KL Rahul, the initial batsman of Team India, scored a brilliant century during the first innings of the ongoing Test match against the West Indies. The right -handed batsman reached his 11th hundred in Test cricket and celebrated a milestone at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on day 2 (Friday, 3 October).
In Blue, men started the second day’s game at 121/2 at the crease with Rahul (53*) and Shubman Gill (18*). Skipper Shubman Gill arrived in half a century in the morning session. However, Shubman was rejected for 50 runs from Roston Chase’s bowling. In particular, it was India’s only wicket in the session.
Watch: KL Rahul brings special celebration for century in 1 Test
On the fifth ball of the 65th over in India’s first innings, KL Rahul reached a difficult century. The batsman scored his 11th Test hundred and only on the land of the house, completing a diving mid-vicity to complete a complete delivery from Ruston Chase.
The 33 -year -old last scored a century at home almost a decade ago, against England in 2016. He celebrated the long -awaited achievement by whistling his bat to accept the crowd and raising his bat. Star Batter also shared a throat with Jurall, and his celebration attracted wide attention.
Watch the video of the same posted by Star Sports (East is known as Twitter):
Commanding and Classes!@klrahul Brings his century at home, his second in 8 years #Teamindia Integrate their leadership.
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– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) October 3, 2025
KL Rahul waited for 3,211 days between his first and second test centuries at home. In particular, this is the longest difference for an Indian batsman. The previous record was organized by Ravichandran Ashwin, who waited for 2,655 days between 2013 to 2021.
Rahul played 26 innings between his two houses, the third of the Indian players, Ashwin (36) and Syed Kirmani (32). There are also legends like Chandu Borde, Vijay Manjrekar, Poli Umrigar, Kapil Dev and Ajinkya Rahane.
Top Test Century Scorer of 2025:
| Player | Team | Matchbox | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | India | 7 | 4 |
| Root | England | 6 | 3 |
| KL Rahul | India | 7 | 3 |
| Pitham Nisanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 |
| Vian rudder | South Africa | 4 | 2 |
Among the Indian openers, Sunil Gavaskar leads 33 tests in 203 innings with centuries. Virender Sehwag is an unsafe place in 168 innings with 22 hundreds, followed by Murali Vijay, who scored 12 centuries in 100 innings.
KL Rahul has not seen 10 centuries in 94 innings, which puts him ahead of Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, who has recorded every 9 centuries.
Most of the tests as a opener for India centuries:
| Player | Test centuries | Turn |
|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | 33 | 203 |
| Virender Sehwag | 22 | 168 |
| Murali Vijay | 12 | 100 |
| KL Rahul | 10 | 94 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 9 | 101 |
| Rohit Sharma | 9 | 66 |
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