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KL Rahul: Biography, Career Stats and Records

Wicketkeeper-batter

KL Rahul made his Test debut in December 2014 and later expanded into India’s ODI and T20I sides as an opener, middle-order batter and wicketkeeping option. His role has changed by format and by team balance rather than remaining fixed at one batting position.

Career recordIndia men’s international cricketer.Format totals are separated and dated to the latest match shown in the table.
Full name
Kannur Lokesh Rahul
Born
Birthplace
Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
No primary bowling style listed
Record reviewed
7 Sep 2026

Career overview

How the India career developed.

This overview connects role, debuts and format context using the dated records listed below.

KL Rahul made his Test debut in December 2014 and later expanded into India’s ODI and T20I sides as an opener, middle-order batter and wicketkeeping option. His role has changed by format and by team balance rather than remaining fixed at one batting position.

He scored a century on ODI debut against Zimbabwe in June 2016 and also has two T20I hundreds. In ODIs, moving into the middle order added a finishing and wicketkeeping dimension to his profile.

Through the checked 2026 record, Rahul had 4,288 Test runs and 3,412 ODI runs. His latest T20I remained the 2022 World Cup semi-final, which is why its snapshot date is older than his Test and ODI figures.

Career timeline

Debuts and defining checkpoints.

Dates identify source-supported debuts and selected milestones. The list is not a claim to cover every match or domestic season.

  1. Test debut

    Made his Test debut against Australia at the MCG.

  2. ODI debut

    Scored a century on ODI debut against Zimbabwe.

  3. ODI hundred on debut

    Made an unbeaten century in his first ODI, against Zimbabwe in Harare.

  4. T20I debut

    Made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe.

Format lens

Read each format on its own terms.

Short context cards explain what the dated figures do—and do not—show.

Tests70 matches · 4,288 runs · 0 wickets

The Test record is dated through 2026-08-23 and is not blended with white-ball totals.

ODIs98 matches · 3,412 runs · 0 wickets

The ODI record is dated through 2026-07-19 and reflects only senior India one-day internationals.

T20Is72 matches · 2,265 runs · 0 wickets

The T20I record is dated through 2022-11-10 and excludes franchise T20 matches.

International statistics

Tests, ODIs and T20Is separated.

Career totals use the latest match date shown by the checked player record. Formats may have different snapshot dates.

KL Rahul — India men’s international career snapshot
FormatMatchesRuns100s50sWicketsThrough
Tests704,2881221023 Aug 2026
ODIs983,412820019 Jul 2026
T20Is722,265222010 Nov 2022

These are format-specific snapshots, not one combined career number. A format without a debut is stated plainly instead of displaying a misleading zero-match career.

Selected milestones

Context behind the record.

Each item was retained only when the checked player records or event sources supported it. This is a focused list, not an exhaustive record book.

  1. 01

    Scored a century on ODI debut against Zimbabwe in June 2016.

  2. 02

    Made 199 against England in Chennai, his highest Test score.

  3. 03

    Recorded international hundreds in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.

  4. 04

    Kept wicket and batted in the middle order during India’s 2023 ODI World Cup campaign.

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Photo credit

KL Rahul portrait

Photo: Bollywood Hungama. Wikimedia Commons file. CC BY 3.0. Cropped to a square portrait and converted to WebP for the local archive preview.

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