India opener KL Rahul joined an elite list of batters after bringing up his 10th century as a Test opener, becoming only the fourth Indian to achieve the milestone in the longest format.

Rahul surpassed Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, both of whom have nine Test centuries as openers, during the ongoing first Test against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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During the first Test against the West Indies at Ahmedabad, KL scored a 197-ball 100 with 12 fours. However, he could not convert this knock into a bigger score, being dismissed by Jomel Warrican at the start of the second session, handing an easy catch to Justin Greaves at short extra-cover.

Now, he joins Sunil Gavaskar (33 centuries), Virender Sehwag (22 centuries) and Murali Vijay (12 centurie

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