India opener KL Rahul on Friday became the fourth Indian batter to score 10 or more centuries as a Test opener, surpassing Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, who have nine each. The milestone came during the first Test against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Rahul made 100 off 197 balls with 12 fours before he was dismissed by Jomel Warrican at the start of the second session, giving a sitter to Justin Greaves at short extra-cover.

He now joins Sunil Gavaskar (33 centuries), Virender Sehwag (22 centuries), and Murali Vijay (12 centuries) in the 10-plus century club for India as Test openers, according to Wisden.

This was Rahul’s first century at home since December 2016, when he scored 199 against England in Chennai. The 3,211-day gap between his home hundreds i

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