KL Rahul scripts history at Lord's, joins Don Bradman in elite list after scoring sensational hundred at the iconic venue

India batter KL Rahul tonked a mervelous hundred against England in the third Test at Lord's. It was his inning that lead the Men in Blue to get to the total of 387 in their first innings. The century saw the 33-year-old continue his tremendous form in the series.

This was Rahul's second hundred of the ongoing series. He had played a stunning knock of 137 in the first Test at Headingley and had helped the visitors massively in posting a big target of 371 for the hosts. However, despite his valiant efforts, the Three Lions went on to chase down the total on the final day of the match.

This was also Rahul's second century at the iconic Lord's stadium. He had previously scored a hundred at the venue back in 2021 when he had played a brilliant knock of 129 as India went on to script a famous victory by 151 runs. With his ton in the ongoing series, Rahul joined an elite list of visiting batters with the most hundreds at the historic venue.

Here are the visiting batters who have hit the most centuries at Lord's - 

3 - Dilip Vengasarkar (IND)
2 - Warren Bardsley (AUS)
2 - Don Bradman (AUS)
2 - Bill Brown (AUS)
2 - George Headley (WI)
2 - Garry Sobers (WI)
2 - Gordon Greenidge (WI)
2 - Martin Crowe (NZ)
2 - Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
2 - Graeme Smith (SA)
2 - Hashim Amla (SA)
2 - Steve Smith (AUS)
2 - KL Rahul (IND)

However, Rahul wasn't able to go far after scoring a valiant hundred and was dismissed for exactly 100 runs by England spinner Shoaib Bashir, who took his first wicket of the inning. This left the visitors on 254/5 and it looked as if the hosts will take the rest of the wickets for cheap. But, a great knock of 72 from Ravindra Jadeja and decent cameos of 30 and 23 from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar respectively, got India to 387 runs, exactly the same total that the Three Lions had posted in their first innings.

The India batter has so far given fine performances with the bat in the first five innings of the Test series. With a total of 336 runs under his name, Rahul is among the top run-getters of the series so far and the Indian team will be hoping that he maintains this brilliant run of scores in the remaining matches as well.