Analysis: Captaincy has not affected KL Rahul’s incredible form

By Senior Writer

Posted on November 2, 2020

Analysis: Captaincy has not affected KL Rahul’s incredible form

KL Rahul, the leader of the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) has been incredible throughout the thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020). His capabilities of scoring runs like a machine have not been affected despite leading the side from the front. Despite the fact that KXIP could not make it to the playoffs after they lost their last encounter against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Rahul has commanded the team superiorly.

They began their IPL journey with a defeat amidst the poor-umpiring (wrong call for short-run). Later, they were stable in the mid and won four consecutive matches to be in the top four. The further defeats excluded them although Rahul tried his best to be in the playoffs.

The player is the Orange Cap holder with 670 runs in 14 innings of 14 matches with a highest score of 132 remaining not out. The second on the list is Shikar Dhawan of the Delhi capital with 471 runs – still a vast difference between the top two scorers.

Analyzing his captaincy, we can use other franchises as an example as Virat Kohli has failed a several times in scoring runs in the on going tournament. Also, Dinesh Karthik is known to be a good batsman, did not impress and failed with the captaincy as well.

The pressure of skippering the side in a tournament like IPL for the first time can collide any batsman’s performance but that of Rahul remained magical thoroughly. He was prolific and batted aggressively.

Analysis: Captaincy has not affected KL Rahul’s incredible form

Here is the updated Orange Caps list for IPL 2020:

PLAYER	TEAM		INN	RUNS	AVG	SR	4s	6s	100s	50s	NO	HS
1	KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	14	14	670	55.83	129.34	58	23	1	5	2	132*
2	S Dhawan	Delhi Capitals	13	13	471	47.10	146.72	52	10	2	2	3	106*
3	F du Plessis	Chennai Super Kings	13	13	449	40.81	140.75	42	14	0	4	2	87*
4	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	13	13	444	37.00	134.95	39	13	0	3	1	66
5	Shubman Gill	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	14	440	33.84	117.96	44	9	0	3	1	70*
6	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	13	431	47.88	122.09	21	10	0	3	4	90*
7	MA Agarwal	Kings XI Punjab	11	11	424	38.54	156.45	44	15	1	2	0	106
8	D Padikkal	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	13	422	32.46	127.10	46	8	0	4	0	74
9	Q de Kock	Mumbai Indians	13	13	418	38.00	135.71	36	18	0	4	2	78*
10	EJG Morgan	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	14	418	41.80	138.41	32	24	0	1	4	68*