KL Rahul broke MS Dhoni’s record : India and New Zealand A three-match ODI series is being played between them. KL Rahul has scored a century in the second match of this series. He has created history with this century. He became the first Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century in an ODI against New Zealand. He has achieved this feat surpassing former wicketkeeper-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
In the second ODI in Rajkot, By KL Rahul Another record has been broken. Besides becoming the first wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century, he also became the first Indian to score a century in an ODI in Rajkot. In the 49th over, Rahul smashed a full toss by Kyle Jamieson for a six, bringing up his eighth ODI century. The Karnataka wicketkeeper-batsman completed his century in just 87 balls. He scored an unbeaten 112 off 92 balls against New Zealand. He hit 11 fours and one six in this innings.
Came to bat at number five KL Rahulhad started his innings very modestly. He could not score a single run in the first six balls. But after opening his account on the seventh ball, he never looked back. When Virat Kohli was dismissed for 23 runs at the other end, Team India found themselves in a difficult situation. But then Rahul and Jadeja recovered the innings.
Rahulled the innings and put on a crucial 73-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, which helped stabilize the Indian innings. Jadeja was dismissed for 27 runs. But Rahul stayed on the field and held the innings together with Nitish Kumar Reddy and played a major role in helping India reach a respectable total. Thanks to Rahul’s batting, the Indian team scored 284 runs for 7 in 50 overs.
KL Rahulby New ZealandHe has scored 469 runs in 10 innings at an average of 93.8. He has scored two centuries and one half-century against New Zealand.