On Day 2 (Friday, October 3) of the opening match in the two-match series against the West Indies, Athiya Shetty, wife of Indian cricketer KL Rahul, shared a heartfelt message as the right-handed batter scored his eleventh Test century.

Rahul kept the scoreboard moving on Day 2 by playing his natural game, starting on his overnight score of 53.

He saw captain Shubman Gill (50) get out at the other end, but he got to a hundred off 190 balls, which was his second hundred at home. Athiya posted a picture of KL celebrating his hundred on Instagram and wrote: “The best for his best.”

KL Rahul could not extend his knock beyond 100, departing after facing 197 balls and 12 boundaries. In 64 Tests, he has amassed 3,889 runs at an average of 36.00, which includes 11 hundreds and 19 half-centuries.

Rahul previous Test ton in India came against England at Chennai in December 2016. This is the fourth-longest gap for an Indian player between two home hundreds. Remarkably, Rahul’s 3,211-day gap between his first and second Test centuries on home soil is the longest ever for an Indian batter.

His standout performance came in England, where he finished as the third-highest scorer with 532 runs in 10 innings, featuring two centuries and two half-centuries at an average of 53.20.