KL Rahul continued his fine run in Test cricket in 2025 with another century – 11th of his career. The opening batter scored an exact 100 during the first Test between India and West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday morning. The 33-year-old has taken his tally to 3889 runs from 112 innings. He has also hit 19 half-centuries. It was also his first Test century at home after 9 years. The veteran batter played a key role in India’s 2-2 draw in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England. With his latest three-figure, he surpassed an India legend for a century record at home.
India opener KL Rahul began his home season with a patient century against West Indies in the first Test of the two-match series that got underway at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo)
KL Rahul made an exact 100 off 197 deliveries with the help of 12 fours to put India in the lead after Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah combined to restrict West Indies to 162 in the first innings. (AP Photo)
While this was KL Rahul’s 11th century in Test cricket, it was just the second time that he has reached three figures in the format when playing at home. His previous Test century before Ahmedabad was the 199, he scored against England in Chennai which is also his highest score at international level. (AP Photo)
KL Rahul had to wait a whopping 3211 days for between for his second Test century at home which is the longest any batter has waited in the history of the format between two hundreds at home. (AP Photo)
KL Rahul thus surpassed the previous record of 2655 days (between 2013 and 2021) held by his former India teammate Ravichandran Ashwin who retired from international cricket last year. (AP Photo)
During the course of his innings, KL Rahul also took over Ben Duckett in the list of highest run-getters in Tests by an opener in 2025. He has now 649 runs from 13 innings at an average of 49.92. Duckett is second with 602 runs (10 innings) while Yashasvi Jaiswal completes the top-three with 479 runs (13 innings) (AP Photo)
KL Rahul has now struck 10 centuries as India Test openers which is the fourth most after Sunil Gavaskar (33), Virender Sehwag (22) and Murali Vijay (12). He surpassed the joint record of 9 centuries each by Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma (AP Photo)
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