KL Rahul persisted his imperious creep in opposition to England as he performed his sixth Take a look at ton within the continuing contest of the five-match assortment in Lord’s on Thursday. The actual-handed batsman, who was once roped into the aspect within the absence of Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal, has been playing supreme affect and scored a ideal 84 within the assortment opener in Nottingham.
Rahul kicked off the lawsuits on Thursday with senior accomplice Rohit Sharma and took 202 balls to reach the feat. In the intervening time, using on Rahul’s innings, India are currently positioned within the driving seat with 245/2 on the board.Â
An perfect CENTURY from @klrahul11 at Lord’s. Batted brilliantly at some stage in, survived about a apprehensive moments, and now has his century!
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Rohit did mighty of the scoring within the initial share and likewise went on to total his half-century, whereas Rahul played the final observe 2d-fiddle within the center, as the pair guided India past the 100-creep-build. The duo added 126 runs for the opening wicket, sooner than James Anderson natty bowled Rohit with on 83 from 115 deliveries.
Rahul, alternatively, carried forward his supreme affect as the batsman scored but one other half-century as Anderson removed Cheteshwar Pujara on 9.
India were batting at 157/2 with Rahul and Virat Kohli show within the center as umpires called for Tea. After the interval each and every Kohli and Rahul persisted from where they left and added a healthy partnership for the third-wicket.Â
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Rahul reached the three-resolve build with a boundary off Mark Wooden’s supply.Â
With this feat, the actual-handed batsman now stands 2d alongside legendary opener Virender Sehwag for scoring the most 100s by an Indian opener in Assessments outside Asia.
15 Sunil Gavaskar
4 Virender Sehwag/KL Rahul
3 Vinoo Mankad/Ravi Shastri
In the intervening time, he modified into the third Indian opener after Vinoo Mankad and head coach Ravi Shastri to ranking a ton in a Take a look at at Lord’s.Â
184 Vinoo Mankad in 1952
102*KL RAHUL in 2021
100 Ravi Shastri in 1990
