KL Rahul batted brilliantly and scored a Test century for Team India in Centurion. The first match of the Test series will be played between India and South Africa. The Indian team fell apart in the first innings of this game. But Rahul took charge. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan has praised Rahul. He believes Rahul has performed well in difficult circumstances. They have not just one but many properties.
Rahul scored 101 runs for India off 137 balls. His innings included 14 fours and 4 sixes. The Indian team couldn’t do anything special in this innings. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was eliminated after 17 runs. Rohit Sharma was eliminated after scoring 5 runs. Shubman Gill retired after scoring two runs. Virat Kohli was out for 38 runs and Shreyas Iyer was out for 31 runs. After the first day, Rahul was also seen batting in the first session of the second day. But on the second day he couldn’t last long.
Irfan praised Rahul a lot. “Excellent lofts, great ground shots, crisp pulls and strong defence,” he wrote on . Importantly, Rahul scored a Test century for the second time in Centurion.
If we look at KL Rahul’s Test career so far, he has been excellent. He has scored 2743 runs in 82 innings of 48 Test matches. During this period he composed 8 centuries and 13 half centuries. Rahul’s best Test score was 199 runs. He has also performed well in the ODI and T20 formats.