Team India batsman KL Rahul achieved 8,000 runs in international cricket on Day 3 of the first Test against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, September 21. The 32-year-old made an unbeaten 22 off 19 balls in India’s second innings, featuring four fours in a quick cameo.
On Day 3 of the Chepauk Test, hosts continued to dominate Bangladesh. India resumed their second innings with a score of 81-3 and declared at 287-4 as Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 119 while Rishabh Pant made 109 runs. After Pant got out, Rahul entered the pitch and formed an unbroken partnership of 53 runs for the fifth wicket with Gill.
During his innings, the Karnataka batsman also crossed the milestone of 8,000 runs in international cricket. The right-handed batsman has now accumulated 8,017 runs from 200 matches across all the three formats with a batting average of 39.49 including 17 centuries and 54 fifties.
The 32-year-old cricketer has played in a total of 51 Tests and accumulated 2901 runs at an average of 34.12, which includes eight centuries and fourteen fifties. In his ODI career; he has scored 2851 runs from 77 games with an average of 49.15 and strike rate of 87.56 with seven tons and eighteen half-centuries.
As for T20I’s; Rahul has participated in 72 matches where she managed to make 2265 runs at a strike rate of 139.12, hitting two hundred’s and twenty-two fifties.
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This right handed batter becomes the 17th person ever to cross 8000 run mark in international cricket representing India lead by the great Sachin Tendulkar (34,357). Subsequently, Suresh Raina missed it narrowly since he ended up his international career playing for India with just 7988 runs from 322 matches played by him.
“KL Rahul should have been given an opportunity to regain his form”- Basat Ali
With a commanding lead of 514 runs in the Chennai Test against Bangladesh, former Pakistan player Basit Ali believes that Rohit Sharma should have instructed his players to continue batting. He states that India erred by not giving Rahul a chance to recover his form.
“India declaring their innings was a bad decision. KL Rahul should have been given a chance to find his form since he didn’t score big runs in the Duleep Trophy. India would have benefited more if Rahul scored 70-80 runs here because he bats at a position which will be crucial in Australia,” the former cricketer said on his YouTube channel.
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In the initial innings, Rahul was not at his best, managing 16 off 52 balls before his little contribution came in the second innings. Prior to the Chennai Test, he had scored 37 and 57 runs during a Duleep Trophy match. Furthermore, he also performed poorly during the recent one-day series in Sri Lanka.
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