Rated highly by the great Rahul Dravid for his near-perfect batting skills, KL Rahul is the quintessential opener with all the traits of becoming a modern day great of the gentlemen's game. Belongs to the India's next generation of batsmen, Rahul's breakthrough moment came in the 2013-14 Ranji season when he laid the foundation for Karnataka's triumph with 1033 runs. It included three centuries, three nineties, and a Man-of-the-Match performance in the final. After making an unforgettable Test debut against Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rahul found his mojo in his second Test in Sydney where he stroked a brilliant hundred to stamp his class in the international arena. He was later selected in the limited-overs squads in Zimbabwe and West Indies in mid-2016. Rahul repaid the faith of selectors in style and showed his versatility across formats by scoring a hundred each on his ODI and T20I debut. In the lucrative Indian Premier League, the Bangalore-born batsman has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad so far. After spending last two seasons with RCB, Rahul has been picked up by Kings XI Punjab in this year's player auction. He was one of the most expensive Indian buys (Rs 11 crore) of the 2018 edition. Rahul can open or bat at No 3 and 4, and given his ability as a wicketkeeper, this is a key purchase for KXIP. Major teams - India, Bangalore Brigadiers (Urban), India Under-19s, India Under-23s, Karnataka, Karnataka State Cricket Association Colts XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Zone, Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing role - Opening batsman Batting style - Right-hand bat
Read MoreSuniel Shetty, in a recent event, said he "loves" KL Rahul but refrained from confirming or denying the wedding rumours with his daughter and actress Athiya Shetty.
Are Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul getting married? Is a question many have been asking as rumours of their impending wedding float on the Internet. Here's what Athiya's brother Ahan Shetty has to say.
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Reports claim that Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul are all set to tie the knot in December this year. Not only this but just like every father, even Suniel Shetty is quite excited about the same since it's the first wedding in the 'khandaan' after a long time. He has already started preparing for the same and has even booked the best hotels, caterers and designers.
The destructive right-hander ranks second in the race for Orange Cap and is behind Jos Buttler, the only other player to have reached the three-figure mark this season.
KL Rahul has been fined 20 per cent of his match-fee for an unspecified breach of Code of Conduct during Lucknow Super Giants' match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.
This is KL Rahul's third century in the history of IPL and second as a captain of an IPL side.
India opener KL Rahul has come to the rescue of an 11-year-old budding cricketer in need of an urgent Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), donating Rs 31 lakh for the treatment of a rare blood disorder.
The Indian pair of Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav has made strides up the table. Yadav scored 64 in the second ODI against the West Indies.
Nicholas Pooran stepped out for the toss as stand-in captain and named Odean Smith as Pollard's replacement for the do-or-die match.
Rahul being available from this game onwards, it remains to be seen whether the wristy Karnataka batter opens along with the skipper or plays in the middle order.
Athiya and KL Rahul recently made their relationship official on Instagram. On the occasion of Athiya's birthday, KL Rahul took to Instagram and shared an adorable post wishing her 'heart' Athiya with a series of pictures and a cute note.
In the bowling chart, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasthe bKL Rahul est-placed Indian at 20th position, having dropped a run while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah feel two places to 26th.
The former Team India pacer said since the side has a lot of options to try up the order, it is not certain whether KL Rahul opening the batting will work for the team in the future.
India lost both the Test and ODI series in what turned out to be a disastrous tour of South Africa despite a bright start in the opening Test at Centurion, which the team won comprehensively.
Following India's 0-3 loss to South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday, the team's captain for the series KL Rahul said it was a tournament where they played with many young faces and made plenty of mistakes but was a valuable lesson in their preparations for the 2023 50-over World Cup, where India is the host.
Before this, no captain in Indian history has lost his first three ODIs on captaincy debut.
For the unversed, Suniel Shetty's son Ahan Shetty has been open about his relationship with girlfriend Tania Shroff. His daughter and actress Athiya Shetty have also been rumoured to be in a relationship with cricketer KL Rahul for some time. The duo often shares loved up posts for each other on Instagram.
For the second game in a row, Indian bowlers looked pedestrian especially in the middle overs against South Africa.
Rahul was at best mediocre in terms of "on-your-feet-thinking", something that's basic to art of captaincy, and also didn't look the part with the bat in a deflating 31-run defeat in the opening ODI where India were outplayed for the better part of the game.
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