KL Rahul hammers ton against England Lions: Key stats
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KL Rahul showed his presence with the bat for India A versus England Lions on Day 1 of the 2nd unofficial Test between the two sides.
Rahul, who is expected to open for Team India in their 5-match series against England, starting this month, opened for India A alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal.
He batted with a sense of purpose at the County Ground, Northampton.
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Rahul makes his presence felt
India A lost Jaiswal and skipper Abhimanyu Eawaran to be reduced to 40/2 in the 11th over.
Thereafter, Rahul and Karun Nair added 86 runs for the 3rd wicket. Nair ended up with a 71-ball 40.
Dhruv Jurel came in next and supported Rahul as the two have added a century-plus stand for the 4th wicket.
Rahul completed his century in the 55th over.
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Rahul falls for 116
Rahul perished for 116 runs from 168 balls. He added 121 runs alongside Jurel before the latter perished with India A being on 247/4. However, Rahul perished shortly thereafter, getting out to George Hill. India A were 252/5 when Rahul was sent back.
Runs
19th century in First-Class cricket for Rahul
Rahul completed his ton off 151 balls. He ended up scoring 116, an innings consisting 15 fours and a six.
As per ESPNcricinfo, this is Rahul's 19th century in First-Class cricket. He also owns 36 fifties.
He owns 7,447 runs in the longest format.
Notably, 3,257 of his runs in FC cricket have come for India in Tests at 33.57 (100s: 8, 50s: 17).
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Rahul owns over 650 runs for India A
As per ESPNcricinfo, Rahul has surpassed 650 runs for India A in FC cricket. He has 675 runs at 48.21. Playing his 9th match (14 innings), he slammed his maiden ton. He also has 5 fifties for India A in this format.