KL Rahul slapped Build Wood’s transport away to the third man boundary and scored his century in 215 balls.
Indian opener KL Rahul reaches ton with a FOUR against England at Lord’s Test , BCCI Twitter
And that completely is a ‘KLassic’ play by opening batsman KL Rahul who smashed a century at Lord’s in London within the second Test against England. The batsman, who had started slack, shifted gears after the departure of partner Rohit Sharma (83).
Within the 77th over, Rahul smashed a four to study his ton. He slapped Build Wood’s transport away to the third man boundary. He scored his century in 215 balls.
Indian openers with 100s at Lord’s:
184 Vinoo Mankad in 1952
102*KL RAHUL in 2021
100 Ravi Shastri in 1990
An pleasing CENTURY from @klrahul11 at Lord’s. Batted brilliantly at some stage in, survived just a few anxious moments, and now has his century!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) August 12, 2021
Most 100s by an Indian opener in Tests exterior Asia:
15 Sunil Gavaskar
4 Virender Sehwag/KL Rahul
3 Vinoo Mankad/Ravi Shastri
KL Rahul bought a gamble to play after Mayank Agarwal used to be dominated out after being injured sooner than the first Test. The batsman who used to be slotted in because the opener with Rohit Sharma had scored 84 off 214 deliveries within the first innings of the Trent Bridge Test.
As for the conflict, India lost 2 wickets and have scored 250+ runs. Group India used to be put to bat first after Joe Root received the toss.
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul placed on a appropriate partnership as openers as they put 100+ on the board. While the Hitman used to be out for 83 by James Anderson, KL Rahul persevered the momentum.
India has scored around 160 and have lost two wickets with the second being Cheteshwar Pujara, who used to be dismissed by James Anderson for right 9 runs.
KL Rahul and Indian skipper Virat Kohli are for the time being conserving the fortress with the captain having scored 40 runs in 94 balls.
