Twitterati hail KL Rahul on becoming first Indian to score a ton on ODI debut

It's a tremendous achievement for any budding cricketer and Rahul has certainly grabbed the golden opportunity with both the hands and left no room for error whatsoever.

KL Rahul stuck to his guns and came out in flying colours as he smashed an unbeaten ton in One-Day International debut and became the first cricketer to have done so. It’s a tremendous achievement for any budding cricketer and Rahul has certainly grabbed the golden opportunity with both the hands and left no room for error whatsoever. READ MORE: Virat Kohli congratulates team India on their victory against Zimbabwe

While chasing a modest target of 169 in 50 overs, Rahul got the ball rolling from the outset at Harare. His 115-balls century contained seven elegant boundaries and a maximum. He made it to the Indian side on the basis of some terrific performances in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) as he did a commendable job for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). READ MORE: KL Rahul’s century on debut and 14 other statistical highlights from Zimbabwe vs India at Harare

Rahul will be the man to watch out for as he looks promising and seems to have covered all his bases. Micro-blogging site Twitter was flooded with tweets on Rahul’s marvelous performance and was highly lauded. Check some tweets here:

Congratulations Team India. Great start to the series. Well Done @RayuduAmbati & @klrahul11! You guys deserve it! pic.twitter.com/drHydrkxiY

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) June 11, 2016

#TeamIndia #ZIMvsIND #KLRahul #ODI #INDvZIM Just for fun@klrahul11 with helmet & without helmet pic.twitter.com/8lFjQMQBCu — Cricket Trolls (@MycricketTrolls) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul celebrated not having to keep with a ton on debut. #lad #ZimvInd

— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul is adjudged the Man of the Match for becoming the first Indian batsman to score a century on ODI debut — Rafi Ahmad (@ahmadrafi025) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul’s first inns as
opener: Tests – 110 ODIs –
100* -First batsman to
score centuries in first inns
while opening in both
formats!

— #Tri-Series #ENGvSL (@GeoSuper_Pak) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul congratulations. Awesome ODI debut ton on a difficult batting surface. Ability to play all forms of the game for a very long time. — Russell Adams (@RCAPulse) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul u beauty …gud start against ZB bt hav to carry it against other strobg oponents as well… #indvsZb

— Shaunak Kakodkar (@KakodkarShaunak) June 12, 2016

KL RAHUL STARTS WITH A CENTURY AND FINISHES WITH A SIX. pic.twitter.com/3zMVYZbbgp — bOtTlzE மணி (@manii_offl) June 12, 2016

no matter how much bore IPL has become but it has helped indian players grow. KL rahul fresh example.

— corrupt lungs (@TheAsherHussain) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul’s first inns as opener: Tests – 110 ODIs – 100* – First batsman to score centuries in first inns while opening in both formats! — prashantpareek (@prashan235) June 12, 2016

Innings taken to register maiden ODI 100 for India….
Fewest inns: 1 – KL Rahul in 2016
Most inns: 101 – Sunil Gavaskar in 1987#ZimvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 12, 2016

Cong kL rahul for his debut century pic.twitter.com/965HQtHvIl — rishikesh thurpatiVK (@thurpativk) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul masters the debut act: The opener became the first Indian to score a century on ODI debut

https://t.co/pMqD51oMiR

— Swapnil Patil (@IamGr8Swapnil) June 12, 2016

KL Rahul hit the only six in the match to reach his first ODI century. #INDvsZIM https://t.co/V0JheRY50Y — cricphile (@cricphile) June 11, 2016

If Wade, Bairstow, KL Rahul, Chandimal are in slip cordon, they’d catch none.

— Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 11, 2016

Another record for Man of the moment, KL Rahul pic.twitter.com/KquIrUxlNi — Zeeshan (@zeeshan_cule123) June 11, 2016

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