IPL 2023: Gayle-Kohli-Rohit all failed, Dhoni’s stalwart did the game, came out ahead in a single season

New Delhi. The 24th match of IPL 2023 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. In this match, RCB captain Faf Duplesey won the toss and chose bowling. CSK opener Rituraj Gaikwad was out early. But, Ajinkya Rahane, who came at number three, along with Devon Conway, thrashed the RCB bowlers fiercely. Chennai Super Kings scored 53 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in Powerplay. Out of this, 28 runs came out of Rahane’s bat alone. He played just 14 balls for this. That is, the batsman who was considered a misfit in the T20 format, scored runs in the powerplay at a strike rate of 200.

Ajinkya Rahane is batting fast in IPL 2023. Dhoni is trying him at number three and Rahane has taken full advantage of it. Rahane is hitting boundaries in every 3.6 i.e. 4 balls in this IPL. Nicholas Pooran and Shardul Thakur are ahead of them in this matter. Pooran is hitting boundaries in every 2.8 balls in IPL 2023. At the same time, Shardul has hit a four or a six in every 3.2 balls. That means it is clear that Dhoni has lived up to the trust he showed on Rahane.

Rahane was dismissed after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls.
Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls against RCB. But, during his innings, he did such a feat in IPL history, which even batsmen like Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers could not do. In this IPL, Rahane has scored runs at a strike rate of 222 in the Powerplay. This strike rate of Rahane is the best among batsmen who have scored at least 100 runs in any one season of IPL. No other batsman could maintain a strike rate of 2 runs in 1 ball.

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Rahane was also seen in good rhythm against RCB. It seemed that he would score a half-century. But, he got out after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls. However, during this innings, he hit a 91 meter long six off Vijaykumar Vaishak and the ball hit the roof of the stadium. He was bowled by leg-spinner Vanindu Hasaranga. However, what Dhoni expected from Rahane. He definitely fulfilled that by giving CSK a fast start.

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