KL Rahul
KL Rahul Century IND vs SA: The first test match between India and South Africa is being played on the grounds of Centurion. In this match, South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first. India scored 245 runs in the first innings. KL Rahul batted brilliantly on behalf of the team. He hit strokes all over the field. It was because of him that Team India was able to reach a respectable score.
KL Rahul did wonders
KL Rahul did amazing batting against South Africa. He batted brilliantly and scored 101 runs in 137 balls, which included 14 fours and 4 sixes. Rahul is the first Indian player to score a century in his debut match as a wicketkeeper. This is his first match as a wicketkeeper. After batting, when Rahul came out to keep wickets, he took an excellent catch of Aiden Markram on the ball of Mohammad Siraj. This is his first catch while wicket-keeping in Test cricket.
first player to do so
KL Rahul has become the first player in the world of cricket to score more than 50 runs in his first match as a wicketkeeper in all three formats. He has scored 80 runs on debut as a wicketkeeper in ODI, 56 runs on debut as a wicketkeeper in T20I and 101 runs on debut as a wicketkeeper in Test.
KL Rahul is counted among the best players of India. He has won many matches for Team India on his own. He has scored 2642 runs in 47 Test matches, 2820 runs in 75 ODI matches and 2265 runs in 72 T20 matches for India. Once he settles on the crease, it becomes difficult to get him out.
India scored 245 runs
The Indian team scored 245 runs in the first innings against South Africa. KL Rahul was out as the last wicket. The Indian team did not have a good start against Africa. When Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 5 runs. After this, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 17 runs and Virat Kohli scored 38 runs. Whereas Shreyas Iyer played innings of 31 runs. Shardul Thakur contributed 24 runs. Kagiso Rabada took maximum 5 wickets for Africa. Nandre Berger took 3 wickets, Marco Jason and Gerald Coetzee took 1 wicket each.
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