New Delhi. The color of Rahul Tripathi, who came to play for the new team in the new season of the Indian Premier League, is the same old. On Friday, this batsman’s explosive style was seen against his old team Kolkata Knight Riders. Scoring a stormy half-century, he played an innings that spoiled the game of KKR.
In the 25th match of IPL 2022, Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bowl first. On the basis of Nitish Rana’s half-century and Andre Russell’s quick 49, the team managed to score 175 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, on the basis of the stormy half-centuries from Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram, Hyderabad achieved the target of victory by losing 3 wickets in just 17.5 overs.
Rahul Tripathi equals David Warner
For Hyderabad, Tripathi played an unmatched innings of 71 runs in just 37 balls against Kolkata and changed the course of the match. During this fast-paced innings, a total of 6 sixes and 4 fours came from his bat. Tripathi completed his half-century in just 21 balls in his innings. This is the joint second fastest half-century record for Hyderabad.
Australian legend Warner, who was part of the Hyderabad team till last season, holds the record of fifty in 20 balls. This is the joint fastest half-century for this team. Warner and Moises Henriquez did this in 2015. In 2017 too, Warner scored a half-century off the same ball. Rahul equaled Warner in just seven to make a fifty off 21 balls.
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