KL Rahul is the toughest batsman I have ever bowled to, reveals Jofra Archer

[Gollum]

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Jofra Archer, who has the experience of plying his trade in many domestic T20 leagues around the world, has admitted that bowling to KL Rahul has been the toughest for him. Ish Sodhi further attested the fact saying the Indian gave the ball some nice tonks in India’s last tour to New Zealand.

While the lockdown has forced the cricketers to indulge in various social media activities, Rajasthan Royals entrusted their bowling mentor Ish Sodhi to do a “Royals Podcast”. The seventh episode, which featured Jofra Archer in the hot seat, witnessed Sodhi asking the most difficult question that can ever be for a bowler. 

When the Kiwi spinner asked Jofra Archer about who was the toughest bowler he has ever bowled to in his years of plying his trade as a T20 specialist, the English pacer picked current Indian wicket-keeper KL Rahul, reminiscing about the time when the Indian decided to have some fun against the Royals both in 2018 and 2019 editions of the IPL.

“KL Rahul is the toughest batsman I have ever bowled to. He has hit me out a couple of times when we played against Kings XI Punjab. He has annoyingly gotten the better of me most of the time in the IPL,” Archer told Sodhi.

Sodhi instantly agreed how devastating it was to be on the wrong side of Rahul carnage, something he saw first hand in India’s tour of New Zealand in February. Rahul was just unstoppable, emerging as the biggest positive in what was a mixed bag series for the Virat Kohli-led men.

“Definitely man, he has played really well against us (New Zealand) in the last tour. Obviously taking the advantage of small boundaries but yeah,” Sodhi added.

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[Ankit_sharma03]

KL numbers against Jofra n Narine in IPL are crazy good

 

KL Rahul vs Jofra Archer in T20:

Runs - 58 Balls - 34 

Fours - 5 Sixes - 3

Strike rate - 170.59

Dot ball - 11 Out - 0

 

 

 

KL Rahul vs Sunil Narine in T20s

Runs- 104 Balls - 45

Strike rate - 231.1

10 fours and 8 sixes

Complete destruction against one of the best T20 bowler

 

 

KL Rahul - Strike Rate in T20s since 2018 in the Powerplay

v Pace - 136.5

v Spin - 193.4

Of the 71 players to have faced 100+ balls in the fist six overs against spinners in T20s since 2018, none have a better strike rate. Rahul - 193.4

Narine - 177.0

Warner - 168.3

 

 

I think only rashid khan has troubled but he has troubled almost everyone 

Edited May 11, 2020 by Ankit_sharma03

[velu]

KL rahul vs dhanajaya , rashid , etc etc  

[Gollum]

Still will be dropped come T20 WC time. 

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Still will be dropped come T20 WC time. 

If he is in inconsistent. Right fully so....

[Ankit_sharma03]

24 minutes ago, Rasgulla said:

If he is in inconsistent. Right fully so....

in t20 he is one of the most consistent batsman around the world who very soon can have a distinction of 50 avg with 150 s/r 

He has been benched for dhawan time n again in t20 who has been a below avg t20 player

[Gollum]

52 minutes ago, Rasgulla said:

If he is in inconsistent. Right fully so....

No he is one of the most consistent T20 players in the world. Avg 46, SR 146, 2 centuries outside Asia against last edition's finalists.

Edited May 11, 2020 by Gollum

[Mariyam]

For the longest of time I thought @Gollum was talking about Jeffrey Archer (who is ancient, just btw) and was wondering when he bowled to KL Rahul. 

Maybe when he was out on parole.

 

Clearly not my best day.

 

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by Mariyam

[Vilander]

7 hours ago, Mariyam said:

For the longest of time I thought @Gollum was talking about Jeffrey Archer (who is ancient, just btw) and was wondering when he bowled to KL Rahul. 

Maybe when he was out on parole.

 

Clearly not my best day.

 

 

I am sure jofra is named after him.

[nevada]

8 hours ago, Mariyam said:

For the longest of time I thought @Gollum was talking about Jeffrey Archer (who is ancient, just btw) and was wondering when he bowled to KL Rahul. 

Maybe when he was out on parole.

 

Clearly not my best day.

 

 

Did Ken Follett also go to jail? 

[Sandeep99]

Just a shame that he is not already the best batsman of the team yet. Thanks to you-know-who. Will be happily dropped if he fails for acouple of matches post lockdown. 

[coffee_rules]

What's with this Rahul praise? Even Lara claims he is the best bat in the Indian team (to watch!). even better than Kohli.

 

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Brian Lara: K.L. Rahul is just class, a great person to watch

West Indies legend Brian Lara talks about his favourite batsmen from the current generation; Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma earn praise as well.

 

[Gollum]

32 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

What's with this Rahul praise? Even Lara claims he is the best bat in the Indian team (to watch!). even better than Kohli.

 

 

King Viv said the same in 2016, our boy has style , when in full flow hardly a better sight in world cricket. 

 

Join the KLR bandwagon.

[Clarke]

21 hours ago, Mariyam said:

For the longest of time I thought @Gollum was talking about Jeffrey Archer (who is ancient, just btw) and was wondering when he bowled to KL Rahul. 

Maybe when he was out on parole.

 

Clearly not my best day.

 

 

World 

Cup 

Final 

Super 

Over

Bowler

 

Yea, that guy.