KL RahulWicket-Keeper Batsman

🏏KL RAHUL: THE STORY

The only Indian with an ODI hundred on debut, and the fastest batter to centuries in all three formats.

KL Rahul has opened, kept wicket and batted in the middle order for India, sometimes in the same year. He is the only Indian to make a hundred on ODI debut, and he got to centuries in all three formats faster than anyone.

By the CricketDream editorial team. Facts checked against official records on 28 October 2026. How our data works

Facts worth knowing

• He made his Test debut in the 2014 Boxing Day Test at Melbourne.
• On ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2016 he reached 100 with a six off the last ball, the only six of the match.
• He took 20 international innings to have centuries in all three formats, the fastest ever.
• His 14-ball fifty in 2018 was the fastest in IPL history at the time.
• He became Karnataka's first triple centurion with 337 against Uttar Pradesh.

🧠Quick quiz: how well do you know KL Rahul?

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1. 1. Against which team did Rahul make a century on ODI debut?
   West IndiesZimbabweSri Lanka
2. 2. How many balls did Rahul's record IPL fifty in 2018 take?
   131417
3. 3. Where did Rahul make his Test debut?
   AdelaideMelbourneMumbai

🏏PLAYER DETAILS

🌍INTERNATIONAL CAREER

In T20Is, KL Rahul has scored 2,265 runs across 72 matches at an average of 37.75, with 2 centuries and 22 half-centuries. Best score: 110*. In ODIs, KL Rahul has scored 3,541 runs across 101 matches at an average of 51.32, with 9 centuries and 20 half-centuries. Best score: 129*. In Tests, KL Rahul has scored 4,288 runs across 70 matches at an average of 36.65, with 12 centuries and 21 half-centuries. Best score: 199.

📋PLAYER OVERVIEW

KL Rahul is a wicket-keeper batsman representing India in international cricket, priced at 9.5 Cr on CricketDream.

Across 26 matches this season, KL Rahul has scored 1895 fantasy points: 73 a game, at 199.5 points per credit. The median wicket-keeper batsman in the pool returns 37 a game, so KL Rahul is running 97% above the position across 116 comparable players.

📊RECENT FORM (LAST 5 MATCHES)

Over the last 5 games, KL Rahul is averaging 58 fantasy points, against 73 for the season. Most recently against NZ: 51. Best of the run was 205. 1 fifty in that stretch.

👥ON CRICKETDREAM

Across KL Rahul's last 15 fixtures, 61% of CricketDream teams started KL Rahul and 9% handed over the captaincy, while KL Rahul averaged 67 fantasy points in those games. The captains who backed KL Rahul got the best return in IND v AFG: 140 points (280 as captain), with 29% of teams on board.

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Next up: NZ v IND, Tue, 10 Nov 2026 (India tour of New Zealand 2026/27 (ODI)). Pick KL Rahul in a Fantasy XI.

🎯FANTASY VERDICT

✅ 73 a game at 9.5 Cr, 199.5 points per credit. The median wicket-keeper batsman returns 37 a game. Earning the price tag.

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🧠KL RAHUL TRIVIA

1. Who was the first India batter to score a century on ODI debut, against Zimbabwe in 2016?
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   KL Rahul
2. KL Rahul won the IPL 2020 Orange Cap with 670 runs while playing for which franchise, during the season held entirely in the UAE?
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   Kings XI Punjab
3. In IPL 2018, KL Rahul smashed a fifty off just 14 balls for Kings XI Punjab against which team?
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   Delhi Daredevils
4. In IPL 2020, KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 132 for Kings XI Punjab against which team?
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   Royal Challengers Bangalore

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