KL Rahul admits rush for historic hundred cost Rishabh Pant his wicket at Lord’s: ‘It shouldn’t have happened’

KL Rahul has admitted that the hurry from his side to reach a historic century at Lord’s before lunch on Day 3 resulted in Rishabh Pant’s run-out as India started losing the momentum, on Saturday. With Rahul nearing a historic second Test century at the hallowed Lord’s, the 33-year-old pushed for an adventurous single in the final over before lunch off Shoaib Bashir’s bowling. But England captain Ben Stokes produced a brilliant pick-up and throw to run out Rishabh Pant at the non-striker’s end.

By then India were controlling the proceedings, having scored 103 runs in 22.3 overs until Pant’s run out. After that, Rahul completed his century early in the second session post lunch before getting out to Bashir on 100 as England made a comeback into the match and eventually bowled out India for 387 .

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Talking about the run-out and India losing control of the match, Rahul revealed at the press conference the discussion he had with Pant about trying to get his century before the break.

“Not ideal,” he said. “There was a conversation a couple of overs before that. I told him (Pant) that I will get my hundred if possible before lunch. And with Bashir bowling that last over before lunch I thought there’s a good chance for me to get it, but, yeah, unfortunately I hit straight to the fielder.

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“It was a ball that I could have hit for a boundary. Then he just wanted me to rotate strike and see if he could put me back on strike. But, yeah, it shouldn’t have happened, a run out at that stage really changed the momentum. It was disappointing for both of us. Obviously, nobody wants to throw their wicket like that,” he added.

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Nonetheless, with his second hundred at Lord’s, Rahul became the first Asian opener to score multiple Test centuries at the historic ground.

Rahul, however, regretted not continuing his knock, which could have put India in a much better position.

“Yeah, yeah. Of course there’s a little bit of disappointment because till just before tea time we were in a really good position. Obviously, me and Rishabh got that long partnership and (then) we both got out (in quick succession) he got out just before lunch and I got out just after lunch. That wasn’t ideal so you had set batters in the top five who had gotten off to starts so ideally you want one of them or both to go on and get a big score and that’s how you get ahead in a Test match,” he said.