Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul scored the first century of IPL 2020 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The right-hander reached the landmark by smashing a boundary off Dale Steyn in the third ball of the 18th over. Rahul was dropped twice by Virat Kohli. Earlier, KL Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to reach 2000 IPL runs. Rahul, in the process, overtook Sachin Tendulkar, who till today held the record for being the fastest to 2000 IPL runs. Tendulkar, who played all six seasons of IPL for Mumbai Indians, had reached the milestone in 63 innings.
Rahul did it in 60 innings. Gautam Gambhir is the 3rd on the list, who had scored 2000 runs in 68 innings followed by Suresh Raina (69) and Virender Sehwag (70).Rahul also became the 32nd player to 2000 IPL runs. He is 20th Indian batsman to reach this landmark. Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field in their Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai on Thursday. For KXIP, Jimmy Neesham and Murugan Ashwin came in place of Chris Jordan and Krishnappa Gowtham, while RCB fielded the same XI that played in their tournament opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
