KL Rahul has been known as the perfect team man, be it for team India or for the franchises he has represented in his IPL career. He has started a new chapter in his life with Delhi Capitals this year and after missing the season opener against his ex-franchise LSG for the birth of his baby girl, life has been pretty good for him. He batted at number 4 against SRH, his first game for DC where he walked out with a different kind of purpose and scored a quickfire 15 off 5 balls. Now, against CSK in Match 17 he has got an opportunity to open with Faf du Plesis missing out due to an injury. Also Read | Good news for MI fans, Rohit Sharma will return on this date! Well, he has wasted no time in making the most of it and has notched up his first half-century in DC colours, bringing up his fifty off 33 balls against a potent CSK attack yet again displaying his versatility. This is his 38th IPL half-century as well as his 42nd score of fifty-plus in his IPL career, as classy as ever. KLR HAS ARRIVED 🔥💙 pic.twitter.com/rqNU0TP4aO — Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 5, 2025 KL Rahul taking DC to a good score Having won the toss, DC skipper Axar Patel elected to bat first mentioning that he expected the Chepauk pitch to slow down as the afternoon progresses. DC lost Jake Fraser-McGurk in the first over for a 5-ball duck but since then they have done exceptionally well to go at a healthy rate on a warm afternoon in Chennai. A lot of credit for that needs to go to KL Rahul who has been the mainstay of this DC innings. After losing the first wicket, KL stitched a 36-ball 54 run partnership with Abhishek Porel and then a crucial 36-run stand with Axar Patel who promoted himself up the order. Young Sameer Rizvi was given a promotion as well and he too put up a 56-run partnership with KL in which Rizvi scored 20 off 15. Closing in on 150 at the start of the 17th over, DC would want to get close to 200 if they can.