Indian cricket star KL Rahul, renowned for his stylish play, has finally ended a nine-year drought of Test centuries on home ground, achieving this milestone during the series opener against the West Indies in Ahmedabad. Since his fiery innings of 199 against England in 2016 in Chennai, Rahul had been unable to score a Test century in India, enduring 3,213 days of waiting. This changed on Friday when he scored a determined 197-ball 100, featuring 12 fours.

Following this achievement, Rahul joined an elite group of Indian Test openers with 10 or more centuries, alongside legends such as Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, and Murali Vijay. Although Rahul struggled to pinpoint the exact reason for his lengthy hiatus, he suggested that adapting to India's spinning pitches, where boundaries are

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