike-rates in IPL 2024
In this section, we will compare Rahul's strike-rate with that of LSG's in order to analyse how the skipper affects his team's score and run rate.
| Opponent | Rahul score | Rahul S.R. | LSG score | LSG S.R. | S.R. Ratio (Rahul:LSG) |
| RR | 58 (44) | 131.82 | 173/6 (20) | 144.17 | 0.914 |
| PBKS | 15 (9) | 166.67 | 199/8 (20) | 165.83 | 1.005 |
| RCB | 20 (14) | 142.86 | 181/5 (20) | 150.83 | 0.947 |
| GT | 33 (31) | 106.45 | 163/5 (20) | 135.83 | 0.784 |
| DC | 39 (22) | 177.27 | 167/7 (20) | 139.17 | 1.274 |
| KKR | 39 (27) | 144.44 | 161/7 (20) | 134.17 | 1.077 |
| CSK | 82 (53) | 154.72 | 180/2 (19) | 157.89 | 0.980 |
| CSK | 16 (14) | 114.29 | 213/4 (19.3) | 182.05 | 0.628 |
| RR | 76 (48) | 158.33 | 196/5 (20) | 163.33 | 0.969 |
NOTE: Extras have been included in the team score
As we can observe in the table, Rahul has outscored the team's strike-rate just thrice in nine innings, which means that overall, he is scoring slower than his teammates.
What is KL Rahul's record in IPL 2024?
| Innings | Runs | Average | S.R. | 50s | 100s | 4s/6s | HS |
| 9 | 378 | 42.00 | 144.27 | 3 | 0 | 34/14 | 82 |
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