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Born | Alappuzha, Kerala, India | 4 February 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,28 December 2022 |
Ponnan Rahul (born 4 February 1992) is an Indian cricketer who represents Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm off-spinner. [1]
After representing Kerala in U-22 and U-25 levels, [1] Rahul made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017 against Jharkhand. [2] He played 6 matches in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy,scoring 370 runs and finished the tournament as Kerala's fourth highest run-scorer. [3] He also scored his maiden first-class century in the season. [4] However,he scored just 137 runs from five matches in the next Ranji season [5] with a highest score of 97. [6]
He made his List A debut on 29 September 2019,for Kerala in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy against Hyderabad. [7] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 November 2019,for Kerala in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Tamil Nadu. [8]
Rahul made a career-best score of 147 against Meghalaya in the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy. [9]
Rahul narrowly survived a motorcycle crash in 2017. [10]