Rahul’s century in Rajkot (Photo-PTI)
KL Rahul: KL Rahul played a brilliant century innings in Rajkot ODI. After the failure of Virat, Rohit, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul scored a century. This is his 8th century in ODI cricket. KL Rahul completed his century in just 87 balls. India scored 284 runs in 50 overs only on the basis of KL Rahul’s century. KL Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 112 runs in 92 balls. His strike rate was 122 and he hit 12 fours and one six in his innings.
Rahul’s miracle after 793 days
KL Rahul Scored a century in ODI cricket after 793 days. This player scored his last ODI century on November 12, 2023 against Netherlands. Rahul played many excellent innings after that but he did not reach the century. Now after 3 years, Rahul has scored a century and the big thing is that he has scored a century in a very difficult time.
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Rahul blew the whistle after his century
KL Rahul completed his century by hitting a six and as soon as this player completed the century, he celebrated in a very special way. Along with waving the bat in the air, KL Rahul also whistled with one hand. This celebration of Rahul after his century is going viral on social media.
Rahul is the trouble-shooter of Team India
When KL Rahul came to the crease, Team India was in trouble. The Indian team had lost the wickets of players like Rohit, Virat, Iyer. After this, Rahul came at number 5 and added 73 runs in 88 balls with Jadeja. The special thing is that in this partnership, Jadeja contributed only 27 runs in 44 balls while Rahul batted fast in the middle overs and scored 46 runs in 44 balls. After this, Rahul made a partnership of 57 runs in 49 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy. Rahul completed his half-century in 52 balls and reached his century in the next 35 balls.