KL Rahul was the star for the Indian team in their first innings of the ongoing first Test between South Africa and India being played in Centurion. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma had won the toss and chosen to bowl first as the match start was delayed due to rain and wet spots on the pitch.
Day one saw South African bowlers dominating the Indian batting as Kagiso Rabada picked up a five-wicket haul. His victims included Rohit Sharma (5), Virat Kohli (38), Shreyas Iyer (31), Shardul Thakur (24) and R Ashwin (8).
KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur had added 43 runs for the 7th wicket to pull India out of a precarious position of 121/6. However, after Shardul was dismissed, Rahul had to maneuver a strike with the tail-enders as India ended day one on 208/8 with Rahul on 70*.
The second day’s play was also delayed due to rain, but once the game began, Rahul began hitting boundaries while farming the strike nicely. He added 27 runs with Jasprit Bumrah and 47 crucial runs with Mohammed Siraj.
Rahul continued and brought up a brilliant century with a six and was the last man out for 101, hitting 14 fours and 4 sixes in his knock. Thanks to his efforts, India posted 245 runs in their first innings. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada starred with 5/59, while debutant Nandre Burger took 3/50.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for KL Rahul’s stupendous knock as his century gave India a very good score on a difficult pitch to bat on in overcast conditions.
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