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Apr 18, 2024 · KL Rahul is a cricketer who plays for India and Karnataka. His height is 1.80 m or 5'11", and he is married to Athiya Shetty, a Bollywood actress.
KL Rahul is a right-hand batter and wicketkeeper who plays for India and Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. He was born on April 18, 1992, in Bangalore, Karnataka, and is 31 years old as of 2023.
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Kannur Lokesh Rahul (/ k ə n uː r l oʊ k eɪ ʃ ˌ r ɑː h ʊ l /; born 18 April 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. A right-handed wicket-keeping batsman, Rahul captains the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League .
Apr 18, 1992 · KL Rahul is a wicket-keeper batsman who plays for India and Karnataka in international and domestic cricket. He was born on April 18, 1992 in Mangaluru, Karnataka and his height is not mentioned on his Cricbuzz profile.
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KL Rahul became the first batsman from Karnataka to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy. He became the first Indian player to score an ODI century on debut against Zimbabwe in June 2016. A few months later Rahul recorded the then joint second-fastest T20I century in 46 balls. It was the fastest century scored by an Indian batter at that poin...
KL Rahul was awarded the Cricketer of the Year award in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack in 2018.
Domestic Career
KL Rahul’s debut in first-class cricket came in the 2010-11 season. The same year he was selected to represent India in the U19 World Cup. He was dropped from the domestic team for the 2012-13 season but made a big comeback in the following season and scored 1,033 first-class runs, the second-highest of that season. In the 2014-15 Ranji Trophy, he played nine matches and cored with an average of more than 93. He also became Karnataka’s first triple-centurion as he scored 337 against Uttar Pra...
IPL Career
KL Rahul has played for four IPL teams since making his debut in the IPL 2013 season. He started his journey with Royal Challengers Bangalore and played just five games before moving to Sunrisers Hyderabadin 2014. He appeared in the Orange jersey for a total of 20 games across two seasons before returning back to RCB in IPL 2016. Rahul was part of RCB’s team that reached the final of IPL 2016 but lost to his former team SRH in the marquee clash. Rahul missed the 2017 IPL after sustaining a sh...
ODI Career
Rahul made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2016 and scored a century on debut, becoming the first Indian batsman to do so. Rahul was part of India's 2019 World Cup and was promoted to open the innings after Shikhar Dhawanwas injured. Rahul scored his second and first World Cup ODI century against Sri Lanka. Post the 2019 World Cup, Rahul was played as a wicketkeeper and slotted in to bat at No.4. He slammed a 112 against New Zealand in the third ODI. But the ton went in vain as India lost t...
Test Career
Following his good performance in the domestic circuit, he was selected to the Indian squad for the tour to Australia in 2014. He made his Test debut in the 2014 Boxing Day Test match against Australia in Melbourne. Rahul couldn't manage double digit score in either of his innings on debut but scored his first international century in the next Test in Sydney. Rahul scored 158 against West Indies in 2016 made him the first Indian opener to score a Test century in first innings in West Indies....
T20I Career
KL Rahul made his T20I debut in the tour of Zimbabwe in 2016. The same year, he scored an unbeaten 110 off 46 balls in a T20I match against West Indies. This was the fastest by an Indian at that point and also the first by a No.4 position batter in T20Is. Rahul opened the innings with Rohit Sharma in the 2021 T20 World Cup and Asia Cup 2022. Rahul has scored 20 fifties and a couple of hundreds.
Rahul’s father, K.N Lokesh is a professor and former director at the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka and his mother, Rajeshwari, is a History professor at Mangalore University. Rahul has a younger sister named Bhavna. Rahul has been in a close relationship with Indian actor Athiya Shetty, the daughter of prominent actor Suniel Shetty. T...
KL Rahul is an Indian cricketer who plays as a batsman for the Indian cricket team and Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. His height is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and he was born on April 18, 1992 in Bengaluru.
KL Rahul is an Indian cricketer who has played in all three formats of cricket for India. He is a part-time wicketkeeper and a right-handed batsman. He was born on 18 April 1992 at the National Institute Karnataka in Mangalore, Karnataka. His height is 5'10" or 152 cm. He is married to Athiya Shetty since 2023.
Mar 28, 2023 · KL Rahul is a 31-year-old Indian cricketer who plays as a batsman and wicket-keeper in all three formats. He is 1.8 m tall and has scored centuries in Test, ODI and T20I on debut.
