'One-man show' - Twitter in awe of KL Rahul after he smashes his second ton of IPL 2022

After an impressive 18-run win in the reverse fixture last week, the Lucknow Super Giants would be hoping to do the double over the Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2022 clash that is currently underway at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Just like their previous clash, it was MI skipper Rohit Sharma who once again called it right at the toss and elected to bat first.

While LSG did lose their top-order, skipper KL Rahul stood tall overcoming all hurdles, and single-handedly rebuilt the innings for his side by challenging the Mumbai bowling attack. It was just a matter of time before the Karnataka cricketer cut loose and the MI bowlers including pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah failed to stop him in the powerplay and middle overs.

KL Rahul scores his second century of IPL 2022

After Quinton de Kock departed early with just 10 runs to his name, Rahul and Manish Pandey went on to add 58 runs for the second wicket stand before the latter was dismissed for a run-a-ball 22. However, LSG soon found themselves in a spot of bother with back-to-back wickets of Marcus Stoinis and Krunal Pandya cheaply.

Despite a sudden middle-order collapse including Deepak Hooda’s dismissal for 10 runs and Lucknow losing half their side in the 16th over, KL Rahul showed no signs of panic and held his nerves as he continued to keep the scoreboard ticking. Even though he was well set and had already scored a vital half-century, Rahul did not hesitate in accelerating as he played some smart cricket in the middle overs despite running out of partners at the other end.

The 30-year-old then took the attack to the bowlers once the death overs started with a flurry of boundaries. He completely took up the responsibility and led Lucknow from the front with the bat in the remaining overs and scored his second century this season and co-incidentally against the very same opposition.

KL Rahul breached the three-figure mark off just 61 deliveries. His unbeaten 103 runs from 62 balls including 12 fours and four sixes at an outstanding strike rate of 166.1 powered Lucknow Super Giants to a fighting total of 168/6 from their 20 overs.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to KL Rahul’s splendid knock:

#KL #Jos

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) April 24, 2022

CLASS KL RAHUL @klrahul11 what a 100 @IPL @StarSportsIndia @LucknowIPL

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 24, 2022

Congratulations for ur another Ipl 💯 bro @klrahul11 top player 😊🙌 @IPL #MIvLSG

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) April 24, 2022

KL Rahul churning out the runs again!!! 2nd 💯 for this years #IPL2022 SR excellent 💥

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 24, 2022

De Kock, Stoinis, and KL tonight 😁 #LSGvMI #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/o3LCLEfHNG

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 24, 2022

1⃣0⃣0⃣th IPL match for KL Rahu ..! #IPL2022 #MIvLSG pic.twitter.com/QTlpYDG0VQ

— Vɪᴄᴛᴏʀ (@Victor_Off_) April 16, 2022

Back to back hundreds for KL Rahul against Mumbai Indians in #IPL2022– literally a one man show by KL today – What a knock, What a player. pic.twitter.com/EX7GxOz1mI

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 24, 2022

KL Rahul with his 4th IPL ton, 3rd Vs MI and 2nd of the season. He just absolutely loves to play MI, a fantastic innings by the captain. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. pic.twitter.com/7DfXZAEIA0

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 24, 2022

KL Rahul now holds the record of scoring most IPL hundreds against a single opponent.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 24, 2022

Glorious KL Rahul, in full flow, it's a treat.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 24, 2022

Pictorial representation of MI with KL Rahul : pic.twitter.com/ycWuOWJ3XS

— Cricket wala ladka (@cricketwalaldka) April 24, 2022

About time KL Rahul is counted amongst the best IPL players of all time. The highest average (an incredible 48.54) of those with over a 100 games with David Warner the only other batter in that list with an average over 40 #IPL2022

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) April 24, 2022