Kl Rahul explains his unique celebration of the century after having broken the 9 -year -old drought at home
KL Rahul has extended its sublime form in the series of two in progress tests against the Antilles at Home. After scoring more than 500 points on the tour in England and 187 points against Australia A in the second unofficial test, KL Rahul launched the season at home in style.
Day 2 of the first current test against the Antilles, Rahul broke a brilliant century and managed a unique type of celebration, where he put two fingers in his mouth and lifted his bat. However, it was already planned that he would devote his second century to his daughter at home.
Kl Rahul opens with his unique celebration of the century in Ahmedabad
But the karnataka striker has now officially confirmed the same thing during the post-match presentation after the end of day 2. When he was asked about the unique celebration after reaching the three figures in Ahmedabad, Rahul said: “It was for my daughter.”
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Question: What was this celebration?
Kl Rahul said “for my daughter”. 🥹❤️ pIC.tWItteR.CoM/ /L5RZS252Sg
– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) OCtoBeR 3,, 2025
In particular, Rahul and Athiya Shetty have a little girl born in March 2025. The couple appointed their daughter Evaarah.
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It was the 11th century of Rahul, but only his second at home. He scored for the last time a century at home in December 2016 against England in Chennai, where he made it 199.
The Indian opener took 3,211 days to cut his second one in the traditional game format in the conditions of the house.
Kl Rahul opens with the challenges of the score in India
Meanwhile, Rahul revealed why it was only his second century of test at home, saying that playing in India is different from conditions abroad, where fast quisors and additional rebound makes the scoring simpler with “a lot of challenge”.
The right -handed striker also stressed that the borders do not easily come to the house with three teammates and that the land has spread.
However, in recent years, Rahul has focused on maintaining his striking pace, taking advantage of the grinding paths through singles and both, and this approach helps him to take place in India.
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Rahul also explained: “I’m not really sure. But yes, in a way, I think the only thing I worked on in the past year was to keep my tempo in the stick. I’m just enjoying the phases that are not as exciting for me in my own head.
The limits do not come as easily. So yes, that’s something I worked on, and I needed to make this mental change to take advantage of this, enjoy the grinding and get 100 singles and two too. “”
Kl Rahul is equal to Rishabh Pant and Yashsvi Jaiswal’s WTC Record
Meanwhile, it was Rahul’s 6th century for India at the ICC World Test Championship. With this tone, he equaled the record of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant for the second centuries for India in the WTC. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill lead the table, each with 9 centuries in the WTC.
Well, India also dominated day 2 of the first current test in Ahmedabad, and the day ended with India’s score at 448/5, leading to 286 points against the Antilles. Besides Rahul, Ravi will Ravi Jadeja and Dhruv Jurel have also cracked impressive centuries on day 2 against the Antilles.
With this, the team of India achieved a rare feat, because it is only the fourth time in history that three or more strikers have marked centuries in the same test sleeves in a single year, the previous occasions being in 1979, 1986 and 2007.
