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KL Rahul led India to a stellar victory in the first ODI against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Sandton to take a lead of 1-0 in a three-match series. With this, he also became the first-ever Indian captain to win a Pink ODI against the Proteas. Bowling first, India bowled South Africa out for just 116 runs, powered by the fierce spells by Arshdeep Singh (5/37) and Avesh Khan (4/27). In reply, India chased the winning in 16.4 overs losing two wickets with Sai Sudharsan and Shreyas Iyer scoring half-centuries. KL Rahul also did tremendous work in leading the team and backed his bowlers as they bowled out the Proteas on a low score. He also has a good record in the matches he had captained for the Indian team.
KL Rahul as Captain Across Formats
KL Rahul was first appointed as the captain of the Kings XI Punjab (now known as Punjab Kings) in IPL 2020. He had a tremendous with the bat in 2020 as he led from the front and finished as the top scorer of the season 670 from 14 matches at an average of 55.83. However, despite this, he couldn’t lead Punjab to the playoffs as they finished in the sixth position with six wins from 14 matches. He was released by the franchise ahead of IPL 2022 and joined Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as the skipper. He led LSG to the playoffs in IPL 2022, where they went on to lose against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator.
Rahul was first seen as the captain of the Indian team in January 2022 when he led the team in a Test match against South Africa in Johannesburg. After that, he was appointed as the skipper for a three-match ODI series between South Africa and India, where the Men in Blue suffered a 3-0 whitewash against the hosts. In his captaincy, India have won a series against Zimbabwe, and Australia and a Test series against Bangladesh. Rahul has led the Indian team in three Tests, 10 ODIs, and one T20I game, registering 10 wins across formats with a winning percentage of 71.42%.
Let’s have a look at his captaincy records across formats so far.
KL Rahul Captaincy Records in ODI
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw/Tie | NR | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
KL Rahul Captaincy Records in IPL
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw/Tie | NR | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 64 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 48.43 |
KL Rahul Captaincy Records in T20I
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw/Tie | NR | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
KL Rahul Captaincy Records in Test
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw/Tie | NR | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Now KL Rahul has a chance to become the second Indian skipper after Virat Kohli to win an ODI series in South Africa.
