- By Namrata Vijay
- Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:18 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs WI 1st Test: Ex-India cricketer Mohammed Kaif lauded India's star opener KL Rahul after his hundred against West Indies on Friday and said that Rahul's hard work is his biggest strength. Kaif has slammed his critics for the way they had change their opinion after he batted consistently. Rahul smashe his first 100 at home way bak in 2016 and he then scored his scored second on Friday. With this he had joined an elite list of players, who have smashed 10 or more 100s.
Post a dream run in England, where he played the role of a mentor, will now aim to dominate in India's home Test season. A few years ago, he did become inonsistent and was having a hard time converting those starts into big knocks and now has increase his average by 36.00 and it will only go up.
Kaif took to his official X account and said, “How opinions change after scoring in few innings.. Now his critics say there is no one like him. Remember: KL Rahul strength is his belief and hard work. That’s what makes him rise after every fall and perform despite the pressure."
Record KL Rahul Broke?
He has joined an elite list of players like Sunil Gavaskar (33 centuries), Virender Sehwag (22 centuries), and Murali Vijay (12 centuries) and had beome the 4th Indian opener to have smashed 10 or more 100s in this format. Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma have hit 9 hunreds as openers in the longest format as per Wisden. Rahul last smashed a 100 at homewas way back in December 2016 in Chennai. The gap of 3211 days of smashing his first and second 100s at home is the most by an Indian batter.