Sunil Gavaskar praised KL_Rahul outstanding performance against South Africa on Boxing Day in Centurion. Rahul scored his seventh hundred runs in a Test match with an outstanding performance as he took over as the appointed wicketkeeper. After a middle-order collapse on Day 1, he reached No. 6, saving India from a dire predicament. On the second morning, Rahul reached his century and displayed his attacking prowess by hitting a big six off a ball that Gerald Coetzee had played over midwicket.
Gavaskar lavished praise on him and referred to his innings as one of the best individual hundreds an Indian hitter had ever scored in a Test match. After the early hiccups, the seasoned analyst praised KL Rahul deft rescue move and emphasized the importance of his innings in stabilizing India’s innings. With his aggressive yet cool batting approach, the Karnataka batsman garnered praise, making his innings in the current Test match a memorable one.
Having seen 50 years of cricket, I can state with certainty that Rahul’s century ranks among the top ten in Indian history’s Test run totals. Considering that this is a distinct type of pitch,. A batter would never feel secure in this situation. Wisden cited Gavaskar as saying, “The ball can do anything at any time.”
Even yet, playing so poorly, particularly today… Yesterday, he was unbroken at 70, but today’s companions were Siraj and Prasidh Krishna. [Rahul] was on 95 when Siraj got out. Nothing could be said more highly of the shot that got him to 100. His stroke was typical of a Twenty20 match, and it was a length ball. Fantastic,” he continued.
It is possible to refer to KL Rahul as the “Centurion of Centurion”: Sunil Gavaskar
The 31-year-old achieved his second hundred at Centurion in a row, having previously achieved the feat during the 2021–22 tour. The Little Master made comparisons, comparing Rahul’s success to Dilip Vengsarkar’s supremacy at Lord’s. Vengsarkar, who is ranked sixth among visiting batters with the most runs scored at Lord’s, is the only player to have three centuries at the ground who is not English. The cricketer, who was born in Bengaluru, also asserted that he was the first visiting hitter to record two Test hundreds in Centurion.
“Dilip Vengsarkar was out on 52 for the fourth time after reaching hundreds in three straight games at Lord’s. It explains why he was referred to as the “Lord of Lords.” In the same vein, KL Rahul truly is the “Centurion of Centurion,” according to Gavaskar.
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