The Boxing Day Test between India and Australia has started. This is the fourth Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This match between the two teams is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This match is very special for Team India's star batsman KL Rahul. He has completed 10 years in international cricket. The special thing is that KL Rahul played his first international match against Australia in 2014 and that too was a Boxing Day Test. In these 10 years full of ups and downs, KL Rahul has given match-winning performances on many occasions for the Indian team.
KL Rahul was born in Bengaluru in 1992. His full name is Kannur Lokesh Rahul, but he is mostly known as KL Rahul. Rahul started playing cricket at the age of 11. KL Rahul, who started his international career in 2014, has played 77 ODIs and 72 T20 matches for the Indian team so far. This is the 57th Test match of his career.
Rahul has scored 3216 Test runs in his career so far. Apart from this, he has scored 2851 runs in 77 ODIs. He has also scored 2,265 runs while playing 72 matches in his T20 career. During this, he has scored 8 centuries in Tests, 7 centuries in ODIs and 2 centuries in T20s. KL Rahul has always been one of the important players for India on foreign tours in the Test format. Out of the 8 centuries in his Test career, he has scored 7 centuries on foreign soil. He has so far scored 2 Test centuries each in South Africa and England. He has scored 1 century each in Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies.
KL Rahul, who started his international career with the Boxing Day Test, has excellent statistics in this special test. He may have scored only 03 and 01 runs respectively in his debut Boxing Day Test. But he has scored a century in the Boxing Day Test of 2021 and 2023. He scored centuries against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test of 2021 and 2023. In such a situation, fans will expect a special innings from KL Rahul that time too.
KL Rahul has shown a very good game so far in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He has played as an opener in this series so far and is the highest run-scorer for India. Rahul has scored 235 runs in 6 innings of 3 matches, which includes 2 half-centuries. KL Rahul has not been able to score a single century in Tests this year, so this is going to be a big opportunity for him. He will be eyeing to end this wait in the Boxing Day Test.
