‘Klass’: Twitter Lauds KL Rahul for His Maiden World Cup Century

This is Rahul’ first World Cup ton and his second overall.

KL Rahul scored his first World Cup ton as India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in Leeds on Saturday, 6 July. After scoring two half-centuries, he scored only his second ODI ton after fellow opener Rohit Sharma scored his fifth in the World Cup.

Though he travelled with the team as a reserve opener, Rahul was batting at the No 4 spot before Shikhar Dhawan’s injury pushed him up the order.

On Saturday, Rahul stitched his third 100-plus partnership with Rohit Sharma in this World Cup as the duo added a 189-run stand while chasing 265 to win.

Rahul was finally dismissed on 111 by Lasith Malinga as the Lankan veteran overtook Wasim Akram’s tally off 55 of most World Cup wickets.

Meanwhile, Twitter congratulated Rahul for his three-figure score.

KL Rahul joins the party, brings up his 2nd ODI 💯, first of this #CWC19

Keep going, lads 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/IoQBu0KT3G

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 6, 2019

Klass L Rahul... top 100 by this lad. Should give him immense confidence going forward in his career #KLRahul

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 6, 2019

💯 for KL Rahul 🔥

The opener's century coming from 109 balls and his side are well on their way to victory!#SLvIND | #CWC19 | #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/ryU7slrKmn

— ICC (@ICC) July 6, 2019

A calm and composed century that from #KLRahul following a 77! Here's to many more such knocks! Cheers! ☕ #WhistleForIndia #INDvSL #CWC19

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) July 6, 2019

✅Sent at no. 4 in warm-up games, scored a century
✅Sent at no. 1 to replace injured Shikhar Dhawan, scored a century

Congrats on maiden World Cup century KL Rahul 👏 🇮🇳 #SLvIND #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/oEnkgMiki0

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) July 6, 2019

For the first time in his ODI career, KL Rahul has hit back to back fifties!#CWC19 #CWC2019#IndvSL #SLvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2019

KL Rahul (111) departs, a fine innings comes to an end!
One word to describe his innings - QUALITY! 👌#SLvIND #CWC19 #TeamIndia #KorboLorboJeetbo

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) July 6, 2019

"One man's misfortune, is another man's opportunity!" - @nassercricket

And KL Rahul has made the most of it. 🙌#SaddaPunjab #CWC19 #SLvIND @klrahul11

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) July 6, 2019

#RohitSharma 🤝 KL Rahul

Two openers. Two centuries. Two back-to-back hundred-run stands for #TeamIndia 💙#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #CWC19 #SLvIND

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) July 6, 2019

Rohit Sharma is playing at another level, fatherhood has helped him immensely. Also, nice to see KL Rahul convert this into a 100. #IndvSL

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 6, 2019