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KL Rahul

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

KL Rahul is a batter who has appeared across all four major formats for India Cricket and multiple IPL franchises, amassing 14,764 runs from 354 matches at a career average of 42.18. His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where he has played 139 times and scored 5,346 runs at 46.09. On recent form in 2026, he produced a 92 from 52 balls against Gujarat Titans in April and an unbeaten 112 against New Zealand in January, though those innings are separated by a run of low scores that makes his current sequence uneven rather than dominant.

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KL Rahul
Bat Avg
42.2

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · Batter

Recent form

Rahul's last ten innings have been a mix of the brilliant and the brief: a 92 from 52 balls against Gujarat Titans on 8 April 2026 and an unbeaten 112 from 92 balls against New Zealand on 14 January 2

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — The IPL is Rahul's primary competition by match count, and his numbers there. 5,346 runs, an average of 46.09 and a strike rate of 136.59 from 139 app

Career stats overview

65 Test · 84 ODI · 205 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

65 matches

3,999
Runs scored
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Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

84 matches

3,270
Runs scored
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Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

205 matches

7,495
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

14,764 runs across four formats

Rahul has accumulated 14,764 runs from 354 matches at a career batting average of 42.18. That span covers Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals and the IPL, making him one of the more prolific accumulators across all formats in modern Indian cricket.

IPL: 5,346 runs at 46.09 in 139 matches

The Indian Premier League is Rahul's most-played competition, and his numbers there are sharp. He averages 46.09 with a strike rate of 136.59 across 139 matches, a combination that places him among the more consistent performers the tournament has produced.

ODI average of 51.90 from 84 matches

In 84 One-Day Internationals Rahul has scored 3,270 runs at 51.90. That average stands comfortably above his career-wide figure and reflects a format in which he has converted starts into significant contributions on a regular basis.

Wankhede his most productive venue

Across 20 matches at the Wankhede Stadium, Rahul averages 63.07 with a strike rate of 129.23. Those are his best combined numbers at any ground with more than ten appearances, suggesting the Mumbai surface has suited him particularly well.

Strong record against Mumbai Indians

In 21 IPL meetings against Mumbai Indians, Rahul has scored 981 runs at an average of 61.31 and a strike rate of 134.94. That is a markedly better return than he posts against most international opponents, underlining how effectively he reads that particular bowling attack.

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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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