Kannur Lokesh Rahul is commonly Known as K.L Rahul. He is born on 17 April 1992 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He is an Indian cricketer who plays for India national cricket team in international cricket, and Karnataka in domestic cricket.
He is a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He played for India at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Rahul started his international career making his debut against Australia in the 2014-15 Test series at Melbourne. In his second Test match at Sydney, he scored 110, his maiden Test century.
He is also the second fastest international batsman in Twenty20, and fastest Indian in all the formats, to score a century (100 for 46 balls) scoring 110* for 51 balls against West Indies on 27 August 2016. Rahul is the only batsman to reach the score of 100 with a Boundary on his maiden centuries in all the three formats of the International cricket.
Personal Life :- K.L Rahul was born on 17 April 1992 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Its full name is Lokesh Rahul Kannur. He is the son of Dr. K. N. Lokesh and Rajeshwari Lokesh. He was raised in Mangalore and moved to Bangalore at the age of 18 to concentrate on his cricket career.
Rahul’s father Dr. K. N. Lokesh is a professor and Head of Department of Civil Engineering at the NITK, Surathkal, and mother Rajeshwari is a history professor at Mangalore University.
Rahul’s father, who was a big fan of Sunil Gavaskar, wanted to name him after Gavaskar’s son, but mistook the name of Gavaskar’s son “Rohan” as “Rahul”. Rahul’s father said in an interview that Rahul started playing cricket at the age of 11.
He was a part of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. In 2014, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 1 crore at the auction. In the 2016 season he returned to the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Career :- He is started playing cricket at the age of 11 and After moved to Bagnlore at the age of 18. He’s made his debut in the 2010-11 season, playing first-class cricket for Karnataka.
He made his debut in Indian Premier League in 2013, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy, he’s became the first triple-centurion for Karnataka in first-class cricket on 30 January 2015, scoring 337 off 448 balls at Bengaluru. His knock included 47 fours and 4 sixes.
He was a part of the 15-man squad for the tour of Bangladesh in June 2015 but later withdrew due to dengue fever. He then made a comeback into the Test team in the first Test of the Sri Lankan tour after Murali Vijay was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.
But he did not show any progress as he got out early in both innings for less than 10 runs. In the second match of the series, Shikhar Dhawan lost his place due to injury and was ruled out of the rest of the tour. Rahul replaced Dhawan and made his second Test century.
He was picked in the Indian squad for the four-test tour against West Indies in 2016. Rahul played in the second Test at Jamaica and scored a strokeful 158, his highest Test score. In the process, he became the first Indian opener to score a century in his debut Test in the West Indies. In the first match of the T20I series in the United States, he scored a century off 46 balls in a losing cause, the second fastest ever and third by an Indian.
Career Statistics :-
|
Competition |
Test |
ODI |
FC |
T20IS |
| Matches | 9 | 3 | 44 | 5 |
| Runs scored | 562 | 196 | 3771 | 179 |
| Batting average | 37.46 | 196 | 53.11 | 89.50 |
| 100s/50s | 3/1 | 1/1 | 11/14 | 1/0 |
| Top score | 158 | 100* | 337 | 110* |
| Balls bowled | – | – | 168 | – |
| Wickets | – | – | 0 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 16/0 | 3/0 | 49/0 | 1/0 |
Age and Height :- 17 April 1992 and Height 5ft 11in
Born :- 17 April 1992 Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Parents :-
- Dr. K. N. Lokesh (Father)
- Rajeshwari Lokesh (Mother)
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