Indian player KL Rahul was recently seen playing in the ODI series of the Sri Lanka tour. Rahul’s performance in the first two matches was not very good, due to which the management dropped him in the third ODI and included Rishabh Pant in the playing 11. Team India will now be seen playing the Test series against Bangladesh directly from September 19.

Meanwhile, the cricket world is remembering the brilliant century played by KL Rahul against England at Lord’s Cricket Ground on this day, 12 August 2021. This innings of Rahul is considered to be one of the best innings played by an Indian batsman on England soil in Tests.

KL Rahul has got his name registered on the honour board of Lord’s Stadium

The second match of the five-match Test series between England and India in the year 2021 was played at Lord’s Cricket Ground from 12-16 August. In the first innings of this match, the opening pair of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave Team India a great start, with a partnership of 126 runs for the first wicket between the two batsmen.

KL Rahul faced 250 balls and scored 129 runs with the help of 12 fours and a six. It was on the basis of this brilliant century that India scored 364 runs in the first innings. Let us tell you, KL Rahul got his name registered on the honor board of Lord’s Cricket Stadium by scoring a century.

THE KL RAHUL SPECIAL AT LORD’S…!!!!

– Rahul smashed an iconic hundred “OTD in 2021” to help India win a famous victory at the Home of Cricket. pic.twitter.com/6RTFgjosiH

— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) August 12, 2024

Rahul also won the Player of the Match title

Host England also played brilliantly in the first innings of the Lord’s Test, the team scored 391 runs on the basis of Joe Root’s innings of 180 runs. India then declared the second innings at 298 runs, Ajinkya Rahane scored the highest score of 61 runs. At the same time, Mohammad Shami scored an unbeaten 56 runs.

England’s team was all out for 120 runs while chasing a target of 272 runs and India registered a historic victory of 151 runs at Lord’s. Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets and Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets. KL Rahul won the Player of the Match title by making the biggest contribution in this victory.