{"id":8969,"date":"2025-06-23T19:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=609208"},"modified":"2025-06-23T19:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:56:14","slug":"eng-vs-ind-1st-test-kl-rahul-dominates-england-registers-fifth-international-century-on-english-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/eng-vs-ind-1st-test-kl-rahul-dominates-england-registers-fifth-international-century-on-english-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs IND 1st Test: KL Rahul dominates England, registers fifth international century on English soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul showcased his class yet again on Day 4 of the 1st Test against England at Headingley, scoring a gritty century under testing conditions. With this, Rahul now boasts <strong>five international hundreds in England<\/strong> across formats, reaffirming his reputation as one of India\u2019s finest batters in overseas conditions.<\/p>\n<p>His tally in England now includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 Test centuries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 ODI century<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 T20I century<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KL Rahul, a champion in England.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming in at a delicate juncture after the early dismissal of Shubman Gill on Day 4, Rahul stood tall alongside Rishabh Pant and steered India to a position of dominance. The pair added a crucial 142-run stand, with Rahul scoring 100* off 202 deliveries, filled with patience, elegance, and control.<\/p>\n<p>India declared their second innings at 234\/3, after earlier dismissing England for 465 in reply to their first innings total of 471. With a lead of 240 runs, India now holds a strong grip on the match heading into the final sessions at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul\u2019s milestone was celebrated warmly in the dressing room, with smiles from teammates like Gill and Sudharsan. The batter kissed his India crest and shared a heartfelt hug with Pant after reaching the landmark \u2014 a moment that reflected not just achievement but determination and redemption.<\/p>\n<p>If conditions hold, India now look poised to push for a win and take a 1-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul showcased his class yet again on Day 4 of the 1st Test against England at Headingley, scoring a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}