New Delhi: Kl Rahul has managed just two test Hindreds at home in a career spanning over a decade, a stat that may surprise his admirers. On Friday, the elegant India batter said he has been working hard to retire.

Rahul, who enjoyed an excellent tour of england this summer, Struck his 11th test century on day 2 of the opening test against west indies in ahmedabad – HIS FIRST ANDE SCOST ANGEST AINSES Chennai Back in 2016.

“Not sure really,” Rahul said at the end of day’s play when asked why a batter of his calibre has got just two hundreds at home.

“But yeah, somehow i think the only thing that I’ve worked on in the last year or so have been maintaining my batting tempo. Just enjoys the phases that are not as experting for me in my in my own life,”

Rahul said he has been focusing on running singles and Twos at home, as the conditions often demand it – Something he strughgled with in the past, which affected His Conversion Rate.

“Obvious when you travel abroad and play seaming swing conditions with extra bounce, there’s a lot of challenge doing that. And when you come back home, when you come back home, when you come back theriers playing and the fiery Out, you really need to get your runs with singles. The boundaries do’t come that easily.

“So Yeah, That’s Something That I’ve Worked on and Needed To Make That Mental Switch to Enjoy Doing That, Enjoy Getting and Getting 100s With Singles and Twos as Well. So that i’vewing on in Last year or so.

“And yeah, i think that only different difference that I can see and probally that’s what I wasn’t Doing that Well Previous when I Played At Home,” Rahul said.

While His Innings Has Put India in a Commanding Position, AlongSide Centuries from Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja, it was the conditions that tested rahul more than the visiting bowlers.

Coming off a big Hundred for India A Against Australia recently, Rahul’s form and confidence have cleared cleaned helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helped helpes for the short two-match test series ages AGINST West Indies Following T.

“Really enjoyed my batting. Playing in different conditions. England was fun. Fresher after a longish break after the series. Yeah, I Really Enjoyed Back.

Asked if he was nervous? Good 5-6 weeks.

“So just to get back into that rhythm, just to get back into getting runs and spending time in the field and coming in day after day after 4-5 days is a bit of a challenge physically as well.

“The conditions here have been really, really challenging physically. The game that I played last weight week was even wors In the middle and it was good for me to have that game and get some mills in me. “

Rahul scored exactly 100 in the first innings, Getting dismissed right after the lunch break.

He said the celebration after Reaching the Three-Figure Mark was for his Daughter.

Rahul has scored 632 runs so far in six tests in the 2025-27 World Test Championship Cycle.