Kl Rahul spent years looking for a sense of belonging in domestic conditions. 3rd October in Ahmedabad finally found it. With his 11th Test Century and only the other on Indian soil, Rahul not only ended the barren run, which stretched for eight years, but also rediscover the certainty that had left him for so long.
Previous testing of KLAHUL at home dated 2016 in Chennai against England. The waiting that followed was over 3,211 days, a record gap between two domestic centuries for Indian dough, ate 2,886 -day drought Mohinder Amarnath. 2. Day in Ahmedabad, Rahul ended the long silencePerformance after the rapid release of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan to a permanent India with folded hundreds.
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But for Rahula, more than just numbers were shifts. Its century against West India reflected the shift in thinking, the one he admitted came from learning to adapt to his pace at domestic conditions than to carry the same approach he used overseas. Looking back on the stumps remembered how disappointing the New Zealand series from 2024, When he was dropped after a single bad test, He became a trigger for him and former Indian assistant coach Abhishek Nayar to work on his techniques.
“I definitely feel very confident in myself and my game. I worked hard, not so much on the technical side, but mentally, understanding the pace I need to launch. This period made me think about how to turn things, what I did right and what I was not.
“Now I can focus on implementing plans, keep the game simple, carefully watch the ball and turn the opportunities into running. After running behind me, it is much easier to play freely and efficiently,” he added.
Rahul returned to the brilliant test form during the Indian end of 2-2 in the test tour after England at the beginning of this year and recorded more than 500 runs.
KL RAHUL’S Brilliance in Ahmedabad Test
Before the dough in the Ahmedabad test took the lead, the Indian pitchers had already dictated terms. Mohammed Siraj (4/40) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) tore Western India and associated them on 162. With the initial support of Captain Gill and then, from Dhruva Jurel, he eventually raised the bat to three characters, just to fall to 100 in Warrican Yomel.
Although Rahul could not kick behind the milestone, his shifts became a launchpad for Indian accusations. Dhruv Jurel, celebrating his first tests, and Ravindra Jadeja, who joined him to a towering 202-run, ensured that the Indian advantage increased to the 286 end of the game.
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Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
October 3, 2025
