Even though Delhi had won the toss and chosen to bat first, Rahul and his opening partner Pathum Nissanka were nowhere near their aggressive best, and that ultimately cost DC. Manjrekar criticised Rahul for making just 12 runs in 13 balls.
They were 69/5 in the eleventh over and had to bring Sameer Rizvi in to save the collapse. Rizvi did his job, mostly, with an unbeaten 40 that took DC to a fighting 156. In reply, Sanju Samson bided his time and waited for the right moment to attack. His unbeaten 87 and Kartik Sharma's unbeaten 41 ensured an eight-wicket win for CSK.
You've basically signed the death warrant for your team- Sanjay Manjrekar critiques KL Rahul
"It's almost like odd and even games, where sometimes he goes after the bowling straightaway, which is the KL Rahul you want. But then he feels like he has earned the right, and he feels responsible for the rest of the batters to come, and then plays an innings like that. Once you get out after getting to 12 off 12, you've signed the death warrant for your team. Once they had those insipid first six overs, DC were done for the game," he said.
"KL Rahul, after playing a brilliant innings the match prior, got 12 off 12 balls in the first six overs. That's two overs going at a strike rate of 100. When you have openers going at 200, you can't be having an opener getting 12 off 12 in the hope that he'll explode later," he added.
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KL Rahul's form in IPL 2026
Overall, Rahul has 445 runs in 10 matches at an average of 49.44 and a strike rate of 180.89 with 1 century and 3 fifties.
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