Kannur Lokesh Rahul (born 18 April 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and captains Kings XI Punjab. He made his international debut in 2014 and scored his maiden Test century in his second Test match.
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Kannur Lokesh Rahul (born 18 April 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and captains Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. He made his international debut in 2014 and scored his maiden Test century in his second Test match. He was the first Indian to score a century on One Day International debut, and the third Indian to scored a century in all three formats of international cricket. He also set the world record for being the fastest batsman to score hundred in both Tests and T20Is. On 11 January 2019, Rahul and Hardik Pandya were suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the next two years. Rahul is also the first player in T20I history to score century when batting at number 4 or lower position.
He has been called up to the Indian Cricket Team for the World Cup in England in 2018. His father is a professor and former director at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. His mother Rajeshwari is a Professor at Mangalore University. Rahul was born in Mangalore and is the son of K. N. Lokeh and Rajeswari. He moved to Bangalore at the age of 18 to pursue his cricket career. Rahul made his first-class cricket debut in the 2010–11 season. In the same season he represented his country at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, scoring a total of 143 runs in the competition. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2013-14 domestic season.
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