KL Rahul Scores His 11th Century Against West Indies

KL Rahul has continued from where he left in England and scored his 11th Test century on the second day of the first Test against West Indies. Rahul took 190 deliveries to reach the mark. It is Rahul’s second Test century in India and it came after a gap of 3211 days, which is the longest gap for an Indian batter between two centuries at home. The previous record was with Ravichandran Ashwin, who made his first century in 2013, and his second century came in 2021.

Rahul made his maiden Test century in India in 2016 against England at Chennai. This was the same game where Karun Nair made his triple-century. Rahul was dismissed on 199 runs and missed a well-deserved double-century. Since then, he scored 10 half-centuries in India but failed to reach the triple-figure mark.

It took him 26 innings to record his second century in India. Rahul has joined the list of batters with the most innings between two Test centuries at home in India. Ashwin is on top of this list, and it took him 36 innings. Syed Kirmani is in second place with 32 innings, while Chandu Borde took 27 innings. Apart from Rahul, Vijay Manjrekar, Polly Umrigar, Kapil Dev, and Ajinkya Rahane also took the same number of innings to score their next century at home. 

India Has Dominated With Both Bat and Ball Against the West Indies

The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Test, which is being played in Ahmedabad. The West Indies were bowled out for 162 runs in their first innings. No batter managed to make a half-century for the team. For India, Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the bowlers and took four wickets for 40 runs in 14 overs.

India finished the first day with 121 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets. Rahul had scored his half-century and was batting on 53 runs off 114 deliveries. Indian captain Shubman Gill was in the middle with 18 runs to his name.

India took a lead over the West Indies’ total in the 50th over of the innings. Gill was the first to depart on the second day and scored 50 runs. At lunch, India had made 218 runs for the loss of three wickets. Dhruv Jurel is in the middle with Rahul.