KL Rahul brought up another brilliant fifty in Raipur, continuing his strong ODI form with back-to-back half-centuries. Marco Jansen delivered a short ball outside off, and Rahul pounced on it — cutting it away for four to raise his fifty off just 33 balls, the fastest ODI half-century of his career.
Coming in after the fall of Gaikwad, Rahul took charge immediately, accelerating the innings with clean strokes and calculated aggression. His knock has provided India with a strong finish in the death overs, underlining why he remains one of the most reliable middle-order batters in white-ball cricket.
