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Kl Rahul

KL Rahul

DOB: April 18, 1992

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

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Vijay Hazare Trophy Shubman Gill hundred

Vijay Hazare Trophy: U-19 star Shubman Gill stars in Punjab's thrilling win over Karnataka

Cricket | Feb 11, 2018, 08:04 PM IST

The 18-year old Gill scored his maiden first-class hundred in the Group A encounter between Punjab and Karnataka of Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday.

India vs South Africa T20I series, Test Cricket

Test series in South Africa was a good learning experience: KL Rahul

Cricket | Feb 11, 2018, 02:11 PM IST

The 25-year old spoke about the new challenge he faced in South Africa in the Test series about how dangerous it is for an opener to face seam, bounce and pace at the same time.

KL Rahul

KXIP's KL Rahul watches Padmaavat, fans ask him to watch Punjabi films

Cricket | Feb 02, 2018, 07:44 PM IST

From jokes on his current form to the whopping IPL Auction deal, netizens left no topic untouched while trolling KL Rahul.

India vs South Africa 2018 Test series

India vs South Africa: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul sweat hard ahead of Johannesburg Test

Cricket | Jan 22, 2018, 10:35 PM IST

India had lost the first Test in Cape Town by 72 runs and were beaten in the second match at Centurion by 135 runs to surrender an unassailable lead to the hosts.

KL Rahul Injured India vs South Africa 2018

India vs South Africa: Injured KL Rahul in doubt for Johannesburg Test

Cricket | Jan 21, 2018, 07:51 PM IST

The 25-year old Rahul suffered a blow to his left knee off the bowling of pacer Ishant Sharma.

Shikhar Dhawan

India vs South Africa: 'Hurt' Shikhar Dhawan aims to fight back in Johannesburg

Cricket | Jan 19, 2018, 06:43 PM IST

Opener KL Rahul, who replaced Dhawan in Centurion, lost his wickets cheaply for 10 and four runs in successive innings.

India vs South Africa 2018

'What was he trying to do?' Sunil Gavaskar slams KL Rahul for poor dismissal

Cricket | Jan 16, 2018, 09:01 PM IST

Rahul's failure in the second innings will only result in the critics questioning Kohli's motive behind dropping Shikhar Dhawan for the second Test.

Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul

KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel to replace Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha in Centurion, say reports

Cricket | Jan 12, 2018, 09:33 PM IST

According to reports, Kohli has decided to exclude wicketkeeper Saha from the playing XI that played in Cape Town.

india vs south africa 2018

India vs South Africa: Shikhar Dhawan to be replaced by KL Rahul in 2nd Test, say reports

Cricket | Jan 11, 2018, 12:06 PM IST

Shikhar Dhawan's poor performance in the first Test in Cape Town could see Lokesh Rahul making a return to the starting XI in the Centurion Test.

KL Rahul Hardik Pandya Dab Celebrations

WATCH: KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Murali Vijay show-off their cool 'dab moves'

Cricket | Jan 10, 2018, 01:12 PM IST

The popular 'dab dance' moves had picked up by Team India players as their celebration style during India's tour of Sri Lanka in August last year.

Ajinkya Rahane

With eyes on Centurion Test, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma train at Newlands

Cricket | Jan 09, 2018, 07:48 PM IST

India lost the first Test by 72 runs within four days, with Vernon Philander wreaking havoc with his pace and swing.

Indian cricket team

Team India practices indoors due to wet outfield in Cape Town; See pics

Cricket | Dec 21, 2021, 05:23 PM IST

Indian Cricket Team shared some of the pictures from the practice session ahead of the first Test, be held in Cape Town from January 5 to 9.

Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates with Rohit Sharma in Cuttack

India rise to second spot in T20I rankings; Kohli slips after missing Sri Lanka series

Cricket | Dec 25, 2017, 09:19 PM IST

India have leapfrogged England, New Zealand and the West Indies to move from fifth to the second position in the list, which is led by Pakistan with 124 points.

MS Dhoni

Highlights, 3rd T20I: Young bowlers help India complete 3-0 clean sweep

Cricket | Dec 24, 2017, 11:41 PM IST

India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third and final T20I in Mumbai on Sunday to seal a 3-0 win in the series. It was India's first clean-sweep in a bilateral T20 series against Sri Lanka.

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'Inspirational' MS Dhoni is still a matchwinner for India: KL Rahul

Cricket | Dec 21, 2017, 11:32 AM IST

After Rahul left the job unfinished getting out for 61, Dhoni played the finisher's role to perfection with a 22-ball 39 not out with four boundaries and a six to lift India to 180 for 3.

India vs Sri Lanka 2017

India vs Sri Lanka: Friendship with KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan helps during selection calls, says Murali Vijay

Cricket | Dec 01, 2017, 03:34 PM IST

The Tamil Nadu opener revealed that sharing feelings about selection openly with each other helps them to move on rather than keeping things brewing inside.

India vs Sri Lanka 2017

India vs Sri Lanka: We were five or six overs short of victory, says KL Rahul

Cricket | Nov 20, 2017, 07:09 PM IST

India turned around the Kolkata Test in the final two sessions with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar hitting top gear en route to superb bowling figures of 4/8 to reduce Sri Lanka to 75/7 in pursuit of 231 before bad light stopped play at 26.3 overs.

Ranji Trophy

KL Rahul, Manish Pandey's presence gives Karnataka edge versus Delhi

Cricket | Nov 08, 2017, 08:49 PM IST

In terms of quality, Karnataka are way ahead of Delhi with the presence of current national team players like KL Rahul and Manish Pandey who are back in the mix to beef up the batting lineup for the hosts.

India vs New Zealand 2017

Exclusive | Hardik Pandya should be allowed to stick to his batting position: Virender Sehwag to India TV

Cricket | Nov 06, 2017, 10:22 PM IST

In his last six T20I innings, Pandya had only managed to score 48 runs at a poor average of 9.69.

Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy: Mohammed Siraj celebrates India call-up with 4 wkts, KL Rahul fails

Cricket | Oct 24, 2017, 08:10 PM IST

Pacer Siraj grabbed 4 for 42 in 15 overs, whereas, India regular KL Rahul was castled by medium pacer Ravi Kiran for 4 runs.

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