Rahul scored a century in Centurion
KL Rahul Century in Centurion: The first Test match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa will be played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Team India bats first in this game. Team India’s batting performance was very poor on the first day of play but wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul took charge of the team’s innings. On the second day of play, Team India started playing with a score of 208 runs and the loss of 8 wickets. Rahul continued his good form on the second day and completed his century.
KL Rahul scored a century in Centurion
When KL Rahul came on the field, Team India had lost 4 wickets for 92 runs. He then increased the team score by forming small partnerships with lower order batsmen and scored a brilliant century. KL Rahul completed his century in 133 balls. He hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. However, he was unable to progress his innings much further after his century and was eliminated after scoring 101 runs.
Joined Sachin’s special club
KL Rahul has reached the top spot in the list of outside batsmen who scored the most runs at Centurion’s SuperSport Park. Earlier in this list, Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli’s name came first. He had scored a total of 249 runs in Test cricket at this ground. At the same time, KL Rahul now has 261 runs in Centurion.
Greatest Test innings as an Indian wicketkeeper in South Africa
- 101 runs – KL Rahul, 2023*
- 100* runs – Rishabh Pant, 2022
- 90 runs – MS Dhoni, 2010
- 63 runs – Deep Dasgupta, 2001
- 63 runs – Dinesh Karthik, 2007
Team India gave it their all with 245
Team India came to bat first after losing the toss in this game. The team was exhausted after scoring 245 runs in the first innings. Apart from KL Rahul, Virat Kohli scored 38 runs and Shreyas Iyer scored 31 runs. Shardul Thakur also contributed 24 runs. At the same time, Kagiso Rabada took a maximum of 5 wickets for South Africa. Nandre Berger took 3 wickets and Marco Jensen-Gerald Coetzee took 1 wicket each.
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