Who is Mukul Choudhary? Youngster is now compared with MS Dhoni after heroic batting of 54 runs
vrushangshah93@gmail.com Mukul Choudhary has done a stupendous job by winning a match for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders. It was a nail-biting match as KKR looks strong into the match, but Mukul Choudhary has changed the game in favor of LSG and secured 2 important points for his team. He has shown his class as a Wicketkeeper and as a finisher and people are comparing him with legend MS Dhoni due to his wicket keeping and finisher skills.
Mukul Choudhary has scored 54 runs in just 27 balls with a magnificent strike rate of 200 and smashed 7 sixes and 2 fours. He is a wicket keeper batsman, and he has impressed with his keeping style. He has smashed sixes like MS Dhoni used to play helicopter shots. He has a great ability to be MS Dhoni, but it will take time as for that he needs consistency and discipline to be like Dhoni.
Who is Mukul Choudhary?
Mukul Choudhary is 21 years Wicket keeper batsman who has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants in Auction. He is a middle order batsman. He plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket. He has scored impressive 173 runs in five innings at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 at a solid strike rate of 198.85 and grabbed the attention with his power hitting strokes. He has been picked at a price of 2.60 Crore, and he has proved his worth by winning impossible game for his team.
One Chance and become Hero:
Mukul becomes a hero overnight with his heroic innings. He has not been known before IPL 2026 but his one game against KKR has changed his life as he becomes hero overnight and even compare with legend MS Dhoni.
LSG needed 43 runs in last 3 overs. In 18 over, He has scored 2 big sixes while in 19 Over, He has scored 2 Sixes and 1 Four and, in the 20th over he has smacked 2 big sixes and won the game for his team.
He has scored with a massive strike rate and handled the pressure with a grace and for that reason he has been compared with MS Dhoni as MSD known for his finisher role and massive sixes especially Helicopter Shots. MS Dhoni used to play the same when he started playing for team India. MS Dhoni always believed to take the match till last and finished it in style. Mukul also said that he was confident that if he will be there till last he can help in winning the match and he did the same.
In the first game of IPL, he has scored 14 runs in 11 balls. In Second game he has scored 2 runs not out and in the third and important game he scored half century and shown his talent and ability to score big runs in pressure games.
Rishabh Pant was seen very happy after completion of game, and he has appraised Mukul in match presentation. LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka seen very impressive with the young batsman and blessed him by appreciating him after completion of the game.
Mukul is a great wicket keeper and a young batsman who has ability to score big runs with massive sixes and also handle the pressure in big games. He is a quality wicket keeper batsman. He needs to be consistent, discipline to get his name in team India for the international matches.
IPL is a great platform and provided valuable players like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Tilak Verma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, and many more players.
All eyes will be on Mukul Choudhary in IPL Season 2026.
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