KL Rahul century celebration video: “Well played Baba,” Suniel Shetty rejoices after KL Rahul’s 6th Test century at Lord’s

Dixit Bhargav | 12/08/2021
KL Rahul century celebration video: "Well played Baba," Suniel Shetty rejoices after KL Rahul's 6th Test century at Lord's

KL Rahul century celebration: The Indian opening batsman has scored a Test century after almost three years today.

During the first day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at Lord’s, India opening batsman Lokesh Rahul scored a proper Test century in English conditions to put his team in a dominating position.

Having played second-fiddle to Rohit Sharma (83) for a long time in a 126-run opening partnership, Rahul’s solid defense and resilient temperament saw him looking in control even when he was scoring runs at a strike rate of less than 30.

With India losing Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara (9) in quick succession in the afternoon session, an unruffled Rahul immediately took the mantle upon himself scoring boundaries off Mark Wood and James Anderson to register a 138-ball half-century.

In India captain Virat Kohli’s company, Rahul flourished with the bat in hand to play the role of an archetype set batsman. After surpassing the 50-run mark, Rahul found boundaries at will without taking an iota of risk which formed the highlight of his innings after being asked to bat first by England captain Joe Root.

It was on the third delivery of the 78th over when Rahul cut Wood for a boundary to reach to his sixth Test century. Readers must note that Rahul’s last three Test centuries have come against England with the last one being in an unsuccessful chase at The Oval in 2018.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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