On Thursday, India’s KL Rahul scored his 3,000th Test run. Rahul reached this milestone in the first Test of the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Sydney. During the first innings, KL scored 26 in 74 balls, including three boundaries. However, his run was cut short by a contentious ruling. Mitchell Starc did take a wicket after being caught behind the wicketkeeper Alex Carey. However, the question was whether the sound in the Snickometer was caused by the ball hitting the bat or his bat hitting the pad. The third umpire, Richard Illingworth, ruled him out after the ball hit his bat.
KL has scored 3,007 runs in 54 matches at an average of 33.78, with eight hundreds and 15 fifties in 92 innings. His highest score is 199. His exquisite centuries in Australia, South Africa, and England have made him a solid pick in international play, but his uneven form has frequently turned the odds against him.
This year has been up and down for him in whites, with 260 runs in six matches and nine innings at an average of 32.50. He has two fifties, his highest score being 86.
Coming into the match, India won the toss and chose to bat first. They finished the first session at 51/4, with Rishabh Pant (10*) and Dhruv Jurel (4*) unbroken.
Starc and Josh Hazlewood got the early wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), Devdutt Padikkal (0), and Virat Kohli. the country’s playing XI: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, She Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant. (w), him Jurel, Nitish Reddy, e Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, the likes of Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj.
Australia’s playing XI includes Usman Khawaja, 29,, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Trevor Smith, Travis Head, Marsh, Mitchell; Alex Carey (w), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, and Josh Hazlewood.