Rookie batsman Rahul Tripathi has become the new sensation of cricket world, after his blistering innings in ongoing IPL. yesterday, he single-handedly took Pune to a four-wicket win over Kolkata. The opener absolutely waded into the KKR bowling, which incidentally is one of the best in IPL 10, and clattered them for seven sixes and nine fours as he scored 93 off 52 balls, unlucky to miss out on a century.
Born in Ranchi and raised in Maharashtra, the 26-year-old Tripathi, who made IPL debut this season, showed fine composure as he held on despite wickets falling around him — Ajinkya Rahane (11), Steve Smith (9), Manoj Tiwary (8), last match’s hero Ben Stokes (14) and MS Dhoni (5).
That Tripathi has a higher strike-rate than the likes of David Warner, Brendon McCullum, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle this season sums up his performance of the youngster who was bought at a base price of Rs 10 lakh at the IPL auction.
