Ahmedabad, Nov19: India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul on Sunday went past the record of former batter Rahul Dravid’s record for most dismissals as an Indian wicketkeeper in a single ODI World Cup edition.
Rahul now holds the record for the most dismissals in a World Cup edition for Team India as a wicketkeeper. Rahul bagged his 17th dismissal of the ongoing 2023 World Cup. Rahul achieved this landmark by taking the catch of Mitchell Marsh in Jasprit Bumrah’s over during the blockbuster final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. In the ongoing World Cup, the 31-year-old has grabbed 16 catches and one stumping, surpassing current India head coach Rahul Dravid’s 15 catches and one stumping during the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. In Sunday’s blockbuster final against Australia, India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul scripted his name on the record book after he became the first number five ‘Men in Blue’ player to complete 400+ runs in a single edition of the World Cup on Sunday.
The 31-year-old cricketer played 10 innings in the ongoing ODI World Cup and scored 452 runs with a strike rate of 90.76.
He had an average of 75.33. Rahul slammed one century and two fifties in the 2023 ODI World Cup. In the 41.3 overs, Mitchell Starc bagged an important wicket and dismissed Rahul for 66 runs from 107 balls. Starc delivered a length ball, the wicketkeeper batter got an outside nick, and Josh Inglis didn’t make a mistake to take the catch from behind the wickets. (Agencies)
