Sharjah: After Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab match a name started trending on social media. For the first half of the Rajasthan innings Rahul Tewatia was trending for all the bad reasons but soon he turned the table upside down and become Hero from Zero. Tewaita, who at one point was looking like a villain playing dot-balls again and again, become a hero by smashing five sixes in an over against West Indian pacer Sheldon Cottrel.
Rahul received applause from cricket fraternity around the world and his knock was also quickly termed as the innings of the tournament by many cricket pundits.
When asked about Rahul's incredible knock his mother said, "It’s a great happiness for me seeing my child play well. Rahul has worked very hard since childhood. When Rahul was finding it difficult to middle the ball at first we all at home were under great pressure. But when he changed the entire stance of the match, everyone was happy and rejoiced."
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THIRTY!!!!!!#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/wOB5lZerMt
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 27, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">THIRTY!!!!!!#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/wOB5lZerMt
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 27, 2020THIRTY!!!!!!#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/wOB5lZerMt
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 27, 2020
Rahul was born in 1993 in Faridabad, a city adjacent to Delhi. Rahul's father Krishnapal is a lawyer. Since childhood, Rahul has been very fond of cricket. At the tender age of 4, cricket became Rahul's favourite sport, call it a passion.
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆. #RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 | #Tewatiya pic.twitter.com/AD3Y0KJYzl
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆. #RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 | #Tewatiya pic.twitter.com/AD3Y0KJYzl
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆. #RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 | #Tewatiya pic.twitter.com/AD3Y0KJYzl
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020
Tewatia made his debut for Haryana during the 2013–14 Ranji Trophy in 2013 against Karnataka. He made his List A debut for Haryana in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy in February 2017.
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BTS of '666606' 🎥#HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/AG9HeWnM8X
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">BTS of '666606' 🎥#HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/AG9HeWnM8X
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020BTS of '666606' 🎥#HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/AG9HeWnM8X
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020
During the 2019 IPL, he also set the joint record for taking the most number of catches by a non-wicket keeper in an IPL inning. In November 2019 before the 2020 Indian Premier League, he was traded to Rajasthan Royals.
There is a mood of happiness and celebration in his family on his success ... Rahul's family wants to see him playing in the Indian cricket team.
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And how the floodgates opened! 😅#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #Dream11IPL | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/Jp6QjooBEQ
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">And how the floodgates opened! 😅#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #Dream11IPL | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/Jp6QjooBEQ
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020And how the floodgates opened! 😅#RRvKXIP | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #Dream11IPL | @rahultewatia02 pic.twitter.com/Jp6QjooBEQ
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020
After winning the 2013 Ranji Ranji Trophy, Rahul caught the attention of all the IPL team owners. In 2014, he was bought by Rajasthan Royals team for a base price of 10 lakhs.
In 2017, the Kings XI Punjab offered Rahul Rs 25 lakh to include him in their team after watching his game. Rahul took a big leap from 10 lakh to 25 lakh with his great performance in domestic cricket.
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A moment for the ages. 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
This one's for dadi, @rahultewatia02 🙏#RoyalsFamily | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/UZrjr9m3Ru
">A moment for the ages. 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020
This one's for dadi, @rahultewatia02 🙏#RoyalsFamily | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/UZrjr9m3RuA moment for the ages. 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 28, 2020
This one's for dadi, @rahultewatia02 🙏#RoyalsFamily | #HallaBol | #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/UZrjr9m3Ru
In his debut match for Kings XI Punjab against Kolkata Knight Riders, Rahul took 2 wickets in 18 balls, along with 15 runs in 8 balls.
In 2018, the base price for Rahul shot up and was fixed at 2.5 crore, but Delhi Capitals wanted to include him in their team, for which he was bought at a huge price of 3 crore.
In the game against KXIP, Rahul equalled Chris Gayle's record for hitting the most number of sixes in a single over of an IPL match and scored his maiden IPL fifty in the same match. His knock of 53 runs eventually helped Rajasthan Royals to register the highest ever run chase in IPL history.
