Wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul scored his first century for India in 2026. He displayed excellent batting performance in the second ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday. At the Niranjan Sharad Stadium in Rajkot, he scored an unbeaten 112 runs in 92 balls, which included 11 fours and a six. This is Rahul’s eighth century in his ODI career. Rahul took the lead for Team India at a difficult time when India was struggling by losing four wickets for 118 runs. Thanks to the century of Rahul, who came to bat at number five, India scored a strong score of 287/7. Earlier, he had led India to a thrilling victory by scoring 29 unbeaten runs in the first ODI.

Rahul took charge when India lost four wickets for 118 runs. Rahul, who came to bat at number five, took the team to a challenging score of 287/7 with his century. Earlier, he had given India a thrilling victory by scoring unbeaten 29 runs in the first ODI.

With this century, 33-year-old Rahul also entered the special club of great batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. He has become the sixth Indian to score an ODI century on New Zealand and Indian soil. Apart from Rahul, Sachin and Kohli, this feat has also been done by Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Shreyas Iyer.

Let us tell you that KL Rahul has scored his third ODI century as a wicketkeeper and he has become the third player to score most centuries in the list of Indian wicketkeepers. Ahead of him are Rahul Dravid (four centuries) and MS Dhoni (nine centuries).

Let us tell you, in this match played in Rajkot, India lost the toss and batted first. Shubman Gill (56) and Rohit Sharma (24) gave a great start, but Shreyas Iyer (8) and Virat Kohli (23) were out soon. After this, Rahul made important partnerships of 73 and 57 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (27) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (20) respectively. Rahul also made an unbroken partnership of 28 runs for the eighth wicket with Mohammad Siraj (2 not out).

Let us tell you, Christian Clarke took three wickets for New Zealand, while Kyle Jamieson, Zackary Fox, Jayden Lemoux and Michael Dresswell took one wicket each.

At the same time, due to Rahul’s brilliant innings and saving the team in struggling situations, India made a challenging score in this match, which can give them a chance to move ahead strongly in this series.

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