Lokesh Rahul

K. L. Rahul

Rahul at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2015
Personal information
Full name	Kannur Lokesh Rahul
Born	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 25) Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nickname	Mr.Consistent, KL
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman; Occasional wicket-keeper
Relations	Dr. K.N Lokesh (father)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 284)	26 December 2014 v Australia
Last Test	25 March 2017 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 213)	11 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	15 January 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.	2
T20I debut (cap 63)	18 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	1 February 2017 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–present	Karnataka
2013, 2016–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014–2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 11)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 17 6 5 49 Runs scored 1200 220 179 4267 Batting average 44.44 69.67 89.50 54.01 100s/50s 4/7 1/1 1/1 13/16 Top score 199 100* 110* 337 Balls bowled – – – 168 Wickets – – – 0 Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – 1/23 Catches/stumpings 22/- 3/- 1/- 53/-
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2017

Kannur Lokesh Rahul (born 18 April 1992), commonly known as KL Rahul and also as Lokesh Rahul, is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He plays for India internationally, Karnataka in domestic cricket and the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

After appearing for India at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Rahul made his international debut against Australia in the 2014–15 Test series at Melbourne. In his second Test match at Sydney, he scored 110, his maiden Test century. He became the first Indian to score a century on One Day International debut, scoring 100* against Zimbabwe in 2016 at Harare Sports Club. He is only the third Indian batsman to score a century in all the three formats of International cricket. He is also the second fastest batsman to score century in Twenty20, and fastest Indian in all the formats, to score a century (100 for 46 balls), scoring 110* for 51 balls against West Indies on 27 August 2016 which is the highest score by an Indian in T20 international. Rahul is the only batsman to reach the score of 100 with a boundary on his maiden centuries in all the three formats of international cricket.

Rahul was born on 18 April 1992 to K. N. Lokesh and Rajeshwari in Mangalore, where he grew up. Lokesh is a professor, Department of Civil Engineering and acting Director at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka in Surathkal near Mangalore, and Rajeshwari is a history professor at Mangalore University.