KL Rahul made his 100th ODI appearance for India on September 30, 2026, in the second game of the series against the West Indies at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. At the toss, captain Shubman Gill reaffirmed his place in the starting lineup.
There is another landmark related with the event. KL Rahul is 35 runs shy of the 10,000-run mark heading into the match, having 9,965 international runs across all formats. If he reaches that figure, he will become the fifteenth Indian batsman to attain the coveted five-figure mark in international cricket.
Auqib Nabi, a fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir, won his first senior international cap from Rahul before to the match, marking his debut for India.
What are KL Rahul’s overall international statistics heading into this game?
Rahul has scored 9,965 runs in 241 matches and 280 innings, with an average of 40.50 in Tests, ODIs, and T20 Internationals combined. With a career-high score of 199, he has reached 50 on 63 additional occasions and turned 22 of those innings into hundreds.
Rahul has 2,265 runs at an average of 37.75 with a strike rate of more than 139 in 72 games and 68 innings of T20 International cricket. With a top score of 110 not out, he has two hundreds and twenty-two fifties in the shortest format.
In 70 Tests, he scored 4,288 runs at an average of 36/65, with 12 tonnes and 21 half-centuries. Nearly ten years ago, he scored 199 against England in Chennai.
Prior to this game, KL Rahul has scored 3,412 runs at an average of 49.44 in 99 ODIs spanning 90 innings. With a highest score of 112 not out, he has eight hundreds and twenty fifties in the format.
KL Rahul has played a variety of roles for India in the 50-over format, including opening the batting order, maintaining the middle order, finishing at number six, taking wickets, and occasionally leading the team. Because of his versatility, he has been an important part of India’s ODI preparations for several cycles, making him one of the team’s most reliable and flexible players in the format.
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Rahul has the possibility to achieve two significant personal milestones in a single innings in the Guwahati match, with the 10,000-run mark just 35 runs away and his 100th ODI already underway.
