KL Rahul has increased his sublime form in the two -match Test series against the West Indies at home. After scoring more than 500 runs on England tour and 187 runs against Australia A, in a second informal test, KL Rahul shut down the house season in style.
On 2 of the ongoing first test against the West Indies, Rahul broke a brilliant century and pulled a unique type of celebration, where he put two fingers in his mouth and raised his bat. However, it was already speculated that he would dedicate his second home test to his daughter.
KL Rahul opens about his unique centenary celebrations in Ahmedabad
But the Karnataka batsman has now officially confirmed the presentation after the end of the day 2. When he was asked about the unique festival after reaching three figures in Ahmedabad, Rahul said, “This was for my daughter.”
Question: What was that celebration?
KL Rahul said “for my daughter”. pic.twitter.com/l5rzs252sg
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In particular, Rahul and Athiya Shetty have a baby girl born in March 2025. The couple named their daughter Iwara.
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This was Rahul’s 11th Test century, but only his second at home. He last scored a domestic century against England in Chennai in December 2016, where he made 199.
The Indian opener took 3211 days to raise his second hundred in the traditional format of the game in the position of the house.
KL Rahul opens on the challenges of scoring in India
Meanwhile, Rahul revealed why this is only his second exam at home, saying that playing in India is different from foreign circumstances, where fast bowlers and additional bounces score more directly with “lots of challenges”.
The right -handed batsman further said that the boundaries do not easily come to the house and the field spread more with three spinners in the team.
However, in the last few years, Rahul has focused on retaining his batting tempo, enjoying grinding through single and Twos, and this approach is helping him to score runs in India.
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Rahul further explained, “It’s not really certain. But yes, somehow, I think the only thing I have worked in the previous year either has maintained my batting tempo. Just enjoying the steps that are not so exciting for me for me.
Boundaries do not come easily. So yes, it is something that I have worked, and I need to enjoy the mental switch that enjoys grinding, and receives 100s with single and twos. ,
KL Rahul is equivalent to the WTC record of Rishabh Pant and Yashsvi Jaiswal
Meanwhile, it was Rahul’s 6th century for India in the ICC World Test Championship. With this tone, he equaled the records of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant for the second most century for India at WTC. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are leading the table, each with 9 centuries in WTC.
Well, India was dominated by 2 on the day of the first Test in Ahmedabad, and the day ended with India’s score at 448/5, leading to 286 runs against the West Indies. Apart from Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Dhruv Jurlel also cracked the impressive centuries against the West Indies on 2 days.
With this, the India team achieved a rare achievement, as it is only the fourth time in history that three or more batsmen have scored in a single test in the same year for centuries, the previous opportunities are happening in 1979, 1986 and 2007.