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    <h1 bold>BIODATA</h1>

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    <p> Rahul was born on 18 April 1992 to K. N. Lokesh and Rajeshwari in Mangaluru, where he
    grew up. His father Lokesh is a Professor in Civil Engineering and Former Director at the National
    Institute of Technology Karnataka in Surathkal,Mangaluru, and Rajeshwari is a History Professor at
    Mangalore University. Lokesh, who was a fan of the cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, wanted to name his
    son after Gavaskar's, but mistook Rohan Gavaskar's name to be Rahul.According to Lokesh, Rahul
    started playing cricket at the age of 11. At age 18 he moved to Bengaluru to study in Jain University
    and pursue his cricket career.</p>

    <h1>CAREER</h1>

    <UL><LI><H2>DOMESTIC</H2></LI></UL>

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    <LI>Rahul made his debut in the 2012–16 season, playing first-class cricket for Karnataka. That
    season, he also represented his country at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.Rahul also
    scored 143 runs in this ICC U19 World Cup. He made his debut in the Indian Premier League in 2013,
    for Royal Challengers Bangalore.</LI>

    <LI>Later on, he was kept out of Karnataka Team for a couple of seasons but soon returned for the
    2012-13 season, then next session of 2013-14 he had massive innings and had scored 1033 runs and
    became 2nd highest scorer of the tournament.</LI>

    <LI>Playing for South Zone in the final of the 2014–15 Duleep Trophy against Central Zone, Rahul
    scored 185 off 233 balls in the first innings and 130 off 152 in the second. Although his contribution
    went in vain with South Zone losing the match by nine runs, his efforts earned him the man of the
    match award and selection to the Indian Test squad for the Australian tour in December 2014.</LI>

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    <UL><LI><H2>INTERNATIONAL</H2></LI></UL>
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    <LI>Rahul made his Test debut in the Boxing Day Test beginning on 26 December 2014 at
    the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He replaced Rohit Sharma and was handed over the Test cap by MS
    Dhoni. He came to bat at number 6 and made 3 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he
    played at number 3 and made only 1 run. He retained his place for the fourth Test played at Sydney
    Cricket Ground. He opened the innings with Murali Vijay and made 110 runs, his maiden
    international hundred.</LI>

    <LI>Returning home after the Test series, Rahul became the first triple-centurion for Karnataka in
    first-class cricket, when he scored 337 off 448 balls against Uttar Pradesh. His knock included 4fours
    and 4 sixes. He also made 188 runs in the final against Tamil Nadu and finished the 2014–15 Ranji
    Trophy with an average of 93.11 in the nine matches he played.</LI>

    <LI>He was a part of the 15-man squad for the tour of Bangladesh in June 2015 but later withdrew
    due to dengue fever. He then made a comeback for the first Test of the Sri Lankan tour after Murali
    Vijay was ruled out due to injury. But he did not show any progress as he got out early in both
    innings for less than 10 runs. In the second match of the series, Shikhar Dhawan lost his place due to
    injury and was ruled out of the rest of the tour. Rahul replaced Dhawan and made his second Test
    century, 108 runs from 190 balls, which included 14 fours and 1 six. India went on to win the match
    to level the series and Rahul was named as the man of the match. His wicket-keeping skills came in
    handy when Wriddhiman Saha got injured. Rahul took a catch to dismiss Angelo Mathews in the
    second innings.</LI>

    <LI>He was named in the 15-man squad to tour Zimbabwe in 2016. He made his One Day
    International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 11 June 2016 and scored a
    century, becoming the first Indian cricketer to do so on debut.[15][16] He made his Twenty20
    International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 18 June 2016.[17] He was
    dismissed for a duck, the first time an India batsman has been out first ball in a T20I match.[18]</LI>

    <LI>He was picked in the Indian squad for the four-test tour against West Indies in 2016. Rahul
    played in the second Test at Jamaica and scored a strokeful 158, his highest Test score then. In the
    process, he became the first Indian opener to score a century in his debut Test in the West
    Indies.[19] In the first match of the T20I series in the United States, he scored a century off 46 balls
    in a losing cause, the second-fastest ever and fastest by an Indian.[20][21] He also set the world
    record for being the only player to score hundred in first innings as opener in both Tests and
    ODIs.[22]</LI>

    <LI>Lokesh Rahul set the record for the fastest batsman to have scored centuries in all three formats
    in just 20 innings surpassing the record of Ahmed Shehzad who took 76 innings.[23] He is the first
    player in T20I history to score a century when batting at number 4 position or lower (110*). On 3
    July 2018, Rahul smashed his second T20 International ton against England. [24] He is also the first
    Indian batsman to be dismissed hit-wicket in T20Is.[25]</LI>
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    <UL><LI><H2>INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE</H2></LI></UL>

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    <LI>Rahul was a part of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore as a wicket-keeper batsman
    in 2013. In 2014, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1 crore at the auction. In the 2016
    season, he returned to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He finished the season as the 11th highest
    run-scorer, and RCB's third, with 397 runs from 14 matches. Rahul missed the 2017 season due to a
    shoulder injury.</LI>

    <LI>In the 2018 IPL Auction, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab for ₹11 crore, the joint-third highest
    price for that year. In the first match for Kings XI Punjab in the 2018 IPL season, Rahul registered the
    fastest 50 (off 14 balls) ever in the history of IPL breaking the record which was previously held by
    Sunil Narine, who reached the milestone in 15 balls.[26][27] In season 11 he had three 90+
    scores.</LI>

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