4 players who made their Test debut when India last played a Test series in Australia

KL Rahul made his test debut for India in the 3rd test of the series
KL Rahul made his test debut for India in the 3rd test of the series

#3 KL Rahul

KL Rahul has been a mainstay in the Indian test squad
KL Rahul has been a mainstay in the Indian test squad

Karnataka born KL Rahul, who played as a top order batsman in the domestic leagues, made his debut for India batting at no.6. Replacing Rohit Sharma in the playing XI, Rahul failed in his first innings as he could only score 3 runs before losing his wicket to Nathan Lyon.

He was promoted to no.3 in the second innings but again fell cheaply to Mitchell Johnson after adding just 1 run to the scoreboard. However, he repaid his faith back to the selectors with a fine 110 opening the innings in the 4th test match. Though he was dismissed for 16 in the 2nd innings, the selectors included him in the next series.

KL Rahul has scored 1,848 runs in the 31 test matches he has played for India and has scored 5 hundreds and 11 half-centuries. He has a career-best score of 199.

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Edited by Rajdeep Puri