KL Rahul…that unlucky player of the cricket world who came to become an opener but ended up becoming a middle order player. Now the situation is such that Rahul is being made to bat lower in the order. KL Rahul has batted at number 6 in the Test series against Bangladesh. However, today we will tell you about an innings of KL Rahul which he played in a Ranji Trophy match and he scored a triple century while opening.
When KL Rahul scored a triple century
KL Rahul is not a bad batsman and if we look closely at his keeping skills, he looks even better than Rishabh Pant. He played the role of keeping very well in the World Cup 2023. However, they also have one drawback. In pressure matches, he bears a lot of pressure and the result is that the team has to face defeat.
KL Rahul batted slowly for 66 runs in the final of World Cup 2023. Due to which only 240 runs could be scored on the score board. Along with this, the thing to be noted here is that despite being an opener, KL was sent at number 5. Perhaps if we had opened, the result could have been different. What kind of batsman he is, he once showed it while opening in Ranji and even scored a triple century.
KL Rahul had scored 337 runs
The explosive innings of KL Rahul that we are talking about was played in February 2015. In this match, he was playing for Karnataka and had achieved this feat against UP. KL Rahul opened the match and batted at a strike rate of 75.22.
He played a stormy inning of 337 runs in 448 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 47 fours. Thanks to KL's innings, Karnataka put 719 runs on the score board in the first innings. However, this match was a draw.
KL Rahul will play New Zealand test series
KL Rahul is currently in Bengaluru where Team India is going to start the three-match Test series against New Zealand on October 16. KL is part of this team. His performance against Bangladesh was good. He scored a total of 106 runs in 2 matches. Let us tell you that KL has so far scored 2969 runs for India in 52 test matches with the help of 8 centuries.
